2008 Diana Stakes and Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap

Winning trainer Jonathan Sheppard said, "We seemed to have a preponderance of turf horses in the barn, and if we find one that seems to be doing okay on the dirt, it gives us some diversity. Mr. (owner George) Strawbridge jokes, Why do we have nothing but turf horses?' and not we have another one. Whatever we do, we seem to wind up in the same spot. As far as depth goes, this race was solid. Every race had good credentials. I picked up the paper today and four of the horses picked over her, she had beaten in her last start. I suppose if you run a superb race at 45-1, one might think it was a fluke." Sheppard said Together Forever would start next in the Flower Bowl.