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$125,000 SNOW CHIEF STAKES QUOTES
5/25/2024
$125,000 SNOW CHIEF STAKES QUOTES
JOCKEY QUOTES
JUAN HERNANDEZ, SHADY TIGER, WINNER: "My horse was really aggressive out of the gate because he came from short distance. Last time he ran 6 ½ furlongs. He relaxed pretty well. My plan was to stay behind the speed, but no one wanted to go. Since I was right there, I just let him go. He was looking around, playing and waiting for competition. Turning for home, he felt that competition on the outside, knew it was time to go and took off. He made me work. It wasn't easy. I was fighting and riding all the way to the end. It came down to the wire, but we got the job done."
TRAINER QUOTES
PHIL D’AMATO, SHADY TIGER, WINNER: “He answered the question (distance and two turns). He’s a gutsy horse. He had that horse attached to him and he was able to kick free in the stretch and get home. He’s a big horse and he’s gone 7/8ths before. I didn’t hesitate, but going a mile and an eighth is tricky, no doubt. What’s next? Probably the Real Good Deal at Del Mar Aug. 2 and then I’ll give him a breather.”
OWNER QUOTES
RUSTY BROWN, SHADY TIGER, WINNER: “It is something that keeps you in the game for sure. The game has so many ups and downs, when you have a day like this, it is exciting. First of all, I want to honor Annabelle Stute, I can’t believe you are here with me this is, oh, boy. Your husband was amazing.
“The race set up and I told everyone upstairs that he would be fifth or sixth because he likes to come from behind. When they broke nobody wanted it and J. J. Hernandez said, ‘I’ll go.’ and he went and boy what a job he did. The last race we had when Hernandez came off the horse he said, ‘You know what? This horse wants to go long.’ And Phil agreed. He wasn’t going to stop today they could have run another 100 yards and they wouldn’t have caught him because he wasn’t going to let anyone go by him.”
NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Rusty Brown.