Race 8—$100,000
3-year-olds and up, Accredited Louisiana-breds, 1 1/16 miles on turf, 20th running
Trainer Eddie Johnston (Snakebit Kit, winner): “I feel good. Good day. He (Snakebite Kit) is what he is and he likes running and he relaxes and he does it easy. He gets in the front and he continues going. He just loves this turf course. He’s just a nice horse; a nice, nice horse.”
Jockey Rosie Napravnik (Snakebite Kit, winner): “I know that it’s harder to hold the speed on the turf but the rail (which is set at 20 feet today) helped that. This was the first time I sat on him but he was nice to ride. This horse just like to run. You don’t see many horses go wire-to-wire on this turf course.
“You try to sit there as quiet as possible and hopefully you don’t have anyone pushing you, which we didn’t until maybe the second half. He relaxed really nicely and he finished well.”
Owner-Breeder Steve Hartman (Snakebite Kit, winner): “His mother makes great horses but they are late developing. Very impressive. Eddie has done a great job with him. Can’t complain about that ride.”
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Jockey Corey Lanerie (Desert Wheat, fifth): “Just no horse today; he really didn’t run his race for me. I don’t know. He felt great underneath me. He ran his race the same style as usual and I can’t say anything about the pace or anything like that. He was where he’s used to being and just didn’t fire home for me.”
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