Saturday, August 28, 2010
BALLERINA (G1) QUOTES
Tony Dutrow, winning trainer of Rightly So (No. 1): “It was just a fantastic performance today. She's a filly who is capable of running fast the entire race. She outdid herself today. She's been an overachiever, and once again she raised her game to the top. We just couldn't be any prouder of her. Congratulations, Rightly So! I think the public was anticipating a speed duel. I thought that was a possibility; I was just hoping it wouldn't happen.”
Cornelio Velasquez, winning jockey Rightly So (No. 1): “My filly broke well and went right to the lead and she finished well too. I had a lot of horse at the quarter pole, so she really ran a big one. Speed has been holding up well today, and I was fortunate to have a good break and make the lead.”
Eddie Kenneally, trainer of runner-up Warbling (No. 2): “I was very happy with her race. I thought she ran an incredible race. She broke sharp, came out well and tried to stay with Rightly So, but Rightly So was outstanding today.”
Javier Castellano, rider of runner-up Warbling (No. 2): “She broke well from the gate with the winner. She gave me a good run. Second best today, but I’m really proud of her [the way] held on with those fractions.”
Jonathan Sheppard, trainer of beaten favorite and sixth-place finisher Informed Decision (No. 4): “She has not run well on the turn, on the dirt, for some reason, even though she normally finishes well. I think she’d have finished better today, had she not had to be taken up. But she wasn’t going to win it.”
Julien Leparoux, rider aboard beaten favorite and sixth-place finisher Informed Decision (No. 4): “We got a good position on the backstretch, but she doesn't seem to handle the turn. I was riding her on the turn and she didn't give me anything. She finished up really well, but she gave up too much to be able to win these kind of races. She's done that on the dirt [before]. She did that on
