Grade II, Eddie D Stakes Quotes

GRADE II, EDDIE D STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

UMBERTO RISPOLI, SORRENTO SKY, WINNER: “He broke so good today. I was very confident going into today with the field we were facing. This horse has been unbelievable since he was gelded a year ago. He’s a different horse. I was sitting seventh with a quarter of a mile to go and he gave me a kick that was so good. Absolutely a different horse now. Before he would be up front and when he was passed, he would quit on me.”

TRAINER QUOTES

PHILIP D’AMATO, SORRENTO SKY, WINNER: “He has really been a different horse since he’s been gelded and brought home the win today with a tremendous finish. The strategy was to let Umberto (Rispoli) do his thing. Umberto had him in the race and brought us home the win by pushing hard at the end.”

OWNER QUOTES

MICHAEL NENTWIG, PART-OWNER, SORRENTO SKY, WINNER: “He loves Del Mar and he’s been a different horse since he’s been gelded. This was a good distance for him. We always thought that six or six and a half would be good, but you never know until they try it. It’s a team effort and I want to thank Phil, it was his idea to give the horse a break and geld him and try to get him over the top. He was a good horse before, but since he has been gelded he’s turned into a great horse, so I have to give him credit for that. “He broke sharp, he outbroke the field by two lengths, and we were hoping they would sit back. But he outbroke everybody else. I thought it was a pretty impressive race to break as good as he did, to shut off and be second to last, then come running again it kind of showed what we were hoping to see.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Benowitz Family Trust, CYBT, McLean Racing Stables, Saul Gevertz, Marc Lantzman and Michael Nentwig.