HORSE RACING NEWS
10/05/2014
Matron (G2) Quotes
Jose Ortiz, winning jockey aboard Paulassilverlining (No. 2): "The first time [July 14] I made a mistake. She broke really well and I was pressed all the way. She didn't finish. The second time, I sat back a little bit and let her make one run, and it wor
10/04/2014
Quotes from the $150,000 Woodford
Edgar Perez (rider of runner-up Mongol Bull) "He ran very good today. It was a good break and I had good position. At the quarter pole there was a little traffic. I went outside and he finished strong." David Moran (rider of third-place finisher Sharp Sen
10/04/2014
Quotes from the $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America
Gary Boulanger (winning rider) “It’s the first time she’s ever been covered up on me. She’s always been kinda on the lead and doing it easy. Today the dirt broke a little bit away from her, in her face, but it didn’t bother her. She just cruised
10/04/2014
Quotes from the $400,000 First Lady
Mike Smith (rider of runner-up Better Lucky) “She ran really well. I needed to know her a little bit to ride her because she’ll turn off on you pretty easy. If I had anything to do over, maybe I should have rode her a little harder the first part and
10/04/2014
Quotes from the $500,000 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity
On handling the ship to California and new surroundings to prepare for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) “He went from Saratoga to here. (In March), he was in a 2-year-old sale. Everything that’s been thrown at him he’s handled so far.†John Velaz
10/04/2014
Quotes from the $1 million Shadwell Turf Mile
“The way this unfolded, for him to win the way he did, he ran a great race. (Jockey) Johnny (Velazquez) did a great job. He didn’t panic (over being behind). It was the same kind of thing that happened in the Breeders’ Cup last year. He kinda stumbl
10/04/2014
Frizette (G1) Quotes
How would you assess your chances going into the Breeders' Cup? "It's a tough read. We had an off track. We're going to have to see how we'll handle a [fast] track. It will depend on what the conditions will be out there." Jose Ortiz, winning rider aboard
10/04/2014
Champagne (G1) Quotes
"[Sitting off the pace] was a function of drawing the outside post. You draw the inside, you have to go and secure a position. We were fortunate to get a good post position and he was professional enough to take advantage of it." Javier Castellano, winnin
10/04/2014
Hill Prince (G3) Quotes
"Quite frankly, at the eighth pole, I really would have given anything to be on the board. He really surged the last part of it. He had to work for every part of it. It's a good win." Irad Ortiz, Jr., winning jockey aboard Ring Weekend (No. 1): "[Graham M
10/04/2014
Quotes $350,000 My Dear Girl Division Florida Sire Stakes
“We have the mare. This is our second stakes winner from her third foal, so she’s pretty all right.†(Holywell’s half-sister, Sinister Brew won the $100,000 John Franks Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes in 2011). “We’ll probably go to Delta Downs f