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Antino wins the A.D. Hollindale Stakes: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes

Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 2 TAB A.D. Hollindale Stakes won by Antino at Gold Coast on Saturday.

Race Result:1st: Antino (Tony Gollan/Blake Shinn) - $9
2nd: Fawkner Park (Annabel & Rob Archibald/Ethan Brown) - $19
3rd: Kovalica (Chris Waller/Jason Collett) - $14

Winning Time: 1:50.73 Last 600m: 36.68

Margins: 3.5 L x ½ L

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ANTINO. Picture: Racing Photos
Winning Trainer: Tony Gollan

"We'd only been to 1800 metres once before with this horse, but we knew what we had to do with him when we got back from Hong Kong. It was a bit more daring than we'd been previously, we decided to go to Sydney for the All-Aged Stakes but nothing went right for him there. It was always the plan to come here after that, but for the last three weeks I was second guessing myself whether I'd done the right thing. Everything at home indicated that we were on track, but I was still nervous about bringing him to the Gold Coast for the first time. There have been issues with kick-back and when a horse breaks slowly like he does, there's always the danger that things won't go well. But I just just told Blake to dare to be brave on him. I had him as fit and as well as I could have him second-up, and I'm just really looking forward to the Doomben Cup now in two weeks."

"I have never really trained him to get a trip until this prep. I always had him pinned as a miler, but we've put in all the groundwork with him from the minute he got back from Hong Kong, and we might dare to go to the Q22 with him after the Doomben Cup. I felt like it would be remiss of me not to test him over a trip and allow him to be a stayer, because his pedigree suggests this sort of trip should really suit him."

"He's a really funny horse, he's got his quirks. But he means a lot to me. He's the best horse I've ever trained, and when you trust him he gives it back to you in spades. It was so good to see him deliver today."

Winning Jockey: Blake Shinn

"We had to come up with a plan to try to win the race. I trust this horse and I have a lot of confidence in Tony as a trainer. He told me it's the fittest the horse has ever been. He told me to ride the horse as he likes to be ridden and keep him comfortable and balanced, and fortunately it paid off."


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