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“[Bejarano was injured when his mount, the Ed Kenneally-trained filly Sadler's Charm, reared and flipped in the gate.] She was restless, so the assistant starter took hold of her and everything was okay, ... She was quieting down a little, but in the back, somebody pulled on her tail. She got very nervous; she just reared up and flipped over.”
Rafael Bejarano
“I tried to go to the lead but then I saw No. 6 (Ball Four) go to the lead, so I stayed in the second lane because my horse doesn't like getting dirt in his face,”
“I got him comfortable and I knew I had a lot of horse, so I waited to the quarter pole to take off.”
“He told me to try and stay close. After I got position after the start, I decided to be patient and save him as much as I could to about the half-mile pole.”
“She didn't like the dirt in her face and started jumping around. She started to close strongly at the three-eighths pole but then started jumping around again.”
“When my horse broke, he broke really strong, but he was so nervous, he never got settled.”
“He really is a horse that responds to what you ask of him. I wanted a little more at the half, he gave it to me, and now I had the leaders in sight.”
“The rail horse (T.D. Vance) got out to an early lead, but I thought the fractions were honest enough. I felt like I had a lot of horse. … I thought he was closing well, but the other horse just never stopped.”
“My filly broke very sharp, but I didn't want her to go too fast early so I just put her in a good position and waited. At the three-eighths pole there was an opening, so I put her in there. When we turned for home, I moved outside and when she saw daylight she took off.”
“My filly broke very sharp but I didn't want her to go too fast early so I just put her in a good position and waited. At the three-eighths pole, there was an opening so I put her in there. When we turned for home I moved outside and when she saw the daylight she took off.”
