GRADE II, $200,000 SAN VICENTE STAKES QUOTES

GRADE II, $200,000 SAN VICENTE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, BARNES, WINNER: “He’s really good. I love him. He was aggressive down the backside but he’s still learning how to run. I like him because around the quarter pole he got off the bridle and was kind of looking around a little bit. But when I corrected him, he came back to me. I was really surprised how he finished today.”

TRAINER QUOTES

BOB BAFFERT, BARNES, WINNER: “You just keep him healthy, when you get a good horse, you have to keep him healthy and then everything flows. I’m happy for Amr (Zedan), he had to really stretch to get this horse when you have clientele like that it is everything. This horse looked like that as a yearling, he looks like American Pharoah body wise he has a lot of American Pharoah in him and it worked out. I knew he would run well, I was watching Juan, he knows the horse well and he said he was a little green. But everyone who has worked him says he has another gear in him. They were all a little green and the second out is the most important for all these horses, my other horse (Runner up- Romanesque), he stayed out of the speed duel but he still is a nice horse.”

JIMMY BARNES, ASSISTANT TRAINER TO BOB BAFFERT, BARNES, WINNER: “They surprised me and I was honored. I was a little nervous, but it is working out well so far. I had a little bit of a knot in my stomach, but it will only get better after this.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.