"We will do some competitive sessions with them; it's good to get a bit of race feeling into you this early in the winter," Hounslow, 30, told BBC Sport.
Just as Obama needed an "anger translator," his comments on race needs a bit of "race translation," because of Obama's indirectness.
Hours later, a bit of racing history transpired: Secretariat recorded one of the most dominant performances in sports, winning the Belmont Stakes and capturing racing's first Triple Crown since 1948.
They also witnessed a bit of racing history as the trainer Wally Dollase, who won the Travers in 1997 with Deputy Commander, became the second trainer to win the Travers with a sire and a son of that sire.
Why do I see thousands of spectators disembarking from this train, and only a tiny minority of them being foreigners?" As I made my way from the Metro to the grandstand and eventually the paddock, I passed through vast crowds of smiling spectators wearing the occasional team supporter's uniform, or hat or carrying some other bit of racing memorabilia.
At Ballintoy, there's a small corkscrew climb and, if the wind is coming head on, there's sure to be a break away group here, which will make the peloton push on and make for an exciting bit of racing.
On the race's 25th anniversary, he recalled, "I think it was 90 percent (camping) trip and maybe a little bit of racing".
It came as a surprise (and a welcome one) that Master of None contains the most subversive bits of race-related television in 2015.
Here you can find route summaries, stage maps, a bit of the race's history, along with the weather for that stage, news, team info, and race standings daily.
It took a bit of the race but it didn't take any of American Pharoah.
