Race 12—$100,000
Fillies & mares, 3 and up, Accredited Louisiana-breds, six furlongs, 5th running
Jockey Miguel Mena (Cajun Conference, winner): “It was awesome. She showed speed in the Form and I was hoping we’d break good but she kind of broke in the air. I was already behind so I let them just go and I was just sitting on her and at the quarter-pole I had a lot of hold and waited a little bit and when I asked her to run she picked it up and killed ’em.”
Trainer Eric Heitzman (Cajun Conference, winner): “First and foremost I’d like to thank everyone at Southern Equine Stables. She was laid up for a while. There was a ton of speed in the race. We’ll take it. She is a very nice filly. Hopefully she comes out of it good.
“She lunged a little bit at the break. The horse was coming off along layoff and we schooled her in the gate but there’s only so much you can do in the mornings. And it worked out in our favor. There was a lot of speed in here and we had a bad post. I was hoping for an outside post because of her speed, thinking Miguel could get her clear and pick his spot and just pick them off as they came along. But in the long run it helped us out.
That was impressive for not having raced in 11 months. “Well, Picasso never painted a masterpiece with crayons. Southern Equine Stable, Mike Moreno, Eric Guillot, they gave me something to work with. They gave me something to work with and she got the job done.”
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