ADORATION STAKES AND AMERICAN STAKES

ADORATION STAKES QUOTES

COREY NAKATANI, LET FAITH ARISE, WINNER: “She did everything she was supposed to do. We had to call an audible, because we thought we’d be sitting 1-2 early, but those other two (Yahilwa, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, and Eblouissante, ridden by Gary Stevens) went pretty quick, so we sat back off them and it worked out. She relaxed really well and she ran a great race.”

KENT DESORMEAUX, YAHILWA, SECOND: “When the winner passed me, my filly came back and passed her again.


AMERICAN STAKE QUOTES

JOE TALAMO, OBVIOUSLY, WINNER: “I knew we were rollin’, but I was surprised with how fast we went. He fooled me. I thought we went the three quarters in like 1:09 . . . He’s ageless, he’s truly amazing. I knew Gary (Stevens, aboard Silentio) was going after me, but you can’t take a hold of this horse. You just gotta throw his head away and let him roll.
“Believe it or not, he took about four or five breathers today.