Thursday, August 2, 2012
A.P. SMITHWICK MEMORIAL (G1 STEEPLECHASE) QUOTES
Danielle Hodsdon, winning jockey aboard Spy in the Sky (No. 7): “I thought he gave all he had. He’s an older horse. He has a nice little turn of foot, but he really just dug in to hold it in the end. I hit the lead a little sooner than I wanted. Being he’s an older horse, you don’t want to leave it too late. I was pretty sure he just held on. I have never been that wide on that final turn, but for a little horse, he’s got a big stride and you don’t want to check him behind those horses. He was traveling and I just thought I better keep his run going. It was wide, but he had a nice run. He was just brilliant. There was a quite a bit of speed. There were three up in front of us that were galloping right along, so he just drafted behind them. It just set up absolutely perfect for him.”
“It means a lot [to win this race]. I worked for Jonathan Sheppard for a really long time. I’ve moved on and am going to do some things on my own. It’s nice to know that I can come back and sit on a horse for somebody else and still do it.”
