GRADE III, $100,000, SANTA YSABEL STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

FLAVIEN PRAT, FAIZA, WINNER: “I was pretty confident, she jumped well. Obviously, a great post so she jumped well and got me into the race, she was travelling well all the way around. I felt that the pace was quite easy, so I could get myself going around the turn and she stretched her legs down the lane really well.

“It seems like she is getting better, race after race. I think the distance is not a problem for her. She’s a filly that has stamina so there is definitely improvement.”

TRAINER QUOTES

BOB BAFFERT, FAIZA, WINNER: “She’s got a great mind and she’s by one of the hottest sires Girvin who is just unbelievable. His progeny (Dorth Vader) won the Davona Dale (Grade II, Gulfstream Park) yesterday. We are just lucky and fortunate to have her. Michael Lund Petersen has been very excited about her. She wins but she is still learning how to win, Flavien told me that she wasn’t going to win by a lot she does just enough. All the jockeys that have ridden her have said that there’s more in the tank and she gets it done. She’s got a beautiful mind, nothing bothers her and she’s sweet. She’s got a great personality.

“She’s never really been on the lead but she like a target, something to run at. At Los Alamitos, (Pride of the Nile) came to her and I thought she was going to get beat and Prat told me there was just so much more left under the hood, she just gives you enough. There’s a lot more there which is good.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Michael Lund Petersen.