Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer, took the loss in stride.

"They won't know the difference," said Lukas, another Hall of Fame trainer.

"We think he displaced his soft palate," the Hall of Fame trainer said.

However, the Hall of Fame trainer died on February 23, 1970, and did not see his three-year-old colt's success that year.

Lewis remembered asking the Hall of Fame trainer.

His brother William is a Hall of Fame trainer and owner.

"He's a Hall of Fame trainer and probably didn't have room for her in his stable," Parker said.

Jesse Reid is a boxer and Hall of Fame trainer.

A statement like that, from a Hall of Fame trainer who has worked the corner of 28 champions, was strong praise.

In about two minutes over a mile and a quarter on Saturday, the Hall of Fame trainer will be proved either prescient or dead wrong.