GRADE I, $300,000 GAMELY STAKES QUOTES

GRADE I, $300,000 GAMELY STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

HECTOR BERRIOS, THOUGHT PROCESS, WINNER: “She is so much better. Once I came up to the other filly (Rashmi), I asked her and she responded great.”

TRAINER QUOTES

PHIL D’AMATO, THOUGHT PROCESS, WINNER: “I thought we were in a really good position and I could see she was nice and comfortable. I could see the horse on the lead (Rashmi) was also going very easy. When Hector asked her in the stretch, she responded and opened up. It was a hand ride from there. She loves the turf here at Santa Anita and the extra eighth-of-a-mile wasn’t a factor. We’ll put our heads together for the next steps. She has been training so good on the dirt, so we’ll see what we do at Del Mar. We’d like to get her to the Breeders’ Cup and that would be a mile and quarter. The key is getting her to relax. She has been a lot better from age three to four and that translated to more distance.”

OWNER QUOTES

BILLY KOCH, LITTLE RED FEATHER RACING, THOUGHT PROCESS, WINNER: “It was pretty special. Someone asked me what the dream scenario was and we just saw it. It was perfect. Hector said she relaxed so beautifully and he was really patient. He didn’t really turn her loose at the quarter pole, he kind of waited until they turned for home and obviously when you are watching a race like that you can tell he had a lot of horse. It was just a great effort.

“She got real sick, that’s why she missed some time. So to run her back in a race like that, it was pretty incredible.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Estate of Brereton C. Jones, Little Red Feather Racing and Madaket Stables LLC.