GRADE II, $200,000 SUMMERTIME OAKS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

TYLER BAZE, SUGAR FISH, WINNER: “She stumbled pretty good today, but then she got her feet up from under her and just took me. She has been doing so good, she’s growing up and maturing. She reminds me a lot of her daddy (Accelerate). I got to ride him and now I get the opportunity to ride this filly. I hope she is as good as he was. She is just growing up and learning what she is doing. She gets better and better. Her breezes in the morning have just gotten better and she is just getting more professional.”

TRAINER QUOTES

JEFF MULLINS, SUGAR FISH, WINNER: “I thought we were done. We were taking a big chance going into this race, but we’ve always known that she is great filly. To stumble then overcome and win like she did. Down the backside I felt confident and when Tyler made the move on the turn and got through and nobody was coming, I said, ‘It’s over.’ “We’ve always known that she is a good filly, but she’s had temperamental issues here and there and she has just gotten better and better as she’s gone long. “The owners wanted to do it and she deserved a shot. I’m glad we did. We knew she was a nice filly by the way she broke her maiden here by seven lengths, she did that pretty easily, then she came back to beat older fillies she was the only three-year-old in the race. She goes in today with three-year-old fillies today in a four horse field and despite the stumbled, got a perfect trip.

OWNER QUOTES

MICHAEL TALLA, TALLA RACING CO-OWNER, SUGAR FISH, WINNER: “The horse was supposed to cost a lot more, but he bought her cheap ($40,000). He’s picked her out it was all Kim (Lloyd).”

KIM LLOYD, SWEETWATER STABLE, CO-OWNER, SUGAR FISH, WINNER: “First it was her breeding, that sire has not been successful, unfortunately, but he was a very good horse. Her physically at the sale was as good as anything that sold for a million dollars. I am not kidding. The breeder let her out to show me and she was rearing up and striking at him and he didn’t like her a little bit so that’s why I believe we got her for $40,000. “Tyler is awesome, he is riding so well, he is back to his old self and he had so much confidence with this filly. Tyler is a horseman he is wonderful.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Sweetwater Stable and Talla Racing LLC.