JOCKEY QUOTES 

            JUAN HERNANDEZ, KANDEREL, WINNER:“I broke from the inside, number one post and Mr. Mandella told me to ride the horse like last time. My horse, he loves to come from behind.  I just broke, the horse was comfortable being last…I was saving ground and at the (top of) the stretch, I decided to go outside and make my run.  My horse helped me a lot and he responded really well.

“I rode this horse (for the) first time at Golden Gate (winning a one mile turf stakes on June 20, 2020) and he looked like he had a lot of talent…I think when they gelded him (Oct. 1, 2020), when he came back, he was a different horse.  You could feel when you ask him, he responds a lot better than before.”

TRAINER QUOTES

            RICHARD MANDELLA, KANDEREL, WINNER: “We gelded him, and it took a little while for it to work. He has now settled in to being with a harder crowd. We also shortened him up and he’s doing better than he did running long.

“He was the better horse, and there were some pretty good horses. I was hoping he was good enough to catch these, and he did! He ran an even better race than he did the last time.”

            NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Wertheimer & Frere.