2007 Brooklyn, Gallant Bloom, and Lonesome Glory

Winning jockey William Dowling said, "He was fine except for the first and last jumps. The first jump he jumped too soon because he was running off. That last one was my fault; I wanted to go short to make sure I got over it and we had a bit of miscommunication. It was 50-50 whether I was going to stay on or not. Luckily, he's such a big horse, I was able to stay on. He's a class horse and he's only a 6-year-old."

Winning trainer Jack Fisher added, "I didn't expect him to run this well today. I thought he would run well in the Breeders' Cup, that's more his course. I thought he was probably placed were he should have been in the race. He kind of dove at the last fence. He didn't jump that one particularly well. I was glad that Willy stayed on."