Inside the Jockeys' Room with Chantal Sutherland-Kruse

Chantal Sutherland-Kruse after winning the 2011 Santa Anita Handicap guiding Imponent Purse to victory in the Sunset Handicap at Hollywood Park. (Photo by Eclipse Sportswire)
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and Chantal Sutherland-Kruse, a two-time Sovereign Award winner in her native Canada, take America's Best Racing's readers inside the jockeys' room in 2014. Stevens and Sutherland-Kruse will provide answers to all sorts of questions such as how jockeys get paid, what goes on between races, whom they admire and what type of music and fashion style they favor.
In this edition of Inside the Jockeys' Room we find out Sutherland-Kruse's favorite cocktail and the best advice she's ever received from a trainer.

Do you talk to other jockeys in between races? Is there much chatter among jockeys during a race? If so, can you give an example of some interesting chatter you’ve been involved with?      
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Yes, jockeys talk between races. There is a really cool vibe in the room. The jockeys’ room is a busy and active place where a lot of joking and laughing as well as heated arguments can take place.
What is the fastest you have ever driven a car?     
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Fast … can’t tell.
I hope scientists find a way to … ?   
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: I hope scientists find a cure for cancer.
Time always slows down when I am … ?     
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE:  Time always slows down when I am waiting in the waiting room at the dentist office. They should serve champagne!
My favorite all-time children’s book is?                   
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: “The Paper Bag Princess and Mud Puddle” by Robert Munsch … oh and “Mr. Mugs”.
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE SIGNS AN AUTOGRAPH AT FAIR GROUNDS

Photo by Eclipse Sportswire 
Three magazines I subscribe to are …         
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Blood-Horse … that’s it.
My favorite cocktail is …       
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Champagne and my best friend Michel’s Cosmo … which have cost more than you know.
What was the best advice you ever received from a trainer? What was the result?        
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Show them how good you are, show them what you’re made of.—Bob Baffert, Santa Anita Handicap         
If we came to your house for dinner, what would you prepare for us?    
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE:  Healthy Chicken and Quinoa.
Pick two celebrities to be your parents. Who are they?     
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Brad and Angelina because it would be like having the world as your family.
What was your favorite thing to collect as a child?           
SUTHERLAND-KRUSE: Perfume