2009 Mother Goose Stakes Results

Winning jockey Calvin Borel said, "Steve (Asmussen) told me 'Ride your race. You know her as good as me and I think she's a kind of a grinder,' and I said 'Yes sir, that's what she is. I think she's just a wonderful animal, she grinds fast, you don't have to be in front, you can take her back. She's a racehorse, this is a racehorse. Believe me, she's not normal, I'm telling you, she's unbelievable. I nudged (her) on the turn for home around the 1/4 pole but that was it. To make sure she'd get something out of it and do something for me. I knew they were going fast early but around the 3/8 pole they were getting tired and I kind of squeezed her a little bit and she just went in there. It's unbelievable, (the crowd) may love me but when you ride good horses it makes you that good."