CARTER
QUOTES
Ian
Wilkes, winning trainer of Warrior’s Reward (No. 2): “After he
couldn’t get the distance in the Travers, we decided, let’s make him a one-turn
horse, seven-eighths or a mile. Let’s make him a really good horse.
He wants to be a good horse. When Julien pulled him to the outside, I knew
he had a lot of horse and I know what this horse can do. I actually felt
really good when he came around the turn and was just traveling so easy.
He needs to relax and stay off the pace a little bit, that’s where his strength
is.”
Julien
Leparoux, winning jockey aboard Warrior’s Reward (No. 2): “This is a
horse that needs to be relaxed and he relaxed very well today. I moved up
on the turn just to get a little position and he just dragged me all the way to
the front. He’s a real nice seven-eighths to a mile horse and I think one
turn will be best. [Musket Man] ran a great race, too. He’s a really
good horse and so is mine and I think we’re going to have a lot of fun this
year.”
Derek
Ryan, trainer of runner-up Musket Man (No. 4): “I don't want to see
another photograph. There was nothing that we could do. It's a tough beat. We'll
probably bring him to Churchill Downs, then to Belmont for the Met Mile before we give him a
rest for the summer.”
Ramon
Dominguez, jockey aboard runner-up Musket Man (No. 4): “He dug in
when the other horse came to him. He switched back to his left lead a few
strides before the wire; I don’t know if that cost him any momentum or not. But
overall, I’m pleased with the way he ran. He was very game.”
Todd
Pletcher, trainer of beaten favorite and third-place finisher Munnings (No. 5):
“It was a decent race. He was in contention coming into the stretch.
He just got outrun and the other two finishers were better here.”
John
Velazquez, jockey aboard beaten favorite and third-place finisher Munnings (No.
5): “He just didn’t finish the way I thought he would. He was going
very well around the turn. But when I asked him, he only had a little run. He
didn’t finish the way I thought he would.”
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