Sunday, March 7, 2010
STYMIE QUOTES
Jonathan Thomas, assistant to winning trainer Todd Pletcher, of Understatement (No. 6): “We know he likes the inner track; today, he showed complete professionalism. He laid off the pace and was very, very relaxed, just waiting on a cue from David [Cohen]. He handled the mile-and-an-eighth beautifully. It couldn’t have been drawn up any better on paper, the way it worked out.”
David Cohen, winning rider aboard favored Understatement (No. 6): “It worked out very nice. On paper, the number one horse [National Pride] seemed to be the speed and I just let him take the lead. My horse is very professional and he made my job very easy today. He took the lead at the three-eighths pole and pretty much galloped home."
