Winning trainer Dale Romans added, "We told (Prado) in the paddock to just send him, don't try to rate and make one run. He took the race to them when it opened up and held them all off. I think the turf race gave him some bottom. I thought the turf race was a good angle; if he liked the turf, he could win a stakes on it. If he didn't like it, it was a good work. I think he wants to sprint on the dirt. I don't think he wants you to mess with him. He just wants to run."
2007 Belmont Stakes Undercard Part 1
By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com
Will He Shine in the winner's circle
Will He Shine in the winner's circle for the True North Handicap
© Cindy Pierson Dulay
Winning jockey Edgar Prado said, "I wanted to save ground and not
use him too much early in the race. I let him sit behind the other
horses. When I saw the moment, I took my time and let him go without
using him too much so he would have something at the end. I'm glad I did because they were coming in the end."
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- Better Talk Now wins the 2007 Manhattan Handicap
- Better Talk Now walks down Victory Lane
- Second place finisher English Channel
- Teuflesberg wins the 2007 Woody Stephens Breeders' Cup Stakes
- Teuflesberg in the winner's circle
- Beaten favorite Deadly Dealer
- Will He Shine wins the 2007 True North Handicap
- Will He Shine in the winner's circle
- Beaten favorite Bordonaro
- Papi Chullo wins the 2007 Birdstone Stakes
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