$200,000, GRADE III, LA CANADA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

KAZUSHI KIMURA, KIRSTENBOSH, WINNER: “It feels so amazing, my first win here and in a Grade III, it’s amazing.

“She’s always a little bit lazy, she always needs like a little bit of pushing. At the half mile last time I rode her in the La Brea, it was a seven furlong race and I was just pushing her to the wire. Today I was more confident to say she would show up better than last time.

“John (Sadler) has given me opportunities since Opening Day, I’m really happy to win for him and I really appreciate it.”

TRAINER QUOTES

JUAN LEYVA, ASSISTANT TO JOHN SADLER, KIRSTENBOSH, WINNER: “It was really nice for (Kazushi Kimura) to get his first win here in a Grade III. He just rode her beautifully, he tried hard until the end. He is a really nice kid; I’d like to really see him really get going because he is so polite and he’s a good rider too. We both like him a lot that is why we stuck with him. Hopefully this will open up some eyes and he can get a lot more opportunities.

“When she started running, I thought she was going to win by at least half a length, but then it looked like when she got to Ganadora she kind of just hung with her and this filly just tends to do that. She does just enough to win, she’s never been one to just pull away, so that’s the only thing I was afraid of that she was going to get to her and just kind of hang with her. But she got the job done so that’s the main thing. I’m really happy for Keith because they have been long time clients of John and they are just good people.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Keith Abrahams.