GRADE III, $100,000 SURFER GIRL STAKES QUOTES

GRADE III, $100,000 SURFER GIRL STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

MIRCO DEMURO, BRAVE DEB, WINNER: “She’s a nervous filly. First time I took her to the front and she got a little excited. Even in the morning-time she gets a little excited. I didn’t want her to get too nervous and take her out of the race. So this time I let somebody take the lead and I kept close to him. She is a little bit funny, you can see when she was coming back she was looking around at everything. She doesn’t really like to be in front. But she has a lot of speed and a lot of ability. It was perfect. The other one came close to me in the stretch and helped me keep going. She doesn’t want to lose.”

TRAINER QUOTES

RICHARD MANDELLA, BRAVE DEB, WINNER: “We were worried that the one that went to the lead ((Will Happen) would and it would turn into a sprint. We hoped our filly would settle which she did. Mirco did a fabulous job with her. “Spendthrift has been wonderful. It has been about 20 or 30 years and every year it has been something good.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder are Spendthrift Farm, LLC.