2006 Ruffian Handicap and Gazelle Stakes

Trainer Shug McGaughey said, "She hasn't missed a beat since the Alabama. I can't say I wasn't nervous bringing her back in three weeks off two mile and a quarter races. We were very pleased with her today. She's an old, hard-running, big, old, country kind of horse and she always gives her all. She's run six races, has four wins and two of them are Grade 1s. We'll sit and watch her. I might be more inclined to wait for the Breeders' Cup. I'll just have to let her tell me. My thinking of coming back here was trying to hook Bushfire off a layoff."