Trainer Linda Rice added, "I was very pleased. He got beat 1/2 length and I don't think we had any edge in the weights. This horse has had a number of setbacks. He's battled though them, and he showed today that he is very game."
2008 Wood Memorial and Carter Handicap
By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com
Second place finisher Executive Fleet
Executive Fleet heads out for the post parade before finishing second in the 2008 Carter Handicap
© Terence Dulay
Jockey C. C. Lopez said, "He broke good, and my original plan was to set off behind Bustin Stones. It seemed like I was right there without pushing him. So I said to myself, I'm going to stay right where I am and see what he's got. Bustin Stones is a good horse, but so is mine and I look forward to a rematch."
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- Tale of Ekati wins the 2008 Wood Memorial
- Tale of Ekati in the winner's circle
- Tale of Ekati in the paddock
- Second place finisher War Pass
- Third place finisher Court Vision
- Bustin Stones wins the 2008 Carter Handicap
- Bustin Stones in the winner's circle
- Bustin Stones in the post parade
- Second place finisher Executive Fleet
- Beaten favorite Spring at Last
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