Friday, July 27, 2012
CURLIN QUOTES
Chad Brown, winning trainer of Street Life (No. 3): “It worked out beautifully. Jose rode a good race, kept him a little closer today, [which] we talked about. With that horse, if you give him the opportunity to be a little lazy, he’ll take it. We’re getting to figure this horse out and Jose executed it perfectly. I was optimistic he would handle the mud. I’ve never breezed him in it, but he’s had strong gallops. It seems like he has a little more focus; he’s a little sharper in the mud when he gallops. So I was holding out hope he would handle it, and he loved it. So, it worked out.”
“Normally, as a trainer, you want to run in as short a field as you can, but when I saw those two scratches [Politically Correct and Morgan’s Guerrilla] today with this particular horse, I was a little worried. I wanted some pace to run at. As it turned out, the pace was honest enough, and Jose kept him interested early, and that was a good thing.”
“As long as the horse is OK and doing well, he’ll be ready for the Travers [Grade 1, $1 million, August 25].”
Jose Lezcano, winning jockey aboard Street Life (No. 3): “When I asked him at the quarter pole to swing out, he gave me a good [run]. It doesn’t matter how wide he goes. He likes to be outside more than being inside, I think.”
Dominick Schettino, trainer of runner-up Five Sixteen (No. 6): “I think he ran well. He ran very hard. I’ll speak to the owners and go from there. I’m not sure [if we’ll consider the Travers].”
Rosie Napravnik, jockey aboard runner-up Five Sixteen (No. 6): “He ran excellent. He’s a horse that’s starting to come around, and I expect to see bigger things from him in the future.”
Nick Zito, trainer of beaten favorite and fourth-place finisher Easter Gift (No. 5): “The jockey said he was rank. Early, he was laying in fourth and that was perfect. Last time he came from [off the pace]; I’d have taken him back.”
Javier Castellano, jockey aboard beaten favorite and fourth-place finisher Easter Gift (No. 5): “He was too rank today. He never settled. My goal was to cover up on the first turn, and we did. When he saw the daylight, he took off. He was too rank.”
