ARCADIA, CALIF -- Happy Breeders' Cup day! We're geared up and ready to go with some great chances on the card, and if you're here in California I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Last year I won four Breeders' Cup races and it's kind of hard to tell which one was my favorite. It's pretty much a cross between Midnight Lute in the Sprint and Ventura in the Filly and Mare Sprint. Midnight Lute kind of had a couple races between there that didn't go so well for him, so for him to do what he did was a great day for him. Ventura has just been a great horse; to have her do it on Breeders' Cup day was just confirmation. She runs well all the time and I've been very high on her ever since we got her over here. To see her accomplish what she's accomplished so far has been great because I had that feeling about her from the start. This year they kind of gave her a break and freshened her up; she only ran four times. She had a break from April to September and they brought her back to the Woodbine Mile off a five-month layoff and that was one of her better races for me. I believe she can repeat; it was her more than me doing anything for her, which is satisfying, you know, to have her in that kind of condition. I'm riding Always a Princess in the Juvenile Fillies and I like the way she's handled things so far. The last time was her first graded stake going around two turns and she only had one race in her. I put her on the lead and she relaxed like a good horse is supposed to do. She got a little tired since it was her first time going two turns but even though she was tired she got passed for second and brought herself back ahead of that horse again, and that says a lot about a young horse -- she's got a lot of fight and wants to be a horse that's a good horse. Bob used her to set the pace for Lookin At Lucky in some morning works, about four or five times, and she kept right up with him. She's growing and moving forward and I'm excited about her. She's the real deal. My Ladies' Classic mount is Life Is Sweet. She's a super fast horse; she got a grade I win here in the springtime and the rest of her races have still been good, just not super impressive. She's got a really nice kick to her, the key is just getting her to use it like she did in the springtime. The last time she ran in the Lady's Secret she only got beat about 2 ¼-lengths and from the quarter pole home Zenyatta didn't move away from her; she was actually just running in her shadow all the way to the wire. Sure, the Clement Hirsch wasn't her best performance, but the time before that she was running with the boys in the Hollywood Gold Cup and she finished third, so you can't really knock her, she tries hard. We know she's not Zenyatta, but really in this race without Zenyatta in there, hopefully she can get back to her previous form. That's about as much insight as I have time to give you; I'm off to the jockeys' room to get ready for the day. Good luck to everyone and enjoy the races!