JOCKEY QUOTES

            JOSE ORTIZ, LAW PROFESSOR, WINNER: “I thought he was much better than what he showed. When he made the lead he started wandering around, he didn’t give me one hundred percent. I think he’s a little bit better than what he showed today. I was showing my rein to change it up and keep his attention. When I did that he responded well, I caught his attention and kept doing that to the wire.”

            KENT DESORMEAUX, BEYOND BRILLIANT, SECOND: “The trip was a little quick for my liking, but the horse was very comfortable and he showed that by trying to win. The eventual winner was right behind me all the way. I can’t wait for him to run on the grass again. He dug in, he tried to win, and he tried to come again at the end. I was very proud of him.”

TRAINER QUOTES

           MICHAEL MCCARTHY, LAW PROFESSOR, WINNER: “He is a little bit on the difficult side. He hasn’t quite totally figured it out yet.  I thought his last win at Del Mar was very professional. I was looking forward to running him on the grass today, I also thought about running him on the dirt at Los Alamitos. I thought he broke well here when he broke his maiden, but he really hasn’t put it all together yet, when he does, I think it will be very exciting. It’s great to have a horse that is as versatile as him, I don’t know what it holds for him just yet but after what we saw today we may think about putting a little blinker back on him. We have a lot of options at play, it’s very exciting.”

            NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC.