2006 Haskell Invitational Day at Monmouth Park

Winning jockey John Velazquez said, "I wanted to be close to the pace. I could see (Praying for Cash) was going a good pace, but he was doing it so easily that I wanted to stay close. The way the track was playing I wanted to stay outside, so drawing post 9 turned out to be good. We were able to get good position going down the backstretch and he was pulling on me just waiting for me to ask him to run. When I called on him that was it. He really just took off, went right by (Praying for Cash) turning for home. He did the whole thing really easily. It was a very impressive race from him."