“On Thursday, we probably knew our fate but to run so close, it’s disappointing. We came up with a plan of where to ride him and how to ride him. All that went to script except we got beaten a short head.
“We needed to do something from gate 14. It was no good going out there just hoping to get a spot. I thought our best chance was just to get him to relax, conserve energy and use his sprint.
“He did all those things and Luke did all the right things, we just didn’t quite win.
