KING'S BISHOP (G1) QUOTES

Saturday, August 28, 2010

 

KING’S BISHOP (G1) QUOTES

 

Todd Pletcher, winning trainer of Discreetly Mine (No. 4): “Any time you go 21, 44 and change for seven eighths, that's pretty demanding. We were happy to hold on. We basically felt like we had to [go for the lead] the way the track was playing. We'd be inclined to train up to the Breeders' Cup. Twenty-six days [since winning the Grade 2 Amsterdam], 123 pounds – he's spotting everyone but D' Funnybone significant weight, but he was gutsy enough to get it done.”

 

John Velazquez, winning jockey aboard Discreetly Mine (No. 4): “The plan was, if he broke well, to let him go away from there and let him do it. He was going well all the way, even though we were going pretty fast. I was hoping he’d be able to give me something down the stretch, and he gave me everything he had.”

 

Kiaran McLaughlin, trainer of runner-up Bank Merger (No. 6): “We’re happy to finish second with him. We're proud of him. He ran very well. Discreetly Mine is very special. He 's tough to beat.”

 

Alan Garcia, rider aboard runner-up Bank Merger (No. 6): “He broke very well and I decided to take him back a little bit to make his run, but [Discreetly Mine] was so far from us – it was hard for my horse and we got beat.”

 

Tim Poole, assistant to trainer Nick Zito of third-place finisher Latigo Shore (No. 1): “He ran well and we are pleased with him. Coming from far back is the way he runs. He needs a good pace to run at, and that’s what he got.”

 

Ramon Dominguez, rider of third-place finisher Latigo Shore (No. 1): “I knew the pace up front was going to be fast, especially with the way the track was playing. They got away from me early on a little more than I would have liked. I was hoping they would back up, and they did. When I asked him for run, he was there for me.”