His first task

 It had become critical for Rock to get up and begin to prioritize every facet of his life. Moments later, shortly after he refilled his cat Joe's food bowl and as he sat in a maroon recliner with a spiral notebook in hand, Rock knew his first task was to call five horsemen at Oaklawn in Hot Springs. He had known from the night before how meaningful that was, but he was unprepared for the panic involved and how it had begun to seem like a matter upon which his very livelihood depended.