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Medicinal wins Group 3 Good Friday Appeal Ottawa Stakes: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes

Trainer and jockey quotes after Medicinal claims the Group 3 Good Friday Appeal Ottawa Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

Race Result:1st: Medicinal (B, W & JD Hayes/J Melham) - $1.80 fav
2nd: Jadzia (G Begg/J Childs) - $9.50
3rd: Scintillation (J O'Shea & T Charlton/J Mott) - $14

Winning Time: 57.80 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 3/4 lengths x 1-¼ lengths

MEDICINAL winning the Good Friday Appeal Ottawa Stakes at Flemington in Australia.
MEDICINAL winning the Good Friday Appeal Ottawa Stakes at Flemington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

Winning Trainer: Ben, Will & JD Hayes (Ben speaking)

First time down the straight: "You never know— I feel like I say it all the time with horses down the straight, she was professional today, the Ballarat win she did a lot wrong and still won by a big margin, where today she jumped straight to the front, she looked to be really travelling the whole way and just late she was having a bit of a look around but the stable's always had a very high opinion of her and it's really nice to get a Group Three for Godolphin, Brazen Beau's had a lot of luck with them."

Progression: "We ran her in a good race on debut and she just got a little bit wrong. Again, she built again and she just kept improving in track work. If you look at her, she doesn't look like a two-year-old, she's powerful, she's got deep girth, she's really strong."

So I think she's really exciting and we're going to have a bit of a fun discussion with team Goodolphin to see where we go next. So hopefully we can head up Sydney way.

Can make it to a Slipper and/or Percy Sykes: "I think so. She eats and she does everything right. She's a very straightforward two-year-old and I do think, in an open slipper, this year she'll be right in it and can run very well."

Winning Jockey: Jamie Melham

Strong throughout: "She still did a few things wrong, she jumped a lot better today but she's got a very sensitive mouth and she just threw her head a few times, had to probably go a bit quicker than I wanted her to, so she's done it at both ends down the straight for the first time."

"She's only going to improve over further in my opinion, they've got a pretty high opinion of this filly and I do too, now."


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