JOCKEY QUOTES

            FLAVIEN PRAT, ALIGATO, WINNER: “We had a good trip. He broke okay, but I was expecting him to show a bit more speed early on which he didn’t. Later on I was travelling well, and when I got him to the outside he kicked home well.

“I thought it was an impressive race because it is always hard to go from six furlongs to a mile and one eighth. It was a great race.”

TRAINER QUOTES

MARK GLATT, ALIGATO WINNER: “We always thought he would improve when we had a chance to go further with him. It wasn’t the most ideal circumstances today, but I think that just shows you how good of a horse he is.  He’s just a very good horse, particularly for a Cal-bred. He’s a natural two turn horse which helps when you’re stretching one out.

“We kind of trained him up for it. We had a different plan getting here to the Unusual Heat Turf Classic, but unfortunately the rain kind of dismissed of that plan, so I called Double L and told them that we had to kind of train up to it or run him two weeks ago going six furlongs. So, I said, ‘Well at least it will be a good workout’. I’m very happy for the owners, they’ve given me a nice horse to train and we’ll see what happens next time.”

            NOTES: The winning owner is Double L Racing.