GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANITA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY ESTRELLA JALISCO

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, DR. SCHIVEL, WINNER: “He broke a step slow but, after the first sixteenth, he got me there. He recovered really well, I was tracking the leaders and that was the plan because this track today, it’s pretty fast so you don’t want to be too far back. Plan A came out perfect, I just was waiting for something to come through. Around the turn, I saw a little bit of space inside on the rail, so I asked him to get into that position. He was really game today. He was fighting. “He was really brave. He’s a really professional horse. Mark Glatt brought him ready today. When I asked him to pick it up and to open up, he did. “I was watching the horse on the outside because I was trying to get him. I knew he was there the whole time. We made it.”

TRAINER QUOTES

MARK GLATT, DR. SCHIVEL, WINNER: “The whole plan was to take the same path we did in 2021 and it worked really well that year. It was within an inch of working terrific, but you know I think these sprinters want to run a little fresh and at the same time I like the four weeks out from the Breeders’ Cup. Four or five weeks. He got a good race under his belt.

“The ownership group is wonderful to train for they always allow me to do what is good for the horse, he’s had his vacations and we’ve had to be patient. In some cases at times we had to be double patient and that’s why he is around still because he wasn’t pushed once he gave us the warning light. Hopefully he has one more good one in him and then he gets to go on to his second career.”

OWNER QUOTES

TIM COHEN (Red Baron's Barn LLC, Rancho Temescal LLC), DR. SCHIVEL, WINNER: “I think Juan rode him pretty much the whole way. I don’t think her really enjoyed the ground but he just preserved and kept going.”

BREEDERS’ CUP?: “But of course!”

PRESENTER QUOTES

KATHY GRIFFIN, COMEDIAN AND ACTRESS: PRESENTER: “It is my first time at Santa Anita and my first time at a race ever. It is very exciting. I have a little crush on Juan (Hernandez). We are probably going to date for six moths then he will leave me for someone with blonde hair. But I am not about that tonight, I am about the victory and I get to meet the owner which is very exciting. It is very exciting to watch the horses and I’m becoming invested now. I will be here more. It is my dream to be the ‘Golden Bachelorette’ on the next season of the ‘Golden Bachelor’, so maybe I will come here for a fantasy date.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Red Baron's Barn LLC, Rancho Temescal LLC, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and William A. Branch.