Thursday, August 9, 2012
NYSS STATUE OF
Dominick Schettino, winning trainer of My Jopia (No. 4): “She needed time for little problems. Nothing major, and we started pointing her to this race. Ramon said the ground got a little soft, and she got tired at the end. [The mile distance] didn’t bother me. The [dam] only ran a couple times but she went long, and the grandmother went long. “
Ramon Dominguez, winning jockey aboard My Jopia (No. 4): “I had a really great trip. I didn’t know how much speed was going to develop; on paper there was potential for a lot of speed. I just let her come away from there and she was comfortable laying second. Turning for home there was a little give in the ground from the rain. It seemed that she was getting tired, but she kept on fighting to the end.”
**My Jopia ($8.10) was jockey Ramon Dominguez’s fourth winner on the card. He also won race 5 aboard Jump for Kitten ($6.60), race 6 aboard Concert Stage ($4.30), and race 8 aboard Pearl of Wisdom ($6.10).**
