GOTHAM QUOTES
Jeremy Noseda, winning trainer
of Awesome Act (No. 4): “He handled the dirt today. You would think a horse
by Awesome Again would handle the dirt. For the first time, it’s all we could
ask for. He’s a horse that is reminding me all the time of [2004 Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile winner] Wilko.”
“I believed in this horse today.
It was a good, solid race, but there were no graded stakes winners. It’s the
first hurdle out of the way, so the dream lives on. We’ll be back for the [Grade
1] Wood Memorial [April 3]. He’ll stay at Belmont Park, in Steve Asmussen’s barn with my
team, and get ready for the Wood.”
“We had the discussion about him
possibly being a Derby horse after the Breeders’ Cup. I stood up
and said ‘I believe I can do it from Europe.’
Now he’s been in America, and we can move forward. I
will be going back to Newmarket, maybe I’ll come in for a day and
watch him train.”
Julien Leparoux, winning jockey aboard
Awesome Act (No.4): “He just did everything perfect. He broke well and appeared to get a good
position around the first turn, relaxed on the backside, and he was good. He was beyond good on the dirt; it
didn’t matter to him at all. He
just did everything on his own, he put me in the right spots, and then he just
finished very nice. I think more
distance will be good.”
Edgar Prado, rider aboard second-place
finisher Yawanna Twist (No.2): I'm very happy. I was right behind the winner
and when the winner got through I followed him. It was the first time I had to
really get in and ride him hard and I think he relaxed and took a couple strides
and figured out what to do. He's a very nice horse and I'm very happy with it
[the race].”
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