“We’re obviously disappointed,” said McLaughlin. “He flattened out late. He looked like he got there and in the clear, which is what he likes and he just flattened out. So, it’s disappointing, but we’ll look to carry on and go on to the Derby and hope that we regroup and he rebounds from this effort.
"Maybe the nine weeks (off) was telling on him, maybe the inside was better, it's hard to say, but we'll regroup and move on to May 3. (Jockey Luis Saez) just said that he got there and flattened out a little bit. He's fine, he just didn't fire like he did last time. If 24 (points) don't get us in, then we don't go to Kentucky. We feel like we'll get in and if we don't, we won't."
Constitution returned $8.60, $4.20, and $3.60. Wildcat Red paid $4.80 and $3.40 and completed the $2 exacta for $38.20. General A Rod paid $3.40 and completed the $1 trifecta for $53.00. Cairo Prince finished fourth to complete the $0.10 superfecta for $9.54. The final time for the 1 1/8 mile race over the fast dirt was 1:49.16.
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