JOCKEY QUOTES

          JOHN VELAZQUEZ, ADARE MANOR, WINNER: “Bob (Baffert) told me even when she broke her maiden that’s what she wanted to do. She wanted to go the two turns,  get her stride going. Today I engaged her right from the gate and she got a little bit strong at the first turn, so I had to grab her a little bit try to slow her down a bit the first part of the race. Once we got to the half mile pole, I kind of put my hands down on her and her long stride just kept going just like that. I just left her alone and let her get into her rhythm, and she just showed up today. Obviously, she stepped it up from one race to another one and she did it very nicely today.

“I looked back a couple of times and I slowed it down, I looked up saw they were pretty far (back) and I backed up thinking, I should save something here although she was breathing fire up front, I didn’t want to ask her down the lane then Bob would get mad at me. I definitely wanted to save something.”

TRAINER QUOTES

      BOB BAFFERT, ADARE MANOR, WINNER: “She duplicated her last race, you know, she’s got that big, long stride on her.  I sprinted her twice and I thought she’d win each of those times and then I thought, well she wants to go long…She’s like an amazon, she’s got that big, powerful (way of moving).  She’s got that big frame but she’s quick.  She relaxed nicely today…I think that time (1:37.11) is pretty serious on this track.  Just gotta keep ’em healthy.  I’ve run her twice now, I don’t want to come back too quick with her.”

         NOTES: The winning owner is Michael Lund Petersen.