JOCKEY QUOTES

            EDWIN MALDONADO, ALICE MARBLE, WINNER: “Phil (D’Amato) just told me that she was a very tactical filly and asked me if I had watched a couple of her replays, and of course I did. My game plan was to sit behind the three (Dynasty of Her Own) and I knew the seven (Hear My Prayer) was probably going to go tackle the three, and I wanted to be behind the seven, behind both of them. Just sit to the outside and she had a little speed out of the gate, and I was just there, so I didn’t want to take her back to go around the seven and it just worked out beautifully.

“I thought that we were going pretty quick honestly. It didn’t feel slow I felt like we were going pretty good. I just want to thank Phil for this win and also Nick Alexander.”

TRAINER QUOTES

            PHILIP D’AMATO, ALICE MARBLE, WINNER: “This filly has never looked so good.  She’s all dappled out and I just think she’s thriving right now.  I thought with the right trip, she’d be sitting on a big race and Edwin did a beautiful job.”

OWNER QUOTES

         NICK ALEXANDER, ALICE MARBLE, WINNER: “Steve (Miyadi) had her, and I don’t think Steve was sure of whether she wanted turf or dirt, or synthetic. We had her up at Golden Gate and she didn’t get in. She had some rough trips. She’s just one of those slow learners. She’s full sister to Enola Gray who is precocious, won her first race by sixteen lengths. So we were disappointed in this filly that she didn’t show that kind of ability, but now as she gets older she just gets stronger every race and she’ll never be an Enola Gray but she will be a useful horse and now she’s a stakes winner.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Nick Alexander.