ASHLEY T. COLE (NYB) QUOTES

Sunday, September 12, 2010

 

ASHLEY T. COLE (NYB) QUOTES

 

John Kimmel, winning trainer of Uncle T Seven (No. 7) by phone: “That was really nice. We anticipated some pace up front and the instructions were basically to sit behind the speed, and then make a run at them and hope they dropped back, and that’s what happened. He was off for awhile and he really needed his last race [The Vic Ziegel Memorial at Saratoga on August 27]. It seemed to liven him up and he really sprung forward off that race and looked like his old self today. We’d look at the Mohawk [$100,000, 1 1/8 miles on the turf, October 23] or even the Empire Classic [$200,000, 1 1/8 miles, October 23] if we thought the turf was coming to come up soft, which he doesn’t like. He’s a nice, versatile horse.”

 

Julien Leparoux, winning jockey aboard Uncle T Seven (No. 7): “[Trainer John Kimmel] told me to make him relax through the first part, and he was pretty relaxed for me all the way around. He just traveled on the bridle a little bit but it was pretty good. At the quarter pole, I was very confident. I knew he was going to give me a kick. It felt great. I knew he was going to run his race and that he was going to run big in the stretch. I didn’t know if anyone was going to be better than him or not, but I guess today, nope.”