Garrett Gomez (jockey, Ventura, 1st) - "She ran effortlessly. She's the kind of filly that, once she makes the lead, will kind of pull up a little. When we went by those horses, she was just cruising. She's very tactical.

"Around the three-eighths I had edged her out a little and she got into another gear. Down the stretch, I got into her a little (whip) to keep her focused on the race."

Robert Frankel (trainer, Ventura, 1st) - "When I heard that she broke slow, I was a little worried but when she was running on the turn, I felt a lot better. She showed a great, great turn of foot and she really likes the synthetic track. We didn't want to move too soon into a very quick pace. He (Garrett Gomez) said he just waited until he felt she was ready to give it to him. When he let her run, she just exploded."

John Velazquez (jockey, Indian Blessing, 2nd as favourite) - "Perfect trip. She broke really well, I let the other horse go, and sat right outside of her. I even eased away from the other horses. I got head and head with the horse on the lead, and down the stretch, straightened out, and she came running. That horse still ran right by me. I couldn't believe it. I was running too. Wow, man. I knew the horse on the lead is really fast. I wanted to let her go, and I was waiting for someone else to go with them, but they didn't show up, so I just sat off of her on the backside real easy. We ran our race today. She (winner Ventura) just ran a little better."

Bob Baffert (trainer, Indian Blessing, 2nd) - "She ran a great race. She did all she could but the winner just ran a tremendous race, almost a track record. (Bobby) Frankel was right. Hew as telling me all week that he was going to get me and he did.

Rafael Bejarano (jockey Zaftig, 3rd) - "She broke well but I had to use her a little the first furlong. After that, we saved some ground and were in perfect position. Indian Blessing was in front of us and at the three-eighths pole I just followed her. The other filly (Ventura) flew by us on the outside. I tried to catch Indian Blessing for second but couldn't."

James Jerkens (trainer, Zaftig, 3rd) - "She ran really good. She may have gotten a little tired because she hasn't raced since June and had to run pretty fast to keep pace. She tried hard. She's a classy filly."

Ramon Dominguez (jockey, Miraculous Miss, 4th) - "I was very happy with her. She gave a good effort. I had no problems in the race at all, a great trip. She is a one-dimensional kind of horse and she gave me a great run."

Alonso Quinonez (jockey, Intangaroo, 6th) - "I was stuck down on the inside and I had to wait and wait and wait. With 14 horses, they all get packed down on the side and I just had to wait. I finally got to swing out on the turn and she gave me her run."