| Saturday, October 19, 2013 Hudson Quotes Linda Rice, winning trainer of Palace (No. 1): "I was very happy when he went off by 11 [lengths] the day I [claimed] him. I didn't think a year later we'd be here on Showcase Day, so it's a delight." "He trained so well last fall. He really flourished over the winter. I trained his father, and [City Zip] was a special horse. I thought I could see the same things in [Palace]. He bled through Lasix on me. I turned him out for a couple of months, and when I brought him back he was just taking a little longer to get back into shape than I thought [he would]. He was a little heavier than anticipated, but I just knew there was something special under the hood, and he shows it each time." Cornelio Velasquez, winning jockey aboard Palace (No. 1): "Jose [Ortiz aboard Moonlight Song] had a lot of horse in the stretch, but my horse ran hard the last part of the race. I had the best horse in the race. He's a very good horse and I had a lot of confidence."
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