THE GRADE 1, $125,000 RED CELL DISTANCE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP
3-year-olds and up, 870 yards
Jockey G. R. Carter (De Passem Okey, winner): “I really liked the post position draw and how this race set up. I just let him break and he got off the shoulder of Bad Act. He changed leads when he was supposed to and made me look good.”
Trainer Rodney Reed (De Passem Okey, winner): “I felt real good about (this race). I liked the post position we drew and I felt good about G.R. (Carter Jr.) riding him.
“He broke real well, got good position, handled it with ease.”
[NOTE: This race marked the final start of the year for De Passem Okey.]
Jockey Stormy Smith (Bad Act, second): “He left there and ran to the front like he was supposed to. He just got outrun today. He did his job just like he was supposed to -- just like they said he would. He's a cool old horse.”
Owner Steve A. Holt (De Passem Okey, winner), from
“We got lucky. We drew a good post. Two of the big guns were outside. We thought we had a shot and sure enough we did.”
Jockey William Ives (Stone E Motion, eighth as favorite): “It was nowhere near what we planned. He wasn’t right tonight. I’m not sure why exactly but he did not want to run. He wasn’t in it. He didn’t give me near the effort that he usually does. About halfway through the turn he just kind of started fighting with me. We straightened out for home and I got him into his right lead and he responded for about 50 yards but then he just kind of floated down through there [to the finish]. It just wasn’t his night.”
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