$80,000 SWINGTIME STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

MIKE SMITH, HAMWOOD FLIER, WINNER: “She’s so quick she didn’t get her feet back underneath her. She just leaves the gate extremely fast and she’s just naturally a quick filly. Thanks to Phil, I’ve been hassling him for a mount now for about two months. He finally said, ‘I think I got you one man, one who can win.’ and he put me on the right one.

“You know Richard Migliore always said, ‘It’s not how fast they go, it’s how they go fast.’ so, that’s kind of the way we played it today. I know she’s kind of quick and I’m not going to try to go out there at a .24, .48. I’m just not going to get that out of her. If that happens it’s probably because she has a temperature or something. She is just naturally fast and sometimes that’s their asset, that’s their weapon and I just used it to her advantage.”

TRAINER QUOTES

PHIL D’AMATO, HAMWOOD FLIER, WINNER: “Joe (Bravo) did nothing wrong, we just wanted to make a little change. We were like a length or two away from winning a stake (second by 1 ¼ lengths in the restricted Osunitas July 23 at Del Mar) and I don’t know if the rider switch made a difference or not, but this fast turf course sure helped today. Mike did a masterful job.”

FIVE STAKES WINS ON DAY SIX OF THE MEET: “Gotta keep it rolling. Gotta keep paying the bills.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Rockingham Ranch and Talla Racing, LLC.