GRADE II, $200,000 LAFFIT PINCAY, JR. STAKES

GRADE II, $200,000 LAFFIT PINCAY, JR. STAKES

JOCKEY QUOTES

ANTONIO FRESU, J B STRIKES BACK, WINNER: “My trip was great, amazing it was what we had planned. What about this training performance by Doug (O’Neill)? This horse he kept improving and now he is in graded stakes, that was amazing. This horse almost went wire to wire. I think I still had something underneath, so there is some room for improvement. I feel very excited to see where he goes next. I liked him a lot. I won on him once and he won easily. He always just did it so easily and you never knew what else was there. Today, what I was thinking was if the track was fast, to get a nice trip out in front, or be pretty close. I thought the horse had a good chance. He proved to us his ability.”

TRAINER QUOTES

DOUG O’NEILL, J B STRIKES BACK, WINNER: “It’s such an honor to win this race. My mom Dixie was really good friends with Laffit Pincay Jr.’s mom and we are really good friends with his brother Alonso, so the Pincay family really means a lot to us. He still looks like he can still ride today, it’s amazing and a huge honor. Janie Buss and the whole Buss family they are so generous. She donates all of the earnings of any of her beautiful horses that make any money to different causes. This is really to her because she wanted to take a chance after his last couple of efforts. We took a chance, and it worked out perfect.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Janie Buss Purple Rein Racing. The Buss family owns the Los Angeles Lakers.