GRADE III, $100,000 SAN CARLOS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

HECTOR BERRIOS, THE CHOSEN VRON, WINNER: “Today I was on the rail, and I just went to the lead, just stayed in the lane and I had Juan Hernandez (aboard Elwood Blues) on my outside. I was not very worried, I felt Antonio Fresu (aboard Ghost of Midnight) come up around the turn, so I asked my horse to pick it up and he responded really well.”

TRAINER QUOTES

ERIC KRULJAC, THE CHOSEN VRON, WINNER: “He’s keeping me in the game, I’m in my 70’s now and you start wondering when it would be a good time to throw it in but as long as he’s around, I’m in. He just leaves us all in awe. In the barn and in the mornings, he is just all class. I never would have dreamed I would have a horse of his caliber that just keeps going. I’ve had some good, almost brilliant horses that lasted for a while but not like this.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Sondereker Racing LLC, J. Eric Kruljac, Robert Fetkin, and Richard Thornburgh.