WOODFORD RESERVE MANHATTAN
QUOTES
Christophe Clement,
winning trainer of Winchester (No. 4) and runner-up Gio Ponti (No.
1): “He ran a great race, and I am delighted. Gio Ponti was pinned inside.
I’m very happy with the two horses. The two horses worked remarkably together
last Sunday. Winchester comes from far out of it; I thought
softer ground would serve him well, but for some reason horses are coming from
out of it today.”
Cornelio Velasquez,
winning jockey aboard Winchester (No. 4): He had a good, stable
position. I saw there was traffic on the inside, so I decided to go outside. He
probably had the best trip in the race.
Ramon Dominguez, rider
aboard second-place finisher Gio Ponti (No. 1): “I don’t know what happened
to Interpatation at the three-eighths pole, but he got squeezed and we had to
check sharply since we were right behind him. I had to take a hold of him and
drift out, then get back inside. I’m not going to make any excuses. He ran well
and he ran hard. The winner had a jump on us at the end.”
Chad Brown, trainer of
third-place finisher Expansion (No. 11): “We kept him in the clear today, we
lost some ground and that was the plan. Last time out we got trapped in the
Elkhorn, but I
knew he was sitting on a big race. We knew this race was deep water. The owners and I talked last night and
we said, we’ll give it a shot. He’s just too good. At the eighth pole, I thought I had a
chance to win and I figured if he got clear, he might have had a chance to steal
it. Those are two really nice horses that finished ahead of him. He beat some nice horses today and he is
a really nice horse.”
Javier Castellano, rider
aboard third-place finisher Expansion (No. 11): “I thought he ran well. He was coming on at the end. He ran a big race behind the winner and
defending champion.”
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