JOCKEY QUOTES

            FLAVIEN PRAT, COUNT AGAIN, WINNER: “It took him a little bit to get going, but once he did, he did well. I had a good trip and it worked out well. He got himself into the race and the pace was pretty hot. I was traveling super well and I thought I was behind a good horse. I was able to track him all the way. Once I got to the outside, I was able to run him down.”

TRAINER QUOTES

          PHILIP D’AMATO, COUNT AGAIN, WINNER: “I definitely loved the fractions that (they) were running. I was just hoping we would get loose to be able to come with a run. This horse likes to just come with a big, wide, late run and we were stuck in there, but this is why this guy (Flavien Prat) is the top jock.  I’m my opinion in the country. He cut the turn, angled out and got the job done at the wire.

“(Count Again is)  just one of those dream kind of horses. You know if you have dead aim at the top of the lane with him, he’s going to give you his late kick pretty much every time. He’s just a fresh happy horse now and Flavien fits him well.

“This is probably one of my favorite races growing up and I’ve had pretty decent luck winning this race but this horse being a seven year old, he was just one of those horses knocking on the door for the Grade I and to get it done today…for him and Mark Martinez and Sam-Son Farms it means a lot.”

OWNER  QUOTES

MARK MARTINEZ (AGAVE RACING STABLE), COUNT AGAIN, WINNER: “About two years ago, I campaigned his half-brother (Ransom the Moon), who was also a Grade I winner. When my friends at Sam-Son Farm came to us about a group of horses to purchase, we jumped at the chance at this horse being in the package.”

            NOTES: The winning owner is Agave Racing Stable or Sam-Son Farm.