| Thursday, August 14, 2014 Saratoga Dew (NYB) Quotes Mitch Friedman, winning trainer of Carameaway (No. 1) and runner-up Dreaming of Cara (No. 1A): "Yeah, absolutely I was [confident]. Last time [Carameaway] ran, she ran a subpar race but she was sick. We gave her the time to get better. She's training forwardly; we worked a :46 half-mile and it was a good work. So she's doing good." [On Dreaming of Cara]"Looking at the pace of the race last time, it was almost :50 [for the opening half-mile] and the three-quarters was like 1:15. Everyone kept saying it was a bad race, but it wasn't. She's a one-turn closer and she couldn't make up ground that day. So it was a good race, I expected both of these fillies to run well today. I just told [Rajiv Maragh] to lay off the pace a little bit, and he kept asking me, 'How am I going to do that?' I said, 'Just try.' So he stayed second a little bit, and it worked out." [On training the top two finishers]I'm glad for the owner [Richard Greeley]. He's put a lot of money into this business. He's a loyal breeder and a loyal owner. He deserves it." Rajiv Maragh, winning jockey aboard Carameaway (No. 1): "She broke really well, she was up there early, and she was really willing to go. I got in the clear and we didn't get dirty, which I was happy about. I just kept her in the clear and she just powered away from the field today. No one really got in range of her. She just took over midway on the turn, and once she opened up, there were really no anxious moments after that." |