GRADE II, $200,000 EDDIE D STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES JOE BRAVO, WHATMAKESSAMMYRUN, WINNER: “I got beaten by him several times so I was able to watch him. I was never blessed to sit on him, but I felt like I knew him because I watched his races so much. He’s a good horse. He got beat three lengths to the best horses in New York. He had a lot of excuses, and I was really confident in today’s race. They brought me over a pony to play with today. He just ran faster than everybody else turning for home.”

TRAINER QUOTES MARK GLATT, WHATMAKESSAMMYRUN, WINNER: “He’s been a nice horse since the day Sam sent him to me. We got lucky early on last year, won a couple of stakes and had to give him some time off. When he came back it was all these five and five and a half furlongs races to choose from, and I kept telling Sam when we get a chance to get on the hill with this horse, he’s going to really improve, because he really is not fast enough going five-eighths and he’s got to negotiate between traffic, between horses. It worked out beautiful today, they went pretty quick in front of him and Joe gave him a good ride. I’m just happy for Sam.”

OWNER QUOTES SAM HERSHBERGER, STERLING RACING, WHATMAKESSAMMYRUN, WINNER: “What can I say he ran just like Mark said. He predicted he would run great down the hill at six and a half, he needed that extra distance. I looked at the board and at 18-1 I’m betting money on him. He definitely didn’t let me down today.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Sterling Racing LLC.