JOCKEY QUOTES

            JUAN HERNANDEZ, BRICKYARD RIDE, WINNER: “He’s a very fast horse.  I told Craig, I didn’t want to go that fast, but you know, he just loves to do that.  As soon as I took a little hold of him to slow him down a little, he grabbed the bridle and he just started to run.  So I just let him run free.  He was happy on the lead and when we hit the stretch, he changed leads and he picked it up by himself.  I was just the pilot today.”

TRAINER QUOTES

        CRAIG A. LEWIS, BRICKYARD RIDE, WINNER: “He’s pretty fast. Juan said he wanted to take it easy on him, but he wouldn’t let him. So, you saw the results, and they ran fast, one fifteen and he was geared down so, no telling. He just keeps getting better and better.

“It’s a nice place to be, to have the fastest and possibly the best horse but a lot of expectations. There could be disappointment as you know, anything can happen in a horse race.

“We’re going race to race but our long-range plan is to be at Keeneland in November. He’s been showing so much versatility though, we don’t know if he should go in the Sprint, the Turf Sprint or the Mile. A lot of options, we just hope he stays as good as he is now.”

 OWNER QUOTES

        ALFRED, “SONNY” PAIS, BRICKYARD RIDE,  OWNER/BREEDER, WINNER: “We wanted a little test to see where to go next…We’ll stay in open company from here on.  I figured he’d be the lone speed unless something unexpected happened.  I don’t want to meet Flightline anytime soon, but you just take it one race at a time.  We’ll see what comes up.  There’s four (races) for him coming up in one month.  Depending on who’s where and how he’s doing, we’ll make a decision.”

WHEN ASKED IF HE COULD EXPRESS HIS FEELING OF PRIDE IN WINNING FOUR STAKES AT THE CURRENT MEET: “It’s pretty cool (fighting back tears)…People like to watch horses like him.  They remember horses like him.”

            NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Alfred Pais.