$150,000 MELAIR STAKES

JOCKEY QUOTES

JUAN HERNANDEZ, CEILING CRUSHER, WINNER: “She’s a big filly so we expected that she could go far like a mile or a mile and sixteenth. She was really quiet in the post parade, sometimes she gets a little antsy. We had a really nice break and she took the lead, so I just let her go. I had company for a little while but at the three-eighths I said, ‘I don’t want company anymore.’ So, I asked her and she opened up from the three-eighths to the wire.

“It’s really nice when you ride these nice horses. All the credit goes to my filly because she is really professional. She broke really sharp and put herself on the lead. I was just enjoying the ride.”

TRAINER QUOTES

DOUG O’NEILL, CEILING CRUSHER, WINNER: “She is a very nice filly. She’s top notch and a quality filly.

“Now we just stay injury free and then we will be looking for something out of California, possibly back east or in the Midwest. The waters now get deeper and we have to start swimming with the better ones.”

NOTES: The winning owner is Wonderland Racing Stables, LLC, Todd Cady, Tim Kasparoff, and Ty Leatherman