Stakes Quotes

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March 30, 2013

EVENING JEWEL STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, DOINGHARDTIMEAGAIN, WINNER: “I just tried to find my position and figure it out from there. She was a little hot going to the gate, a little excited, but she was good once she was in the gate. When I saw that the favorite (Sweet Marini) didn’t break that well I just had to find my position and I would go from there, I was going to just follow the seven horse (Hail Mary).”

JOE TALAMO, SWEET MARINI, 3-5 FAVORITE, EIGHTH: “I had a good trip. She broke a little slow, and she just didn’t fire today.

ECHO EDDIE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOE TALAMO, OMEGA STAR, WINNER: “I thought of all the horses that ran today, she (second choice, the lone filly, Could Be Trouble) would have won. That’s part of the game; those things happen, and you’ve got to just keep moving forward, movin’ on.”

(In response to how the trip went for him)

“That was a perfect trip. I had a lot of horse under me the whole way, tracked right outside, and he did the rest.”

VICTOR ESPINOZA, FIGHTING HUSSAR, SECOND: “He ran big. When he takes the lead he kind of waits for other horses.

March 24, 2013

SANTA ANA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JULIEN LEPAROUX, TIZ FLIRTATIOUS, WINNER: “She proved it again today. She’s never been worse than third in her career. She likes to run, and she’s a good mare, it was nice to be on her today. She’s a fighter; every jock likes those kind (of horses). She won big today, so it was good. She was a little keen today, but she dropped the bit and relaxed on the backside, and after that, she got up on them.

March 23, 2013

TOKYO CITY CUP STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

MARTIN GARCIA, SKY KINGDOM, WINNER: “I was outside the speed today. I let my horse break on his own and just cruise around. He relaxed perfectly, and when I kicked in he just took off. My plan was to let somebody go to the lead and let my horse sit on the outside and stay comfortable, and that is exactly the way it went today.”

EDWIN MALDONADO, OILISBLACKGOLD, SECOND: “I thought they were going to go a little quicker today. They went at a slow pace so it gave the winner a win. My horse ran good. I thought I had the race at the quarter pole.

March 17, 2013

IRISH O'BRIEN STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

BRICE BLANC, BENCH GLORY, WINNER: “She did great. First time out after a long layoff like this, you never know. She liked the course and she was ready today. She’s super-special. She put me in the race like she always does and came up with that strong kick.”

(In response to what a Frenchman does on St. Patty’s Day.)

“I can’t drink beer, so I guess I’ll have to think of something else to do. Champagne . . . Irish champagne!”

MIKE SMITH, ISMENE, WINNER: “On dirt, I win. You know, dirt’s better.

March 16, 2013

SANTA MARGARITA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

ROSIE NAPRAVNIK, JOYFUL VICTORY, WINNER: (Do you know if Larry Jones has anything in mind for her next race?) “You better ask him, I don’t know yet.”

(In response to how the trip set up for her.)

“She broke sharp. She likes to run freely and doesn’t like being restrained so it was nice that we had plenty of room on the rail to take the lead into the first turn. She was just relaxed and ran a great race.”

TRAINER QUOTES

LARRY JONES, JOYFUL VICTORY, 11-10 FAVORITE, WINNER: “. . .

SAN LUIS REY STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

VICTOR ESPINOZA, BRIGHT THOUGHT, WINNER: “He’s an unbelievable horse, he’s an unbelievable talent. The horse does everything you tell him to, and this was his first time going this distance. He broke running, and I was going to go on with him, but I didn’t want to go head to head with every other horse all the way to the wire so I eased back a bit. I gave him a little breather and started to let him run from the three-eighths (pole).

March 10, 2013

LAS FLORES STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

MIKE SMITH, RUMOR, WINNER: (In response to how he felt she came to this race, if he thought she was going to step forward here.)

“Well, it didn’t look that way. Last time I rode her she was just quiet, really, really quiet. Quiet in the gate, didn’t get into the race, just stayed quiet. Today, I said I really want to warm her up, at least, at some point, get her into the race and see what would happen. When I did, she just locked on, and once she did that I knew she was going to run, it was just a matter of being good enough.

March 9, 2013

SAN FELIPE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

COREY NAKATANI, HEAR THE GHOST, WINNER: (Jerry Hollendorfer said he wasn’t surprised by the fast pace, how about you?)

“Not at all. I felt that they were going to go fast. So I thought, ‘let’s get away good and make someone commit to going to the pace we need for him’. He’s a tremendous horse. Jerry said, ‘I’m going to find you a good one’ and I’ve been working some horses for him in the morning, asking for some help. I want to stay home, with my family, and stay on the West Coast. I’d like to get on the Derby trail with a horse, and this is it.

CHINA DOLL STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

EDWIN MALDONADO, BIRDLOVER, WINNER: "Doug (O’Neill) told me to go to the lead and if somebody wants to go out there like a rabbit let them have the lead. Nobody fought me. It was a perfect race."

TRAINER QUOTES

DOUG O’NEILL, BIRDLOVER, WINNER: “Well, we were hoping to get an easy lead in the seventh race . . . it didn’t happen, but this is a nice filly, and so is the other filly (Wittgenstein, sixth). Both of them are very earnest, and it was a wide-open race.
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