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Rusty Arnold (winning trainer of Echo Sound)

“It was a step up in company, and she’s answered every question. Hopefully she’ll move forward into graded stakes.”

Irad Ortiz Jr. (winning rider)

“First of all, I want to say thank you to (trainer George) Rusty (Arnold) and the owner (Gabriel Duignan) for the opportunity. She’s a very nice filly. She’s undefeated. She does everything right and was ready to run.”

John Velazquez (rider of runner-up Praying)

“Perfect trip. She broke out of there in a hurry. My job was to give her a little chance the first part of the race. She settled a little bit and it was time to let her go. The best horse ran her race today. I didn’t have to press early. That’s where she wants to be.”

Jose Ortiz (rider of third-place finisher and beaten favorite Trust Fund Philly)

“It was good. Broke good. Followed the right horse, the winner. I was third best today. (The pace) was a little bit fast early, but I expected that. There were a few horses that had speed and I knew we were gonna go out there. It was a good race overall.”