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Cristian Torres (winning rider of Committee of One)

“I had a very nice trip. I knew there was a lot of speed in the race. I was very confident with him and comfortable where he was traveling. As soon as we passed the three-eighths (pole), I asked him to pick it up, and he picked it up beautiful. Down the lane he just kept coming, and he got the job done.”  

Steve Asmussen (winning trainer)

“I like the outcome of this (photo finish). Obviously, yesterday in the TCA (Thoroughbred Club of America-G2, with runner-up Wicked Halo), we weren’t on the right end of that, and I was thinking, ‘Two days in a row, two that close wouldn’t be good.’ Obviously very different emotion coming out on the right side of that. He’s a lovely horse who’s getting better. I thought (jockey) Cristian (Torres) gave him a wonderful trip today, and when he pulled him out and asked him to accelerate, he looked very good to the wire.”

On moving toward the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint-G1 as he did with Private Creed in 2022:

“It’s very similar: Private Creed last year (won the Indian Summer) and then came back (to run third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint). The difference is the travel. This horse has run three times on three different race tracks. He’s very mature for his age, takes everything really well, and we’re excited about the opportunity.”

John Velazquez (rider of runner-up Amidst Waves)

“She broke a little slow and I kind of had to work my way through. Got out in time – the other horse had the momentum on me. I think that was the difference.”

Adam Beschizza (rider of third-place finisher Shards)

“I was a little bit run off my feet early. He gathered himself pretty well, I was just following George Weaver’s horse (Amidst Waves) the whole way around. I asked (Shards) to make up a lot of ground. In all fairness to him, he picked up very well. He’s probably going to be more of a 6-furlong horse. These horses are pretty fast on paper. The speed we were going to go was supersonic early. I think (trainer) Kelsey (Danner) has got a nice colt on her hands here.”