Photo: MEC
BONNIE
MISS Stakes
Quotes
Todd Pletcher (trainer, Devil May
Care, 1st) – “We’ve always thought a lot of
this filly, but I’m not surprised that some could be a little skeptical
after her last two races. In the case of the Breeders’ Cup it was simply
a matter of she hated the synthetic (track). She trained great for the race in Louisiana, but then she
misbehaved at the gate and then they got pretty severe with her and then used
tongs, which most fillies don’t handle well. When she made the lead so
easily today she ducked when she started to see things, which makes you
consider putting blinkers on, although you don’t like to that after a
winning race. We’ll see about that. She’ll go right to the (Kentucky) Oaks from this
race.”
John Velazquez (jockey, Devil May
Care, 1st) - “I saw that the other horse (Amen
Hallelujah) was still in hand, but my filly too was in hand too, and I always
knew we were able to go by any time I wanted. But the most important thing with
this filly is to not make the lead too soon, because I know that once she makes
the lead, she tries to stop and wants to put the brakes on. She did that today;
and then she started going in and out a little through the stretch. But when I
got her mind back to running, she kept on going with a nice kick. She has
tremendous talent, but she still has some learning to do.”
Julien Leparoux (jockey, Amen
Hallelujah, 2nd) – “She got a little tired last
and she started to pull a bit, but I think it was a good race and she’ll
be in good shape for the race in Kentucky (Kentucky Oaks.)”
Corey Nakatani (jockey, Christine
Daae, 6th) – “She never really settled like we
thought she was going to. But it wasn’t a disgrace; there are some nice
horses that were in there. (Trainer) Patrick (Biancone) told me the timing of
the race might be a little bit quick back for her. I didn’t want to ask
too much of her on the turn. We’ll just go back to the drawing board with
her and go get the next one.”
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