Saturday, April 16, 2011
DISTAFF HANDICAP (G2) QUOTES
Mike Hushion, winning trainer of Nicole H (No. 5): “I thought the pace was OK. She just dragged him up there at the three-eighths pole. I felt awfully good at that point. Everyone else was driving, and she was just dragging him up. She was fresher than she usually is in the paddock, but when the gates opened, that first quarter-mile, thankfully, she got to settle the way you would have hoped the first time going seven-eighths against these. We’ll see how she comes back and discuss it with the owners.”
Channing Hill, winning rider aboard Nicole H (No. 5): “She’s a very nice, very classy filly. All the guys in the barn and Mr. Hushion have done a great job. She seemed like the best filly in the race and I rode her that way and just tried to keep her happy.”
