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Aviatress wins Listed Tile Importer Doveton Stakes: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes
Trainer and jockey quotes after the Listed Tile Importer Doveton Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday won by Aviatress.
Race Result:1st: Aviaress (R & C Jolly/C Williams) - $3.80 fav
2nd: Boston Rocks (M Dale/M Dee) - $4.40
3rd: Prairie Flower (W Clarken/L Neindorf) - $12
Winning Time: 1:04.34 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: Long Head x Nose
oveton Stakes I Aviatress
Aviatress from absolutely nowhere She pounces, bombs them wins the Doveton Stakes in the final bound.
Ch. 78/68, Foxtel 529, Kayo or via our app
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Winning Trainer: Richard and Chantelle Jolly (Richard speaking)
Whip in right hand a factor late: "I would like to see the replay again to be honest. I thought with a furlong to go she was going to be unlucky getting a run, but she got that run and drove late. Today, she needed every bit of that 1100 (metres), but she got there on the line and won convincing, I would say."
Hit a flat spot: "She's been doing that a little bit. Before the corner she gets off the bridle and she just needs that room to go, but once she got that gap late, she surged to the line."
Time off: "I'm probably loath to stop her if we've got a race coming up. I suppose we've got the Christmas Stakes coming up on Boxing Day. She missed the spring with a foot abscess. It took a long time to get her right and she's the fresh horse on the scene. If the races are there, I think we'll keep going, but I'll speak to David Price about that."
Winning Jockey: Craig Williams
Go back to 150m mark: "Richard Jolly and Chantelle have done a great job with her. They ran at 1200 (metres) then two weeks later at 1100. It was good placement with the weight she's carried to day. I just couldn't get her to concentrate in the gates. It just felt like she was always going to be in trouble and then she dwelt. I wanted to be outside of Liam (Riordan on Marble Nine) but I didn't have the horse to go with him at the start, so I thought, let's be tactical, keep Luke (Nolen on Lim's Kosciusszko) a bit wider, but then all of a sudden I'm in jail. When they quickened, they really put her off the bit, and I didn't really have a clear path of where to go. I was confident that the horse that surged out wide (Prairie Flower) it's run would end because I rode it the other day at Flemington and I thought it was great, but it can't sustain it. My opinion was right and my girl was amazing and she ran right through the line."
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