"I felt, because of his small feet, we needed to take his shoes off and allow the feet to spread out naturally," McAnally said. "We're looking at next year's Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) and Dubai World Cup (UAE-I), and if we ran in the Breeders' Cup, then I'd have to keep him in training to get ready for those races, and that would put a lot of pressure on his feet. Add that to the $800,000 supplementary fee, and I just felt that running in the Classic was not the right thing to do. He's doing great and is perfectly sound, but the horse always comes first, and this is the best thing for the horse if we want to have him around next year. He's really only a 3-year-old, and there's always next year's Breeders' Cup."