JOCKEY QUOTES

JOEL ROSARIO, AIN’T EASY, WINNER: “It was a very good trip, she broke really sharply. It was her first time going long and she did it really easily. You don’t know how good you are until you go with tough competition like this, and she did it the right way.

“She sat up a little bit at the rail and then finished very nicely. I feel very good about it.”

TRAINER QUOTES

          PHILIP D’AMATO, AIN’T EASY, WINNER: “She acted very professional, sitting behind horses. When Joel (Rosario) wanted to, she came up the inside, which I like to see with a young horse. She just looked like she was having fun in the stretch. I think it set up perfect. A good two turn experience, confidence booster, an easy win, where it didn’t look like she was taxed too much, so I like everything I saw right now.

“I’m excited, I won a lot of stakes down the hill, I won my first Breeders’ Cup down the hill, so I’m excited to get back. I think I have two nice horses in here.”

         NOTES: The winning owners are Old Bones Racing Stable, LLC, Michael Lombardi and Joey Platts.