| Saturday, June 7, 2014 Belmont Stakes (G1) Jockey Flash Quotes Joel Rosario, winning jockey aboard Tonalist (No. 11): This is very important to me like always. This is the Belmont, so this is great. This horse, he did very good today. I'm a little bit upset about California Chrome. If I was going to get beat, I wanted to just get beat by him. Yes [it's bittersweet]. [Tonalist is] just kind of a big horse, and he has one long stride, and he just grind it, and keeps on going and going, keeps on coming, and he got the job done today." Victor Espinoza, rider of California Chrome (No. 2), who dead-heated for fourth with Wicked Strong: "A little tired. I thought he was...turning for home I was just waiting to have the same kick like he always had before, and today he was a little bit flat down the lane. [Taking dirt didn't both him] at all. I was nice and comfortable in there, and I had a chance to move out, and when I moved out he just don't have that today. I think it was tough for him. He ran back-to-back races in different tracks - and all those fresh horses. But he feels good."
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