JOCKEY QUOTES UMBERTO RISPOLI, MAXIM RATE, WINNER: “I think she has no problem with the distance. I think Simon knows what he is doing. We know that she can go further in the distance and that’s why I wasn’t afraid to go a mile and three wide. Everybody knows I like to save ground but […]

JOCKEY QUOTES FLAVIEN PRAT, ONE BAD BOY, WINNER: “He was going along effortlessly, but we got no breaks.  They were on top of me the whole race.  He’s getting really good again, as you can see.  He fought those horses off and showed a lot of heart.  We’ve always thought he was a good horse.” […]

JOCKEY QUOTES             JUAN HERNANDEZ, BIDDY DUKE, WINNER: “She’s really fast and she’s one of the smallest horses I’ve ever ridden.  I knew we were going fast, but she was comfortable, so I let her go.  When she saw that other filly come to us, she really fought back.  She’s small but she’s got a big […]

JOCKEY QUOTES UMBERTO RISPOLI, SMOOTH LIKE STRAIT, WINNER: “I studied the race yesterday and this morning because I really wanted to win. The horse is actually really improving himself. We know how he could be keen in the first part of the race, but Michael (McCarthy) does such an amazing job, he’s been relaxed. You can […]

JOCKEY QUOTES ABEL CEDILLO, KALYPSO, WINNER: “When you ride for Bob (Baffert) he just says, ‘Break well and play the break.’ I knew she had speed, so she broke really sharp and I just took that. She finished really strong and she galloped out really strong too. I think she did it pretty well.” TRAINER […]