Secretariat S. (GI) Quotes

Secretariat Stakes (Grade I) quotes

Kent Desormeaux (rode the winner Take The Points) “He is a wonderful horse. He has a great stride and showed it throughout the race, and really had a strong stride down the lane. He was comfortable down the backstrech and had a ton of fight at the end. It was a great race, and he ran great.”

Johnny Murtagh (rode Black Bear Island, 2nd):“My horse ran a very good race. It was just the last 20 yards, or so he went dead on me. The winner just got me at the wire.”

Ramon Dominguez (rode Laureate Conductor, 3rd): “I had a great trip. When it was time to go, my horse gave me a good run but couldn’t really get to the top two.”

Garrett Gomez (rode Oil Man, 4th): “I had a really good trip. I wanted to let him get more comfortable and start picking up horses a little bit. I saw him behind the three horse (Proceed Bee) and the four horse (Laureate Conductor). I was able to save ground but I don’t know how much better he would have run if I was able to move forward when I really wanted to. When I did ask him, I couldn’t get him on top of it (the hole) quick enough, but he ran really good. For a little horse he takes care of the longer trips really well.”

Chris Emigh (rode Proceed Bee, 5th): “My horse tried all the way. He ran his race.”

Andy Hansen (trainer Quite a Handful, 6th): “It was a tough race. He was kind of compromised by the pace, was a little further back than we thought. You're not going to close into that. We're proud of him, he's a nice horse.”

Eusebio Razo, Jr. (rode Giant Oak, 7th): “No excuses, we had a perfect trip, everything went well. I think the soft ground might have given him a little trouble.”

Fernando Jara (rode Cliffy’s Future, 9th): “My horse didn’t even try.”

Elvis Truillo (rode, Hoosier Kingdon, 10th): “There was no pace so I went to the lead but by the three-eighths he was done.”