Monday, July 23, 2012
EVAN SHIPMAN (NYB) QUOTES
Bill Mott, winning trainer of Lunar Victory (No. 7): “I think the horse put himself into the race. He’s a pretty fast horse. I had envisioned him settling three or four lengths off the lead. It looked like when he broke, the horse put himself there. As it turned out, he was going comfortably. I don’t think [jockey Junior Alvarado] was asking him to do something he was unable to do. He set good fractions and kept going. It looked like he was going to be able to put whatever pressure he needed on the horse on the lead whenever he wanted to. It looked like the others were so far back. I didn’t see anyone make up any ground. He’s turned into a good dirt horse, and I guess it’s a bonus being a New York-bred.”
On the possibility of facing open company in the future: “I think at some point. He’s a pretty nice horse. I guess those things will be discussed in the future.”
Junior Alvarado, winning jockey aboard Lunar Victory (No. 7): “He broke really sharp and I let him run the first part of the race. From there I was just waiting as much as I could. I didn’t want to let him go to early because he had a little bit of a layoff. At the quarter pole, he passed the other horse like it was nothing. Turning for home, I asked him a little bit and he responded to me. He did everything himself. Bill Mott had him really ready for me. He had plenty left as well.”
