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Brad Cox (winning trainer of Saudi Crown)

“We’ll probably keep him around one turn or maybe send him out to a one-turn mile. I was proud of his performance today. I thought it was a good spot and I thought he drew well. He was able to let things unfold to the inside of him and he was ridden patiently up the backside and responded when asked, so a positive effort. He’s been training really well. He’s been on it the last few months and acting like he was when he was a 3-year-old, and I’m glad to see him show up. I want to thank (owner) FMQ Stables. It’s nice to have a horse hanging around at the age of 6 and still being competitive at the graded stakes level.”

Flavien Prat (winning rider)

“He broke sharp. He was kind enough to switch off when we hit the half-mile pole and give me a good run. (Trainer) Brad (Cox) was very confident and (Saudi Crown) ran a good race today.”

Irad Ortiz Jr. (rider of runner-up Crazy Mason)

“My horse broke good today. He was a little closer than last time (when third in the Cigar Mile (G2) at Aqueduct in December), so I was happy with that and he closed, but I couldn’t catch up to the winner. Second-best today.”

Joel Rosario (rider of third-place finisher National Identity)

“I had a good trip — it looked like it was going to go perfectly fine. I went up to the lead and the horse (Dr. Saikali) came inside and I kind of let him go for a little bit. Saudi Crown was the best horse. I tried to hang in there for a second but the other horse (Crazy Mason) got me, but he did very well.”