Anthony Dutrow (A Little Warm, 1st & Westover Wildcat, 3rd) “I was very concerned about the conditions. Until they run on it (sloppy) you just don’t know, but he handled it fine and was very professional. He always showed ability, but it took a couple of races before he put it all together, and then he really came around when he broke his maiden by 10 in his last start. I see no reason why he won’t go on (more distance). We’ll discuss it with Mr. (Edward P.) Evans, but the seven-eighths race (Hutcheson Stakes (G2) on Feb. 20) is there and we’ll consider that. The other horse (Westover Wildcat) ran well too.”

Jeremy Rose (jockey, A Little Warm, 1st) “The trip was beautiful. The horse had been training really well. (Trainer) Tony (Dutrow) always has them ready for races like this. He sat there, took the trip perfect, and I felt like I had the winning horse from the half-mile pole in. I got him outside of everybody, and never had to touch him with the stick. A horse like, one that rates, will go as far as you need him to go.”

John Velazquez (jockey, Discreetly Mine, 4th) “I got bumped against the rail and didn’t have to check; I was already there. And that was it. He got intimidated from there. They got away from him, and he just couldn’t catch up again. He wasn’t quick out of the gate, but there’s nothing you can from there. He put himself in good position until just around the three-eighths pole where he got bumped and thrown against the rail. He didn’t like that at all and that was it.”