GRADE II, $200,000, SAN VICENTE STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, HAVNAMELTDOWN, WINNER: “I felt out of the gate with the first jump, he broke really fast and strong then after that I felt like I was just cruising. He was having fun out there. He was kind of waiting for horses, I was doing the same thing, I was just waiting for him and waiting for the competition to get close to me so I could start making my horse run. At the three-eighths, I felt the pressure a little bit and I asked him and he responded really well. Turning for home he switched leads and he picked it up by himself.”

TRAINER QUOTES

BOB BAFFERT, HAVNAMELTDOWN, WINNER: “A lot of horses that get the rail hate drawing it. Juan did a great job getting him back on his feet. This horse is built for this distance that’s him, one turn. He will stay one turn. Faustin, he was kind of a grinding slow, he wants to go longer, the other horse wants to go longer. You try to get outs into them so they’ll learn and you’ll figure (them out). The other two are ready to go long.

“The problem is that if you break your maiden first time out you have to run in stakes. It is that way all over the country. Just getting these races into them it is important. Faustin, you can tell he is not there yet, once he goes two turns, you’ll see a big difference in him. He wat trying to get there but he was running against a top-class sprinter.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman.