GRADE III, $100,000 DAYTONA STAKES QUOTES

GRADE III, $100,000 DAYTONA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, WINNER: “I didn’t know if I could get there, but I was thinking in my mind I didn’t lose. All the credit goes to my horse, he was feeling really good. Mark Glatt called my agent a couple of weeks ago to work him because the horse was doing so well. I worked him a couple weeks ago and he worked great. Mark put him in this race and he proved that he’s back. He showed up again. He broke beautifully. Mark’s assistant told me not to rush him and try to stay behind the pace. And that’s what my horse did. He broke good and then after that he took his time. I was tracking the 12 horse (Sumter), I knew he was the horse to beat. Crossing the dirt, my horse switched leads and he took off.”

OWNER QUOTES

SCOTT SHERWOOD, BLINKERS ON RACING, FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, WINNER: “Mark’s been talking highly, for months now really. He was 3-year-old when he left and he is a bigger, stronger 4-year-old now. You can see it. He is a good-looking animal and Mark had him ready. I thought he was too far back, if you know any of his races, he has always sat just off the pace. But that going a mile or a mile and an eighth. I thought, ‘oh, geez, he’s too far back.’ But he had clear sailing and he showed a turn of foot he has never shown.”

NOTES: Mark Glatt was the winning trainer. The winning owner are Blinkers On Racing Stable, Janlois Racing, LLC, Valinor Racing Stable, LLC, Tom Corbett, Andy Kwan and Jay Lester Wagner