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March 18, 2012

SANTANA MILE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES
VICTOR ESPINOZA, CANONIZE, WINNER: “Everything set up for me the way I wanted it to. We didn’t know what to expect of him since it’s his first time going long, but it set up very well. I had good position sitting behind the speed and I just saved a little bit for the end.”
When asked if a mile was the best distance for this horse:

March 17, 2012

IRISH O'BRIEN STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

EDWIN MALDONADO, LINDZ WINZ, WINNER: “It’s pretty slippery and nasty on the track today. I was hoping to go to the lead, but we let the number eight (Sunburn) go in front. I knew sooner or later the leader would get tired and everything worked out as planned. This filly can run. She’s a small filly but she always tries hard every time she runs.”

TRAINER QUOTES

SANTA MARGARITA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES
JOE TALAMO, INCLUDE ME OUT, WINNER: “I think my horse handled the track really well today. She’s by Include, who I think liked the mud. I figured, like daughter, like father, hopefully. She handled it well and I was loaded the whole way. I appreciate the connections giving me the opportunity on this horse.”

March 11, 2012

LAS FLORES STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

EDWIN MALDONADO, IZZY RULES, WINNER: “This win feels great, and it’s a dream come true. I was hoping to win a stakes race here at Santa Anita, and I finally did. This filly is so nice going and is just easy to ride. My main concern during the race was to try and get to the quarter pole alone because I knew she would do the rest of the work for me.”

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MIGUEL CARRANZA, ASSISTANT TO JEFF BONDE, IZZY RULES, WINNER: “Edwin knows how to ride her. He knows her well.

March 10, 2012

SAN FELIPE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

March 4, 2012

JOE HERNANDEZ HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOEL ROSARIO, MR GRUFF, WINNER: “I was a little too quick with this horse last time and he got tired. He was more relaxed today. I got just a little bit of pressure on the outside and inside, but he handled it
very well. He’s such a nice horse, and I think he can do anything.”

TRAINER QUOTES

RON ELLIS, MR GRUFF, WINNER: “This horse just loves running down the hill. He also ran well at
Hollywood Park on the flat, he’s one for one over there. He’s just a classy horse and I’ve got to love

March 3, 2012

LAS VIRGENES STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

MARTIN GARCIA, EDEN’S MOON, WINNER: “She’s a really good filly. Even though they put pressure on her right out of the gate, she relaxed for me. The seven (Reneesgotzip, with Corey Nakatani) pressed me real hard going to the far turn and she bumped my filly’s hind end which turned her a little sideways and she switched leads.”

FRANK E. KILROE MILE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOEL ROSARIO, WILLYCONKER, WINNER: “The race set up perfect for me today. I just tried to lay in behind the speed, save ground and make one run with him. He tried hard today to beat Mr. Commons and ran a really good race today. I was very happy to turn the tables on Mr. Commons today; my horse gave everything he had. I just tried to run my race and see how far I could go.”

MIKE SMITH, MR. COMMONS, SECOND: “He ran great. I had an eighth of a mile to get by

SANTA ANITA HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOSE LEZCANO, RON THE GREEK, WINNER: “I didn’t want to be on the inside so I had to use him the whole way to make him keep going. At the half-mile pole I had a lot of horse, but I had to keep asking my horse. My horse is like a bicycle, you keep asking and he will keep running. The last three races he has been improving. His last race in Florida he was racing a shorter distance and the other horse opened up early and I couldn’t catch him. He was really coming the last three-sixteenths, but the other horse opened up too early”

February 26, 2012

BAFFLE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES
ESWAN FLORES, TONES, WINNER: “This has been a dream of mine since I was eight years old. I wanted to be here so much I didn’t even care if I was a galloper; I just wanted to be around horses. Now I’m here winning races, and winning a stakes race is the best feeling ever. I saw the wire and I saw my nose in front of another horse, but it was a tight race. I was really scared and couldn’t wait for the wire to get there.”

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