According to bloodhorse.com
"Kimmel said Friend Or Foe will likely bypass the series’ second leg, the $150,000 New York Derby at Finger Lakes on July 17, in favor of "bigger and better things."
He sounds like a pompous

. Why even run in the first leg of the Big Apple Triple and then turn around and insult the series ?
Granted he may have been caught off guard by the question but he should have known it was coming .