VICTORY RIDE (G3) QUOTES

Saturday, August 28, 2010

 

VICTORY RIDE (G3) QUOTES

 

Bob Baffert, winning trainer of Rapport (No. 3): “She was training really well and she’s really fast. When I saw the :22 first quarter I knew that was easy for her because she is just really fast. She ran so well at Hollywood Park, which is probably the closest synthetic to dirt that we have, that I wasn’t worried about the conventional dirt today. In her previous race [when fourth in the G3 Azalea at Calder] she just went way too fast on a heavy track. But she was training well here and worked very nicely in the mud actually. It was really nice to get a graded stakes win on Travers Day. Just winning on a big day like this you feel like you won a Grade 1. And I gave her out to a lot of the fans earlier, so that was good.”

 

Martin Garcia, winning jockey aboard Rapport (No. 3): “The point was to make her relax because she has a lot of speed. She looked like the only speed in the race. She just kept going. With a good horse it doesn’t matter where they run and she just showed it. She won two times over the poly in California, and then, now, that’s the second time that she ran on the dirt and she won. If she can get over the track she can win because she is a really good filly.”

 

Eddie Kenneally, trainer of runner-up My Jen (No. 2): “She ran really well. She got a little tired in the lane. She hadn’t run since January. Bringing her back in a Grade 3 race was pretty ambitious, but I’m very proud of her performance.”

 

Julien Leparoux, rider of runner-up My Jen (No. 2): “I got a good race. She relaxed very well for me. She even finished well, but we just got beaten by a better filly today, that’s all. But everybody’s happy with the way she ran.”

 

Todd Pletcher, trainer of beaten favorite and fourth-place finisher Katy Now (No. 9): “Speed is holding up well today. She got outfooted around the turn, but she showed some interest down the lane.”

 

John Velazquez, rider aboard beaten favorite and fourth-place finisher Katy Now (No. 9): “She just never showed up. She broke well, and was in good position, but didn’t handle the turn very well.”