GRADE III, $100,000 LAS VIRGENES STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, KINZA, WINNER: “This filly she has a lot of talent. She broke on top. Last time she showed a lot of speed. Today, it was a faster pace but she handled it pretty good. I felt like I was putting in a really good pace. My feeling was that she was really comfortable in front. I never asked her to go that fast she was doing it all on her own. I think that was the key to win the race, that she was comfortable the whole race. When I asked her at the quarter pole, she picked it up, so I think she is a really nice filly.”  

TRAINER QUOTES

JIMMY BARNES, ASSISTANT TO BOB BAFFERT, KINZA, WINNER: “She acts like a filly that can handle (two turns). You don’t know until you do it, but she had shown in the morning, in her workouts that she could go further. I was more concerned there was so much speed, with the small field and a lot of speed. Unfortunately, our other filly (Nothing Like You) she’s got speed, but she was on the rail and she doesn’t have that kind of speed, so she had to kind of take back and make some kind of trip and she probably doesn’t want to do that.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Michael Lund Petersen.