Ceiling Crusher © Benoit Photo

EDWIN MALDONADO (Ceiling Crusher, winner)  -- “When she was a baby I used to work her for trainer Luis Mendez before she got sold. So it crushed me when she got sold. But I was happy to see her doing so good. Today, you go or you take back and try and save ground. So it was a no brainer but to go with her today. Day and night, now she does everything so easy, effortless.”

DOUG O’NEILL (Ceiling Crusher, winner) – “I think I had her in a route mentality and last time (in the Fleet Treat) I kept her one turn and it was a difficult challenge. So I think getting her back to two turns, she drew perfectly and Edwin (Maldonado) did a great job. We did the old find the lead and improve your position. That confident, arrogant thing you do and often times you get pie all over your face, but this particular time it worked perfectly.”

FRACTIONS:  :22.14  :46.29  1:11.78  1:24.58  1:37.41

This was the second stakes win of the meet for both rider Maldonado and trainer O’Neill.

This was rider Maldonado’s first victory in the Torrey Pines and his 12 victory overall at Del Mar.

This was trainer O’Neill’s second score in the Torrey Pines (Munny Spunt 2017). He now has 46 stakes wins at Del Mar.

The winning owners are Todd Cady, Tim Kasperoff, Ty Leatherman and Wonderland Stable.