Trainer Bill Mott added, "We took the blinkers off 2 races ago, and she settled better. I've got to give Kent a lot of credit. He's got a good set of hands, and she rated well for him. As I said before, I think he understands pace. We'll sit down and have a look at what we might want to do. Now, we're getting to that time of the year, where, if you want to continue on, you have to run against older horses. There is the Garden City at Belmont and the Queen Elizabeth II at Keeneland."
2007 Alabama Stakes Day at Saratoga
By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com Guide
Sharp Susan in the winner's circle
Sharp Susan in the winner's circle after the 2007 Lake Placid Stakes
© Vanessa Ng
Winning jockey Kent Desormeaux said, "I was ecstatic about the
first quarter, because I think she is the kind of filly that, if she
gets away, she is going to throw a 21 and change, and I would rather do
that the last quarter than the first. Billy (Mott) does a great
job with his horses. He is confident in the paddock, so it allows me to
be confident on board. I get that great feeling from him, and I try to
pass it through the reins to the horse. It was a great effort today."
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- Lady Joanne wins the 2007 Alabama Stakes
- Calvin Borel celebrates aboard Lady Joanne
- Lady Joanne in the winner's circle
- Second place finisher Lear's Princess
- Third place finisher Octave
- Beaten Favorite Panty Raid
- Sharp Susan wins the 2007 Lake Placid Stakes
- Sharp Susan in the winner's circle
- Beaten Favorite Lady Attack
- Latitude Forty wins the 2007 Yaddo Handicap
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