JOCKEY QUOTES

            ABEL CEDILLO, HOPPER, WINNER: “I never (rode) the horse, Sean, doesn’t use jockeys to work in the mornings. I watched his last race, and he was sharp, so the key was just to get a good break and take it from there.

“When I left the gate (he) was just so relaxed, I was confident with him.”

TRAINER QUOTES

          SEAN McCARTHY, HOPPER, WINNER: “I saw Juan asking the other horse (High Connection) at about the three and a half to get into contention and Doppelganger was moving at the same time, but Hopper was just cruising on the front end, so I had a pretty good feeling.

“With either one of these two, Hopper and High Connection, it’ll be a Del Mar plan I would imagine. What it is, I don’t know, but I would assume that’s where they’re going to be heading and you know by that time, I’m out of the picture.

“It was really neat for me today, because I was just a huge Affirmed fan. He was one of the greatest horses of all time. On the bus to school, half the guys were Alydar fans and half of them were Affirmed fans. I know it’s a Grade III and a $100,000, but it’s really special, especially with Laffit here to present the trophy.”

            NOTES: The winning owners are Lanni Bloodstock, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing, LLC.