Junior Alvarado on Chief Wallabee: "I had a good trip. To be honest, when I was turning for home I was behind those two horses and I felt like I was very loaded. Once I put him in the clear, he didn’t kick on. He just stayed the same speed. I was hoping the way I got to that point in the bridle, I figured when I ask him he’d give me at least a mild kick - but he didn’t. He just kept the same pace."
Junior Alvarado on Chief Wallabee: “I had an OK trip. It wasn’t probably the best. He broke OK, then I had to kind of had to hang wide the first turn. I had to make a little premature move just to get my position forward since it’s the first wire with a horse going that far for the first time. I hesitated a little to make that move but I had no choice. Then I saw Irad coming through at the three-eighths pole and I had to make a premature move once again. I have to say, it might have cost me the race, but this is something we’re building on for next time. I doubt if those horses will beat me again.”