Saturday, December 6, 2014 Garland of Roses Quotes Charlton Baker, winning trainer of Expression (No. 7): "I was definitely concerned about a wet track. Her numbers have stayed the same [on a wet track], but she's never seemed to run her race. Today set up great. Two speed horses were going head-and-head, and she was sitting back. My tentative plan is to go to the Interborough [on January 17 at Aqueduct Racetrack]." "We gave her time off [over the summer]; she didn't have any problems, we just wanted to give her the summer off. When she was ready to run, we couldn't find a race for her." Manuel Franco, winning jockey aboard Expression (No. 7): "When I got her to the outside, she started running again. I used my whip left-handed, and she responded very good. I knew the two horses in front were going to go. Charlie told me try to rate good, and see what happens at the top of the stretch."
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