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September 29, 2012

CHANDELIER STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, EXECUTIVEPRIVILEGE, WINNER: “She impressed me today. When I saw a lot of scratches in the race, especially the speed, I had no choice but to send her. She brought me to the lead easy and I was concerned a little bit, but after the first turn I knew I had so much horse. She was so relaxed. I think after this race she’ll be ready for the Breeders’ Cup. She’s going to be tough.”

FRONTRUNNER STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, POWER BROKER, WINNER: “This horse has turned out really good. I’m surprised with the way he ran today, he was amazing. It was the first time he ran on this track at this distance and it looked like he loved this track. It’s important to be on the lead right now, and it was easy to find early position right away.”

ZENYATTA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

MARTIN GARCIA, LOVE AND PRIDE, WINNER: “The instructions were to let her break and
not fight her, just let her be happy. That’s exactly how the race turned out. I let her break, sat, then when it was time to go she just finished the job. I’m very lucky to ride this beautiful horse and I will pray to see if I can stay with her.”

RODEO DRIVE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

GARRETT GOMEZ, MARKETING MIX, WINNER: “You never know how things are actually going to set up in a race. I know this mare; she’s really handy about what needs to be done at certain parts of the race. She’s just pure class. She was able to listen to what I was asking of her. I saw the two leaders hook up early on. They opened up six or seven on us, and I was using the next two horses as my cover but they just couldn’t keep up. I enjoy using my cover to pull me to the leader but I ended being the one that was starting to pull the rest of them along.

AWESOME AGAIN STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAFAEL BEJARANO, GAME ON DUDE, WINNER: “I knew the number two horse (Winning Machine) was going to send. My horse broke so fast from the gate that I let the other horse send a little bit to make sure I could hold my horse and put him in better position. After that the race was done because he was much the best horse in the race.”

September 28, 2012

EDDIE D STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

COREY NAKATANI, UNBRIDLED’S NOTE, WINNER: “It’s an honor to win this race. Eddie was one of the guys I idolized when I first started. It’s good to get that first stakes win for the meet out of the way. This horse is a good enough horse to put me in the position I needed to be in to win. The key is if they handle it, and he handled it just fine. It’s Eddie D.’s day today though. He’s a great asset to the sport.”

April 22, 2012

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOEL ROSARIO, BOURBON BAY, WINNER: “I was probably too far back but I was never worried about it. He’s a great horse and he can handle this distance well. It was pretty close. Right in the middle of the race I thought they were probably going a little too quick for the distance.

April 21, 2012

SAN SIMEON HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOE TALAMO, CALIFORNIA FLAG, WINNER: “At the break I just let him get out to the lead. He relaxed fine and did what he is known for. It was almost like déjà vu.”

JOSE VALDIVIA, SAYIF, SECOND: “He ran huge. Patrick told me had been training good and he ran like it, I thought for a second the layoff would hit the other horse, but he [California Flag] won in the Breeders’ Cup [Sprint] a couple years ago, my horse ran big.”

RAFAEL BEJARANO, COMPARI, THIRD: “My horse ran well. No excuse. The horse on the lead never stopped.

SANTA BARBARA HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

BRICE BLANC, CAPITAL PLAN, WINNER: “Jerry (Hollendorfer) told me to play it by ear. On paper, it looked like the one (Hard Seven) and the three (Glowing Spirit) were going to be the speed of the race. I didn’t know what Joel’s (Rosario) horse was going to do on the outside, and I was kind of waiting to see what he would do. When everybody looked for cover on the front side I kind of just let my filly lope along and I just got a beautiful spot. I felt the momentum from there and I asked her to pick it up.

April 14, 2012

LAS CIENEGAS HANDICAP QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

DAVID FLORES, MIZDIRECTION, WINNER: “I had confidence today, but I was expecting her to have the same turn of foot that she does on grass and it was not like that. The dirt is getting heavier, so it was a bit tiring. When I moved outside I had her chase the leader. She accelerated slowly but she got on it. After the wire she was very happy. It’s good to ride a horse like this. She showed her class today.”

TRAINER QUOTES
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