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Bill Mott (winning trainer of Frost Point)

On her improvement in her past few races

“Over the summer, she put on weight and started looking better. She’s come back very well. She’s three-for-three now (beginning Dec. 30 at Aqueduct in her first start since May). This was a very good race, and she beat a really solid field.”

 On whether she will continue to run longer races like today’s 1 1/16-mile Baird Doubledogdare

“I don’t think she’s limited to that. She won at a mile last time (in the Heavenly Prize Invitational Stakes at Aqueduct Feb. 18) and at a mile-and-a-sixteenth. We’ve seen in the past that we thought she could get a mile-and-an-eighth, nine furlongs. So the thing is, if she keeps running the way she is, I guess this type of race is good for her.”

 Flavien Prat (winning rider)

“She jumped well, but then I got squeezed a little bit so we backed up a little bit. I was a little further back than I wished I could be, but she was traveling well all the way around. All the way around the turn I felt like she was going to make a good move. As soon as I tipped her out and got her in the clear, she really extended herself and kicked on well.”

Rey Gutierrez (rider of runner-up Hidden Connection)

“Beautiful trip, no excuse. Got beat by a better horse today, got run down. Congrats to Flavien.”

Irad Ortiz Jr. (rider of third-place finisher Green Up)

“She had a great effort.”

Florent Geroux (rider of fourth-place finisher and beaten favorite Interstatedaydream)

“Broke good. I just followed the horse on the lead, Hidden Connection. I was tracking them. I could tell when I came past the half mile, I was out of horse. I was just trying really hard to keep my position, and they kept getting away from me. Just not sure if it was the track or bounce back from the first race off the layoff. We could have made the lead maybe, but honestly I wish she would have finished a little bit better. A little bit disappointed about the result to be honest.”