GRADE III, $ 100,000 SAN MARCOS STAKES QUOTES

GRADE III, $ 100,000 SAN MARCOS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

FRANKIE DETTORI, THERE GOES HARVARD, WINNER: “When I looked at the form, I saw there wasn’t particularly a lot of speed and I took the chance to go forward. I got a nice, easy lead. On the back-stretch I took him off the rail a little bit and he was playing with his ears. It was great. From the three-eighths pole, I wound him up. When I pressed the button, I looked around and was free in front. That was it. All over.”

TRAINER QUOTES

MICHAEL MCCARTHY, THERE GOES HARVARD, WINNER:“He was a little bit fresh today, obviously not having run since the Breeders’ Cup. He bounced out of the gate and he certainly carved out a fairly decent half mile fraction, three-quarters in 12 and change. It seemed like the horse was really enjoying himself today.”

OWNER QUOTES

ARON WELLMAN, THERE GOES HARVARD, WINNER: “He is new to us. We bought him as a ripe old six-year-old before the Pacific Classic, thanks to the Cannon family for selling him to Eclipse and Gary Barber. On Michael’s recommendation, he felt like there was plenty of juice in the lemon so, testament to Michael’s horsemanship. Frankie won the race coming out of the gate and across the dirt path, it was over. Pace makes the race and it was up to the horse from there and he took care of business.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber.