The trainer also said that, if it were up to him, Java Gold might not race next year at all.

Thanks to this year's poor planning, it will not even keep Java Gold in training for an extra six weeks.

Java Gold had finished second on courage and class alone.

Java Gold has always been the horse of the future.

If Java Gold indeed has it, this is his day.

Java Gold has reinjured his foot and is not expected to return until the fall, if at all.

Java Gold won 9 of 15 career starts and earned $1,908,832.

Like Java Gold, he has the potential to run competitively with any horse in the country.

Java Gold was the first 3-year-old to win the race since Alydar in 1978.

An hour after the race, though, Java Gold was limping as he cooled off.