__GRADE III, $100,000 CALIFORNIAN STAKES QUOTES __

JOCKEY QUOTES

KAZUSHI KIMURA, MR FISK, WINNER: “He was very comfortable behind the horses at the half mile it seemed like the time to go. When I have that good of a horse from Bob Baffert, I have the confidence that I will have a comfortable ride.”

MIKE SMITH, JUDGE MILLER, SECOND: “It was comfortable, he slipped a little bit getting out of there, heading to the turn I don’t know if that bothered him. Other than that, I didn’t have much in my way, but we didn’t win.”

TRAINER QUOTES

BOB BAFFERT, MR FISK, WINNER: “He is getting better. I have a great team and we’ve been schooling him, he’s tough. He can be really tough and aggressive, but I think we just freshened him up. The owners they let me freshen him up and get him right for this race. We are looking at down the road at the Gold Cup, at a mile and a quarter (Monday, May 27). Being by Arrogate he is bred for this. Kimura he is a really good rider. I told him he needs to think about coming to Del Mar. We have a lot of bullets to ride there and I think he is a great talent. You are seeing this weekend that if you have the right horse, he is a good rider. “

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Sunny Brook Stables.