GRADE III, $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS STAKES QUOTES

GRADE III, $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, QUEEN MAXIMA, WINNER: “She’s really good. She is really professional we had a really good trip. We broke from the inside and she was really fast out of the gate. I was able to get a good position in second, just tracking (Princesa Moche) in front of me. She loves that, she runs on the lead too, but when the other horse got the jump on me I decided to start tracking her. I was really comfortable all the race, I felt under my knees I had a lot of horse. I crossed the dirt and I waited a little bit longer and she put in a good run. She is so smart and knows where the wire is at. You know Jeff and his team, they do a great job with her and get her ready to win races like this. She showed up today.”

TRAINER QUOTES

JEFF MULLINS, QUEEN MAXIMA, WINNER: “Anybody who is involved in this game needs to experience a horse like this. This is something else, I mean this is a once in a lifetime horse. Juan works her every time and he gives her what he thinks she needs and I let him do his thing.”

OWNER QUOTES

MICHELE ARTHUR, DUTCH GIRL HOLDINGS, QUEEN MAXIMA, WINNER: “She is pretty amazing. We are so happy to have her in our lives. We are very lucky.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC.