GRADE III, $200,000, SAN CARLOS STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JOE BRAVO, SPIRIT OF MAKENA, WINNER: “He’s pretty special, let’s see what tomorrow brings. I’m really excited to be dealing with good horses. Everybody hopes they run like that, it’s just a good feeling when they do.”

TRAINER QUOTES

GEORGE PAPAPRODROMOU, SPIRIT OF MAKENA, WINNER: “Coming out of the last race, he won, he came out of it great and he’s been training great. He was doing great leading into this race and we tried. Obviously, it was a tough spot but and we gave it shot. He ran huge and what can I say? He’s a nice horse.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Bruce Chandler.