Photo: MEC
Marty Wolfson (Jet Propulsion &
Pickapocket 1st & 2nd) –
“I’ve been watching this horse for a couple years. He’s beat
up on horses of mine a number of times. I never thought he’d be dropped
in for a tag, but when he was, I took him ($50,000 at Calder on Dec. 12) with
this race in mind. He’s settled down a lot in the last six weeks. I
don’t have anything in mind for him right now, but I think a mile-and-an-eighth
might be his best distance.”
Julien Leparoux (jockey, Jet
Propulsion, 1st) – “I was happy, but
not surprised, that they didn’t come with me in the first turn. We got an
easy lead and that was good for us. At the three-eighths pole I started to go,
and I kind of looked back a couple of times on the final turn to see if they
were coming, but they weren’t. My horse made a big move and we won
easily.”
Manoel Cruz (jockey, Soldier’s
Dancer, 4th) – “I liked how he ran out
of the gate; he came out good. But the track was fast and the pace didn’t
help. The race didn’t come out exactly the way we wanted.”
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