 He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.His riding career began to surge in June 2006 when he won the $750,000 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs with 91–1 longshot Seek Gold, getting up in the final stride to win by a nose over Perfect Drift and paying $185.40 to win.That year was his big break when he won his first Breeders' Cup on Street Sense in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.