Santa Anita News

SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES RENOVATIONS TO GRANDSTAND & STABLE AREA, FACILITY TO CLOSE FOR TRAINING DURING DEL MAR RACE MEET THIS SUMMER
SANTA ANITA CONGRATULATES RAMON DOMINGUEZ ON GREAT CAREER, MULTIPLE ECLIPSE AWARD WINNING JOCKEY ALSO WON 2012 WOOLF AWARD
HRTV RECEIVES FIVE 2013 OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

Stakes Quotes

April 21, 2013

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOE TALAMO, INTERACTION, WINNER: “We had a perfect trip. The whole way around I was able to save a lot of ground. Turning for home I took him out and he gave me a huge effort the last eighth of a mile. The horse that ran second (All Squared Away), you can’t take anything away from him, he was pretty hard to get by. My horse just showed a lot of heart and effort, he showed a lot of class today.”

EDWIN MALDONADO, ALL SQUARED AWAY, SECOND: “I couldn’t have asked for a better trip; it was beautiful.

April 20, 2013

SANTA BARBARA HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, LADY OF SHAMROCK, WINNER: “I was a little worried about the pace and the horse on the lead was going really slow so I just tried to save ground on both turns. When I saw the opportunity on the rail in the stretch, and I saw a lot of room I just kept running but unfortunately when Victor used the right hand stick his horse kept coming in and completely crossed my lane and I was completely on her heels so I didn’t have any choice but to hold my horse and stop riding a little, and then letting her go again.

“I don’t think he knew I was there.

SAN SIMEON STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

TYLER BAZE, CHIPS ALL IN, WINNER: “I wasn’t concerned about today at all. Not with the way he’s been training; he’s training lights out. He’s a real special horse and it’s just a privilege to be on him. He’s a really cool horse.”

(In response to how this meet has been for him)

“I came from a long ways a way and the meet’s been great. My agent (Craig O’Bryan) has done a great job, and we work well together.

April 14, 2013

SANTA LUCIA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

COREY NAKATANI, SISTER KATE, WINNER: “I was trying to put her in the race and let her assert herself as the speed, but David (Flores) wanted to go on Baffert’s horse. I opted to let him go ahead and go, I got to his outside to track him and it ended up working out for us.”

DAVID FLORES, CANDREA, SECOND: “She got tired. I never got a chance to make her change her lead at the end, she was laying down. She tried, she was honest, and she gave me a great run, no complaints.

April 13, 2013

LAS CIENEGAS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

DAVID FLORES, MIZDIRECTION, WINNER: “She broke well. I was concerned about the break but she broke clean. I looked over and Talamo had a lot of horse (on Schiaparelli) so I let him cruise. There was no other pressure from anyone else so I just kind of waited to see how far he was going to go. She’s unbelievable. She knew exactly when she was going to do the job. “After we crossed the dirt, I got after her a bit and I let her know it was time to get there, but the last sixteenth I knew it was over. She is very smart, she knows what she’s doing.

April 7, 2013

AMERICAN BEAUTY STAKES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, I DAZZLE, WINNER: “I could see that Gary Stevens (on 1-2 favorite In the Stars) was going pretty quick and I wanted to keep my horse relaxed. I could see Stevens open up around the turn and when I asked my horse, she gave me a good kick.”

TRAINER QUOTES

JOHN SADLER, I DAZZLE, WINNER, MOONE’S MY NAME, SECOND, AND BYRONY, THIRD: “We wanted to get a good position, so he (Rafael Bejarano) rode a very good race, like Rafael always does.

April 6, 2013

SANTA ANITA OAKS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

GARRETT GOMEZ, BEHOLDER, 3-10 FAVORITE, WINNER: “She ran really well today. She left the gate like a shot. I went ahead and made the decision to clear most of them. I gave them (the field) a jump or two to see what they were going to do, and it looked like no one really wanted to go so I went ahead and crossed over, and was going to dictate it from there.

“I knew she was going to have to work a little harder today, just from the simple fact that Baffert let my horse get an easy lead in the Las Virgenes.

POTRERO GRANDE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

GARRETT GOMEZ, JIMMY CREED, WINNER: “Richard (Mandella) just told me to let him out of the gate, let him be happy, let him get up on his feet and see what happens. He didn’t want me to take too much away from him so I didn’t, and he traveled beautifully. I was able to set the bit up in his mouth and he traveled well all the way around.

PROVIDENCIA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, SCARLET STRIKE, WINNER: “I had to move a little early because the position I was in was going to make it a little hard to win. At the three-eighths pole I found my position right behind the leader so I just followed her and kept on running. I still had a lot of horse, and I knew I did, so that’s why I moved a little early to find a better position.”

TRAINER QUOTES

JERRY HOLLDENDORFER, SCARLET STRIKE, WINNER: “A terrific race for this filly. I’m very proud of her.

SANTA ANITA DERBY QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

KEVIN KRIGGER, GOLDENCENTS, WINNER: “Right here, right now, is the biggest moment of my life. It’s only going to get better, the horse, me, the team.

“As far as this horse, I had him relaxed and that’s the key to him all the way. I wasn’t fighting him, I really wasn’t, I just kept him at his pace and kept him relaxed.”

(During his post race interview with the media)

“These guys…Glen, Josh, Dave, Doug…they gave me the privilege to ride this horse the way I did today, confidently and with no instructions.