GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

EDWIN MALDONADO, HAPPY JACK, WINNER: “Doug said from last time that Frankie (Dettori) rode him that he thought he would be a little far back. He was a little closer and Frankie loved him there. That is what Doug said today, ‘If he breaks a little bit closer, take what they give you.’ “He’s been working great. I had a lot of horse. When we passed the three-eighths pole, I smooched at him a little bit to see how much I had and he kind of took off. That’s when I said, ‘Okay, I have a ton left.” When he turned for home and I asked him, he responded really well.”

TRAINER QUOTES

DOUG O’NEILL, HAPPY JACK, WINNER: “We gave him some time and he has come back as good as ever. He’s always shown that he has talent, we ran him in the (Kentucky) Derby, so that tells you something. Just the time off and the maturity, I mean he is a one turn top notch dirt horse, so we are very excited.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Calumet Farm.