$100,000 AFFIRMED STAKES

JOCKEY QUOTES

RAMON VAZQUEZ, GEAUX ROCKET RIDE, WINNER: “He is a completely good horse. Today, it was my first time on him and he showed me what a good horse he is. I got a very good trip and I got in a position where I was really comfortable and when asked him, he responded very well. He is a really good horse.”

TRAINER QUOTES

RICHARD MANDELLA, GEAUX ROCKET RIDE, WINNER: “He’s just a classy little dude. He proved he can go in or out (of horses). We will probably look into the Haskell. (Grade I, $1,000,000, July 22, Monmouth) We are going to enjoy this one today but that will be the one we look to.”

OWNER QUOTES

JIM BERNARD, GEAUX ROCKET RIDE, WINNER: “Mr. Mandella worked him a couple of times without his shoes, just in case anything like that ever happened…it is just a special honor that we have to be the custodians of Pin Oak for now until the future. Hopefully we can continue (Josephina Abercrombie’s) great tradition she had at Pin Oak.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Pin Oak Stud LLC.