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PREAKNESS THEY SAID IT
MAY 15, 2010
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| As Lookin at Lucky ranged up on the outside, Super Saver was backing up behind Caracortado (green silks)
(Pat Tyrrell/Horsephotos.com) |
"Coming off a huge effort in the Derby, the two weeks was too short."—trainer Todd Pletcher on
Kentucky Derby (G1) hero SUPER SAVER's (Maria's Mon) fading to eighth in the Preakness S. (G1)
"I thought as well as First Dude
hung in there (finishing a close second) that we were in a good spot (tracking
him). He was able to move himself right outside of (First Dude). It
looked like the colt was relaxed. He was traveling well down the
backside and you could tell that when he went to the far turn, he came
up empty. When they went to the far turn, you could see that Calvin (Borel)
was squeezing and asking him to go get that horse, and he just couldn't
do it. He hung in there. He kept fighting. He tried hard."
—Pletcher
on Super Saver's trip
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"I wouldn't trade the Derby for anything. We got the one we wanted the most.
We would have loved to come here and win the Preakness and go to Belmont with a
chance to win the Triple Crown. That would be the ultimate challenge, but I
wouldn't trade that one for any of the other ones."
—Pletcher keeps
Saturday's disappointment in perspective
"My horse broke sharp, right where
I wanted. I let the other horse go, and I was right behind him. We went
23-and-change and 46-and-change. He just wasn't able to get there today. I will
win a lot of other races with this horse. He's a good one."
—Borel on his view
from Super Saver
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| First Dude nearly pulled off the wire-to-wire upset
(Jim Tyrrell/Horsephotos.com) |
"First Dude is a serious, confident, aggressive horse who can compete
with the best. He ran super. Ramon (Dominguez) said he didn't want to
give up the lead. He kept his path. He just couldn't hold off the
winner. I'll talk to the owner (Donald Dizney) and we'll discuss whether to go a mile and a half (in the
June 5 Belmont S. [G1]).
—trainer Dale
Romans on FIRST DUDE (Stephen Got Even), a game runner-up in the Preakness
"To be honest, and I'm not taking
anything away from the winner, but I think I was on the best horse today. I just
had to wait for some room, but when I got it, it was in deep stretch, and it
cost me. He ran dynamite."
—jockey Mike Smith
on JACKSON BEND (Hear No Evil), who was a close third
"He ran good. At the half-mile pole
he comes running again. If we can get out, it's a different story, we win."
—trainer Nick Zito
on Jackson Bend
"He ran huge."
—trainer Rick
Dutrow on fourth-place finisher YAWANNA TWIST (Yonaguska)
"He broke a step slow. On the
turn, he had to work his way around horses. At the quarter-pole he was clear. He
ran very well."
—jockey Edgar
Prado on Yawanna Twist's trip
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"The break compromised any chance we had, when he broke awkwardly like that.
He ran a powerful race. He ran fifth and didn't get beat that far."
—trainer D. Wayne
Lukas on DUBLIN (Afleet Alex), who veered out abruptly at the start, but rallied
from last for fifth
"The first three jumps weren't very
good. He tried to go into the gap and made a right-hand turn with me. When I
straightened him out, they were all gone and we were pretty much out of it."
—jockey Garrett
Gomez on Dublin's antics
"The horse felt good, but he
was just flat. There's not much more to say about this race. He just wasn't
himself today."
—jockey Kent
Desormeaux on sixth-place finisher PADDY O'PRADO (El Prado [Ire])
"I have to talk to Kent to see
what he says about Paddy. Paddy has a big future, and we'll figure out what to
do. He had good works this week here at Pimlico. Maybe he just didn't get a hold
of the track."
—Romans on Paddy
O'Prado, his other Preakness runner
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| The top four were well clear of the rest
(Jim Tyrrell/Horsephotos.com) |
"We had a good stalking trip. We
were right there. He gave me a turn of foot when I asked him. The only think I
would change would be to sit a little longer. I looked over at Lookin at Lucky;
he was beside me; he started to pick it up, and I said, 'Uh-oh, we've got
three-eighths of a mile to go.'"—jockey Paul
Atkinson, who guided CARACORTADO (Cat Dreams) to a seventh-place finish
"I thought Paul
had him in a good spot, sitting fourth. He just didn't go from there. I don't
want to make excuses. I wasn't surprised at Lookin at Lucky. I knew if Bob (Baffert) was
going to run him, he'd be ready."
—trainer Mike
Machowsky on his horse Caracortado, and Preakness winner LOOKIN AT LUCKY (Smart
Strike)
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"We were following the
winner. He was in a perfect spot turning for home. He just didn't quicken with
the winner. I'm disappointed, but that's racing."
—Derek Ryan, the
trainer of ninth-place finisher SCHOOLYARD DREAMS (Stephen Got Even)
"He kind of got him back off the
pace, which is what we were trying to do. Then he just kind of failed to respond
down the lane. He just ran evenly."
—Pletcher on his
other Preakness runner, AIKENITE (Yes It's True), who wound up 10th
"Julien (Leparoux) said he gave him a
charge like he was going to get it all done at the three-eighths pole. When the
running started and he went to go, he just didn't fire. I'm disappointed."
—trainer Wesley
Ward on 11th-place finisher PLEASANT PRINCE (Indy King)
"He was a little
overmatched."
—Lukas on his
other colt NORTHERN GIANT (Giant's Causeway), who brought up the rear in 12th
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