Winning breeder and co-owner George Segal said, "I'm on seventh heaven. We bred them both (Hambletonian winner Glidemaster and Hambletonian Oaks winner Passionate Glide) and couldn't be prouder of everybody. When he got to the top of the stretch, I thought he'd get there. I thought I had a good chance, but I wasn't sure I was going to win. At the beginning of the race, I had doubts. At the top of the stretch, I had no doubts."
Trainer Blair Burgess said, "I always thought this horse had a really good chance but you never know until the race is run. The trip looked tough most of the way, but around the last turn, it was shaping up. John took the best route and it was risky but he had to go that way. I wasn't sure the front-runners were going to come back to us. When they hit the half; they looked pretty confident. It took a big mile; it took a track record mile to go by them."
