COMELY
QUOTES
Jimmy Jerkens, winning trainer
of Touching Beauty (No. 8): “If there ever was a time she was going to win
going a mile, this was it. She’s probably improving with more racing. Down in
Florida, she
raced once in the beginning of the meet, and once at the end, and her last was a
nice, seven-furlong prep. We might look at a race like the Prioress [Grade 1,
six furlongs, Belmont Park, July 4]. It’s worth a try, a Grade
1, you never know. I’m not sure if she’s Acorn [Grade 1, one-mile, Belmont Park, June 5] material; it all depends on
who runs.”
Mike Luzzi, winning rider aboard Touching
Beauty (No. 8): “My trip was perfect.
She broke and I got in behind a couple of horses down the
backstretch. I didn’t want her to
angle out so soon, but I didn’t want her to get trapped either. She just stayed there and waited for me
to call on her, and when I asked her I had a little horse and she finished up
nice.”