Winning jockey Garrett Gomez said, "She was so settled down inside. When the horses came to her up the backside, there was no real response and I was kind of worried for a second. But I shook her up, picked her up a little bit and she was there for me. When I turned for home, I really didn't expect (Arden Belle) to hang in with us and go on, but the longer down the stretch we went, she started to get me a little worried. But this filly kept digging in, kept fighting and did what she was supposed to do."
Trainer Malcolm Pierce added, "I'm thrilled with her. She's trained really well up to this race and it's just nice to make her a stakes winner, she's so well bred. She settles in real good. She doesn't want to be any part of the pace. She just waits to be asked and she comes running when asked."
