CAULFIELD RACE 9 – MEMSIE STAKES JOCKEY COMMENTS
Damian Lane (Treasurethe Moment): That looked electrifying? “She was. She was great. She’s come back in really good order. You’re never really sure. Trackwork, jump-outs, they’re a different kind of pressure, but she’s jumping up to the big boys and girls now. We were hoping what we were seeing in her trackwork and trials would translate into today and it did. It was a little unexpected the way the race was run. We didn’t have Pinstriped leading them up at a very fast clip. I was in a bit of a sticky spot on the corner, but luckily enough I was able to take it and she was electrifying.”
The run on the turn: “I was thinking do I put Mr Brightside out, how well is Here To Shock going and I didn’t want to be bumping a duelling him and with the horses to the outside I might create a domino effect. I noticed Here To Shock roll off and I thought that’s my opportunity, so I ducked back in and just as I did that Daniel started to straighten Here To Shock upland the run was closing, but she went fast enough and I got in there and before I knew it, I was through there.”
“…she was electrifying.” ⚡️
Damian Lane’s seventh victory aboard Treasurethe Moment was a mightily special one ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/hiBMv75Yuf
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Craig Williams (Mr Brightside): “Super to see him back. The Hayes boys were always happy with where he was. I sat on him his last jumpout and we were confident that he would be able to come back as he always has. The winner was exceptional today, she drew the right spot, got the right run from Damian Lane and was very dominant, but my horse was great, and we know we’ve got more wriggle room with him which is very exciting going into the spring.”
Jye McNeil (Buckaroo): “Obviously just drifted back to set up the prep well today. He finished off fantastic and will be very hard to beat in a couple of weeks’ time.”
Mark Zahra (Fangirl): “She went OK. I never got a chance to be comfortable. She struggled to tack up, Antino made a little bit of a mid-race (move), which sort of just got me going a bit, and then just struggled to get Caulfield to be flat out taking runs on the circle. Few little excuses but didn’t feel comfortable around Caulfield today.”
Hear from the beaten jockeys following the Memsie Stakes 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/licXXad5VZ
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Blake Shinn (Antino): “He’s returned well. From his first-up runs previous that was a very good pass mark for him.”
Jamie Melham (Another Wil): “He was a touch disappointing. He might have just really needed it. I knew he would need it, but he was really peaking at the 800. He’s still run alright, but I’m surprised how much he knocked up.”
Daniel Stackhouse (Here To Shock): “A little bit below-par I thought. Stepped a tad slow, had to do a little bit of work to get there, travelled sound, kicked good and held his ground.”
Billy Egan (Is It Me): “He was good. Handicap conditions, 1400 will suit him.”
Michael Dee (Pinstriped): “Planned to go forward but not eventually end up in the lead. He got a touch fired up with the blinkers on but I decided to let him stride and it was probably a little bit of a shock to the system for him going forward like that.”
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