BALLSTON SPA (G2) QUOTES

Saturday, August 28, 2010

 

BALLSTON SPA (G2) QUOTES

 

Seth Benzel, winning trainer of Dynaslew (No. 7): “I was real happy with our position. Eibar has ridden this filly to a 'T.' Dynaslew is a versatile filly that doesn't need to have the lead. On paper, [Silver Reunion] wanted the lead. Eibar felt our filly had that option, but she didn't need it to win. It's a perfect union between the two. Dynaslew isn't easy to ride – she's temperamental and you see that in the paddock and post parade.”

 

Eibar Coa, winning jockey aboard Dynaslew (No. 7): “We didn’t know exactly what was going to happen. I didn’t know what Rajiv [Maragh] was going to do with his horse [Silver Reunion]. My main plan was just go forward and see if he was going to go to the lead, then I was going to decide going into the first turn. I was trying to go to the lead first, so when I saw him going to the lead I decided to get back, and she relaxed for me pretty good, so that was good. In the stretch, she just kept digging and digging and digging. She never stopped running. She ran her race today.”

 

H. Graham Motion, trainer of runner-up Silver Reunion (No. 4): “I'm just disappointed that she acted up in the gate. It cost her the race, I think. For a filly coming off that kind of layoff to act up like that takes so much out of them. She behaved perfectly up until then. That's how she is. She's a live wire. That's how she runs. She ran a huge race. Obviously, I'm thrilled that she ran so well. I'm not surprised because I knew she was that good.”

 

Rajiv Maragh, rider of runner-up Silver Reunion (No. 4): “She ran very impressive. She tried very hard and tried hard all the way to the end. The pace was real steady and she was comfortable. Once she established the lead, she settled into a nice rhythm and I thought she would have a lot of resistance to anyone that came to her and she did.”

 

Todd Pletcher, trainer of beaten favorite and eighth-place finisher Phola (No. 3): “She’s probably a filly that needs a little softer ground. We were hoping with the rain earlier in the week that the ground would have more of a cut in it, but the course seems to be playing pretty firm today.”

 

Ramon Dominguez, jockey aboard beaten favorite and eighth-place finisher Phola (No. 3): “I had a good trip but she had nothing in the end. I just needed a good kick in the last part. She was comfortable and started to make up ground, but it wasn’t enough for what we needed. I could tell at the top of the stretch that there just wasn’t enough left.”