GRADE III, $100,000 CHILLINGWORTH STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

VICTOR ESPINOZA, CE CE, WINNER: “She ran her race, and that’s all I want from her. It doesn’t matter what happens during the race, as long as she can run her best, it’ll be good and that’s what happened here today. She’s always good, she’s a pro. She can be a little picky and when the track is not her thing, then she will not perform, like the last race in Saratoga. I’m so excited to ride her for the second time in the Breeders’ Cup! I was really proud of her and the way she ran today.”

TRAINER QUOTES

MICHAEL MCCARTHY, CE CE, WINNER: “I knew you could draw a line through that last one. I think she is as good as she was last year. I knew that race at Saratoga was too bad to be true. She was going in good form. She was in the one hole and she got dirt in her face. I know now why they call Saratoga the graveyard of champions. This was a good tune-up for the Breeders’ Cup (Filly and Mare Sprint).”

OWNER/BREEDER QUOTES

BO HIRSCH, CE CE, WINNER: “She’s the type of filly that you just never know. She could get up on the wrong side of the bed sometimes and fool you. That was always in the back of my head. She ran like a one to five should run and I’m so happy. We are all on schedule to go to the Breeders’ Cup, I’m so excited and God willing, we’ll be there.

“It’s all Michael McCarthy. It’s the same schedule we had last year, and he wanted to stay on her. I always wanted to try her on the turf, I would have loved it and I also wanted to get (Michael) to run her next year, but he said, ‘No, no.’ he was too nervous to have this valuable filly running everyday so, the Breeders’ Cup should be her last race then we will retire her, all things being equal.”

NOTES: The winning owner/ breeder is Bo Hirsch.