But his definitive 1 1/2-lengths win over a tough field brought the whole crowd to its feet.

I have to prepare well to challenge in a tournament and this is a tough field.

Gilbertson won the race against a tough field in difficult conditions.

Music and entertainment is a tough field, you know.

But he refused to blame the notoriously tough field.

Artax carried 114 pounds yesterday, and Chavez said he beat a tough field.

The entertainment business is a tough field to work in with huge demands and I feel she is doing great.

The athletes are under scrutiny from the start - with tough field and laboratory based tests.

I think each time we've given him a tougher field to handle, and he's done it.

"You're an independent store in a tough, tough field," he said.