The prince tried to talk him out of it, saying he didn't want further racing to leave Stevens hobbling through his golden years. I think I've got a lot of good races in me. He returned in the fall and won his eighth Breeders' Cup race with War Chant in the Mile. And when Point Given roared down the stretch in the Juvenile to finish second by a nose to Macho Uno, a stoked Stevens announced that he had his Derby horse. He was right.
Point Given is a four-legged dream for a jockey.
If things go right, he's going to win. The main thing we're going to need on our side is racing luck and the right trip, and that's up to me. The Kentucky Derby rests in Gary Stevens' hands. And it feels better than a golf club or a steering wheel ever could.