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March 20, 2011

SAN LUIS REY STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, JUNIPER PASS, WINNER: “My horse ran really well for his first time on the dirt. He surprised everybody. I knew the number eight (Dahoud) was going to go to the lead and try and slow the pace. My only chance was to put my horse right behind the speed the whole way around. I’m glad it worked out. My horse showed me a big kick in the stretch. The other horse (Dahoud) came running, but my horse was very strong.”

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SANTA PAULA STAKES QUOTES

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RAFAEL BEJARANO, MILDLY OFFENSIVE, WINNER: “My filly was the best filly in the race. I wondered a little bit about the track conditions but when I started to warm up my filly it felt like she really liked it. I was hoping to break good from the gate. When I found my position I was right behind California Nectar. When the horse on the lead started lugging out a little bit I tried get to the rail, save a little ground, and let her run in the stretch.”

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March 19, 2011

IRISH O'BRIEN STAKES QUOTES

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MARTIN PEDROZA, LA NEZ, WINNER: “She ran good. I got a perfect trip. She broke good and I tucked in right behind some horses. I was laying about four or five horses back. Just before I got to the top of the lane I put her into gear and she started running. She had one hell of a kick when I asked her to go, she just took off.”

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SANTA ANA STAKES QUOTES

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RAFAEL BEJARANO, MALIBU PIER, WINNER: “I was on an easy lead the first turn and I had a lot of horse. I knew number 8 (Lilly Fa Pootz) was going to try and go to the lead. I tried to make sure my horse was relaxed. At the half-mile pole I decided to let her relax . . . I gave her a little breather before I came to the turn and then let her go. When I came to the top of the stretch I let her shoot to the lead, and she showed me a big kick. She was really good today.”

TRAINER QUOTES

March 18, 2011

JOE HERNANDEZ STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

COREY NAKATANI, REGALLY READY, WINNER: “Scotty (Blasi) is pretty sharp and Steve (Asmussen) has given us a lot of opportunities to win some races. It’s nice to win a nice little stakes with this horse. He’s done things right and Scott was very confident in his ability to control the race. I pretty much had him in hand. I just made sure to get him around in good order, set him down, and he kicked home.”

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March 13, 2011

CHINA DOLL STAKES

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March 12, 2011

SANTA MARGARITA INVITATIONAL STAKES QUOTES

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SAN FELIPE STAKES QUOTES

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March 6, 2011

SANTANA MILE STAKES QUOTES

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MARTIN GARCIA, MISREMEMBERED, WINNER: “This horse has been training super and I thought he’d run good, but not THIS good. Baffert told me he’s training good, but he’s had a lot of time off and if it looked like he couldn’t win, to just take care of him. The way he ran today, I really think if he would have run yesterday (in the Santa Anita Handicap) he would’ve won.”

TRAINER QUOTES

March 5, 2011

SANTA ANITA OAKS QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

DAVID FLORES, TURBULENT DESCENT, WINNER: “Last time, I didn’t want to put too much pressure on my filly because she was coming off a layoff and because we had so much rain, she had missed a work. Today, I was very confident she was going to run big. I took a peek back at the three-eighths pole and I saw the gray shadow (Zazu), so I knew where she was. At the quarter pole I let her go and she gave me everything.”
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