GRADE III, $100,000 LAS FLORES STAKES QUOTES

GRADE III, $100,000 LAS FLORES STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

KAZUSHI KIMURA, RICHI, WINNER: “We already knew those two horses (Pleasant, Don’t Bring Crazy) were going to go. I was comfortable right behind them. My horse was ready to go through the gap. When it opened up she just exploded.”

TRAINER QUOTES

BOB BAFFERT, RICHI, WINNER: “It’s nice to have nice horses like this. We are blessed to have the clientele. Sometimes it just works out. It was a great day starting out with Rodriguez (2nd race). The way he won going long and then Barnes (5th race) watching him perform like that. And Mirahmadi, finally. (7th race). And we have these two fillies (Richi and runner up Pleasant). Good fillies. The Chilean filly, she just cut the corner there and won the race. But you know it is great to have days like this. “She’s completely changed since she has been here. She was really light, and they ran her really long distances. Maybe that was all they had there. Since coming here, I took the blinkers off and she has filled out and changed a lot since August, since Del Mar We freshened her up. She was training really well and I think she will settle and she should be able to go long.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc and Stud Vendaval, Inc.