\u201cIt\u2019s turned out a bloody good day,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everyone was riding for me during the race, although I had to politely tell Sima to f..off halfway down, which made him yell even louder at his horse, but I think it encouraged mine as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cNine times out of 10 bad things can happen in this game, so when it does go right, you take the positives and run with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty special day and to get a winner is awesome. To do it for Shank [Muniandy], as we rode together, is pretty fitting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams starts her new job on Monday and while she may not be active in the saddle anymore, she will still have plenty to cheer on race day with her son Logan [Bates] making every post a winner during his apprenticeship in the tough Victorian racing scene.<\/p>\n
Bates travelled to New Zealand earlier in the year and captured his first Group One victory aboard Jigsaw in the Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie.<\/p>\n
\u201cLogan has a nice ride later on [at Caulfield] for Danny O\u2019Brien, so hopefully he can get the win on her (Sass Appeal),\u201d she said as her strong maternal instincts instantly moved the focus away from her success.<\/p>\n
Amongst her 1,020 riding wins, Williams was successful 32 times at Group or Listed level and reached the milestone 1,000 wins when successful aboard Riviera Rebel in the North Canterbury Cup (2000m) at Riccarton last September. <\/p>\n
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