Saturday, August 4, 2012
PRIORESS (G1) QUOTES
H. Allen Jerkens, winning trainer of Emma’s Encore (No. 1): “Like the old days. We get to have a [painted] jockey [statue] in front of the clubhouse. I always liked to get a jockey in front of the clubhouse.”
“Winning never gets old. In the morning, when you don’t see anything good in your barn, it gets old.”
Is she the best horse in your barn? “Oh, sure, a lot the best. But one might come up. Maybe we’ll have a 2-year-old who might be better. That’s what keeps you going. That’s why you get up every morning.”
“I think she improved a little [from the Grade 3 Victory Ride]. She had to run her very best. [Junior Alvarado] has been good. It all counts. Everything has to go well. The horse has to run good, the horse has to be good, has to be fit enough. She really had to run today. Nothing was in her favor today, looking at the late scratch. It looked like speed was holding on pretty good.”
On the applause he received from the crowd: “It’s nice. It’s what breaks me up.”
Junior Alvarado, winning jockey aboard Emma’s Encore (No. 1): “After she won the Victory Ride, I was really confident in her. She broke really good again. I got her to settle and feel comfortable in the race. We tried to save ground because I knew we were going to be running late. Turning for home, she was moving, but we were wider than I wanted to be. She gave me a really nice kick at the end. She ran really hard to win that race. Approaching the wire, I knew we had it. These last two races have really worked out well for us.”
Joel Rosario, jockey aboard runner-up Judy the Beauty (No. 5): “It’s not easy to win, but she ran great. The horse that beat me she’s a nice horse too. I never thought she would get to me but she did. But my filly is really nice and I think if she goes a little further she will be even better.”
“I could tell the other filly [Emma’s Encore] was coming on the outside. I had just passed the horse on the inside and I knew she was coming fast, but my filly still ran great.”
Ramon Dominguez, jockey aboard beaten favorite and third-place finisher Agave Kiss (No. 6): “I don’t know. She ran good. She tried.”
