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Winning Jockey Umberto Rispoli (Journalism) – (NBC Broadcast) “I still can’t realize what this horse did today. I got in trouble at the quarter pole and, look, he make himself keep going. It’s all about him. It’s a privilege to ride a horse like him.”
“It’s just unbelievable. I won one of the legs of the Triple Crown and I’m crying like a kid.”
“When I cross the line, it’s all 20 years of my career that pass I front of me. I had to wait so long to ride a champion like that.”
Jockey Luis Saez (Gosger, 2nd) – “Overall it was a good trip. We had no excuses. Hopefully, he will learn from this and the next race he will be even better.”
Jockey John Velazquez (Sandman, 3rd) – “We got a good trip, you know, Tried to stay out of trouble as much as I could and then when we got to the quarter pole I thought I was home free but he got to looking around and stopped concentrating. When he was following the horses he was really good, but when I pulled him out to go around and he felt like he was by himself and he didn’t even care, but when a horse moved to the inside of us. He engaged a little bit again to the end.
Jockey Flavien Prat (Goal Oriented, 4th) – "Very disappointing result. Expected a big effort today."
Jockey Saffie Osborne (Heart of Honor, 5th) – "He misbehaved very badly in the stalls, and as a result he jumped slow. You obviously can't afford to be giving any distance out of the gates in these kinds of races. I was always trying to play catch-up. It was the difference between being able to get a nice position and not being able to. To be honest, I probably would have taken fifth going into the last bend. He was getting a lot of kickback in his face. Once I switched him into daylight, he started running really good up the straight. I think if we could iron out his issues in the gate, we've still got a very smart horse on our hands, and he showed that with the work he did later."
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. (River Thames, 6th) – “My trip was good. On the backside and when we were leaving the backside he turned sideways a bit and from there I straightened him out and after that he was trying until the end.”
Jockey Raul Mena (Pay Billy, 7th) – "He tried hard and never gave up. He just came up a little flat at the end."
Jockey Nik Juarez (American Promise, 8th) – “He broke really well and (was) in a good position throughout the race. Into the second turn, he just didn't have it today to continue on. He is a son of Justify and a very talented horse. I am excited to see how he matures.”
Jockey Jose Ortiz (Clever Again, 9th) – “I can’t complain. I had a pretty good trip. We had it – he was running a clean race. He was on top the first part of it. After that, he lost ground.”
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“It’s just unbelievable. I won one of the legs of the Triple Crown and I’m crying like a kid.”
“When I cross the line, it’s all 20 years of my career that pass I front of me. I had to wait so long to ride a champion like that.”
Jockey Luis Saez (Gosger, 2nd) – “Overall it was a good trip. We had no excuses. Hopefully, he will learn from this and the next race he will be even better.”
Jockey John Velazquez (Sandman, 3rd) – “We got a good trip, you know, Tried to stay out of trouble as much as I could and then when we got to the quarter pole I thought I was home free but he got to looking around and stopped concentrating. When he was following the horses he was really good, but when I pulled him out to go around and he felt like he was by himself and he didn’t even care, but when a horse moved to the inside of us. He engaged a little bit again to the end.
Jockey Flavien Prat (Goal Oriented, 4th) – "Very disappointing result. Expected a big effort today."
Jockey Saffie Osborne (Heart of Honor, 5th) – "He misbehaved very badly in the stalls, and as a result he jumped slow. You obviously can't afford to be giving any distance out of the gates in these kinds of races. I was always trying to play catch-up. It was the difference between being able to get a nice position and not being able to. To be honest, I probably would have taken fifth going into the last bend. He was getting a lot of kickback in his face. Once I switched him into daylight, he started running really good up the straight. I think if we could iron out his issues in the gate, we've still got a very smart horse on our hands, and he showed that with the work he did later."
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. (River Thames, 6th) – “My trip was good. On the backside and when we were leaving the backside he turned sideways a bit and from there I straightened him out and after that he was trying until the end.”
Jockey Raul Mena (Pay Billy, 7th) – "He tried hard and never gave up. He just came up a little flat at the end."
Jockey Nik Juarez (American Promise, 8th) – “He broke really well and (was) in a good position throughout the race. Into the second turn, he just didn't have it today to continue on. He is a son of Justify and a very talented horse. I am excited to see how he matures.”
Jockey Jose Ortiz (Clever Again, 9th) – “I can’t complain. I had a pretty good trip. We had it – he was running a clean race. He was on top the first part of it. After that, he lost ground.”
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