Joe Rocco, Jr., jockey, Skyring, winner: “When we turned for home and he switched leads for me, he kicked so hard I would have been surprised if anyone came and ran him down. I knew Mike’s horse [Amira’s Prince] was coming for me, but even though the stretch here is so long, I thought we were going to get there.”
Mike Smith, jockey, Amira’s Prince, 2nd: “I thought the horse to beat was behind us (Real Solution). I wanted to get off the rail, felt like it was not the place to be. The winner kicked on. I outsmarted myself a bit. If I could do it all over again I would have followed the horse up the rail and instead won by a head.”
Robby Albarado, jockey, Burn the Mortgage, 3rd: “He ran great, and he tried hard to the wire. No excuses, but I sure wish I didn’t have to be the one to try to keep the winner honest early.”
Rosie Napravnik, jockey, Real Solution, 4th: “The trip wasn’t bad, but he just didn’t seem to really get a real hold on the ground.”
Brian W. Spencer
Racing Analyst/Racing Communications
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