Saturday, October 20, 2012
David Donk, winning trainer of Hessonite (No. 1): "What can I say? A really nice filly. It's a pleasure that she's in my barn. I had a lot of confidence in Ramon. I'm biased – I think he and Johnny [Velazquez] are the two best riders in the world. It looked like the field was going to separate turning for home, whether he wanted to go inside or outside. They're a great team."
"I don't know if I'll run her once more [this year] or put her away. She's nominated to a sale, but I don't think she goes there. We'll probably run her next year. I'd like to try the long series, the graded races, here in the summer. I think, long-term, that would be my plan."
Ramon Dominguez, winning jockey aboard Hessonite (No. 1): "Today, she was just taking me there. Turning for home I was behind a wall of horses, but I felt that one way or another, I was confident she would find a way through, and she did. Honest to God – and I'm not just saying this because she won the race, I've been saying it for a while – she's one of my all-time favorite horses to ride. Whatever you want her to do, she will do it. Such a nice, nice horse to ride."
