$175,000, GOLDEN STATE JUVENILE QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES UMBERTO RISPOLI, PASSARANDO, WINNER: “He breaks pretty well out of the gate, and I was happy with where I was. Steve was very nice and said, ‘Listen, I don’t know where you’re going to end up, but if you’re close, you close and if you’re back, you’re back. Just be confident. Riding with confidence is going to result in a huge run.’ And that’s what happened.”

“Going to the three-eighths pole I saw an opening between the horses ahead of me. I saw the favorite (Giver Not a Taker) on the outside, and I wished they were going to get tired once we turned for home. I’m sure my horse was probably tired, but once I took him off the rail, brought him into the middle of the track, and switched leads, he did the rest.”

TRAINER QUOTES STEVE SPECHT, PASSARANDO, WINNER: “That was perfect, he was just kind of stalling down at the rail and once (Umberto) got him in the clear, he started running. In the Everett Nevin (on July 9) he threw his head a little bit, but then they squeezed him off and had to grab him and take him out. We made a little decent run that day for only going five and a half furlongs, made up a lot of ground on a new track and everything, so he ran a respectable race. Then last time once he hit the sixteenth pole he just took off and won by two and a half, it could have been eight. He’s a nice little horse.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams.