 As part of his 2004 success, on March 12 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky he won seven races on a single race card and ended the meet with a track-record 196 wins.In 2004, his earnings were $12,212,308 out of 1,922 mounts finishing 8th in the national earnings list.In the American Classic Races, he finished eighth aboard Andromeda's Hero in the 2005 Kentucky Derby then rode him to a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes In 2005 he finished the year with earnings of $14,436,781 with 263 winners, and was 4th in the national earnings list.