Steve Asmussen Talks Magnitude on the TDN Writers’ Room

But let's turn our attention to what was the huge story of the weekend.

And, of course, was the Stephen Foster.

And Quantity-wise, no, only five horses.

But this was what we all like to see in horse racing, the definitive showdown.

For the most part, we got everybody, maybe a couple of horses here and there.

No Nysos, that's understood.

He's going on to the Whitney.

But for the most part, we got the horses that mattered.

And it was the definitive showdown to prove who was the best older horse on the day and perhaps the best older horse in all of racing.

And Magnitude Zoe...

He answered the question and he answered it definitively.

This is one hell of a racehorse.

Boy, did he ever.

Breaking through the gate.

Obviously, he didn't run down the racetrack that started.

Did a great job holding on to him.

But I mean, generally, people are ripping up their tickets after that happens.

Third choice in the morning line.

See you later.

Let's just go with the favorite.

He was phenomenal.

Now, and Randy will probably touch on this as well, I thought Baeza ran a banger, absolute banger.

I don't know how he can't get out of the gate.

I don't know if he's remembering back when John Sheriffs was training him in his first couple of starts when he couldn't leave the gate either.

I don't know what's going on, but he didn't leave the gate.

But let's turn our attention to what was the huge story of the weekend.

And, of course, was the Stephen Foster.

And Quantity-wise, no, only five horses.

But this was what we all like to see in horse racing, the definitive showdown.

For the most part, we got everybody, maybe a couple of horses here and there.

No Nysos, that's understood.

He's going on to the Whitney.

But for the most part, we got the horses that mattered.

And it was the definitive showdown to prove who was the best older horse on the day and perhaps the best older horse in all of racing.

And Magnitude Zoe...

He answered the question and he answered it definitively.

This is one hell of a racehorse.

Boy, did he ever.

Breaking through the gate.

Obviously, he didn't run down the racetrack that started.

Did a great job holding on to him.

But I mean, generally, people are ripping up their tickets after that happens.

Third choice in the morning line.

See you later.

Let's just go with the favorite.

He was phenomenal.

Now, and Randy will probably touch on this as well, I thought Baeza ran a banger, absolute banger.

I don't know how he can't get out of the gate.

I don't know if he's remembering back when John Sheriffs was training him in his first couple of starts when he couldn't leave the gate either.

I don't know what's going on, but he didn't leave the gate.