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Sass Appeal wins Group 2 TAB & World Pool Kewney Stakes: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes

Trainer and jockey quotes after Sass Appeal takes out the Group 2 TAB & World Pool Kewney Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

Race Result:1st: Sass Appeal (D O'Brien/J Childs) - $2.35 fav
2nd: Pillow Fight (B Baker/H Bowman) - $14
3rd: Salty Pearl (B Allen/C Maher) - $2.60

Winning Time: 1:34.43 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 2-3/4L x 1-3/4L

SASS APPEAL winning the TAB & World Pool Kewney Stakes at Flemington in Australia.
SASS APPEAL winning the TAB & World Pool Kewney Stakes at Flemington in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

Winning Trainer: Danny O'Brien

Looked effortless: "She makes it look easy when she's got that tactical speed early and you get that good position in running. It's a lot easier to watch than horses back in the field. Once they took positions today and looked wherever everything else was, there hasn't been a horse come from behind her and finish in front of her. The only horse she ultimately had to get past was the leader, and she did that and put a space on them."

Think early in race: "He did a great job in that first 200 metres. The race pretty much panned as we expected. That's the advantage you have when you have a horse that is good from the gates and can take up a position."

Going forward: "Often with the three-year-old fillies you want to make hay while the sun shines against their own age, and sex, and make the best of what you've got before they turn four, but I think this horse will measure up to the older horses. With that in mind, she's had a five start prep and I'm keen to give her a break and see her back here in the spring."

Where?: "The mares' Group 1 here on Derby Day (Empire Rose) but the handicap races like the Sir Rupert Clarke and the Toorak Handicap are good options for her on the way through as well."

Winning Jockey: Jordan Childs

Winner on birthday: "Thirty years old, good birthday present to ride a winner here at Flemington."

On the win: "I think the sky's the limit with her, she's obviously progressed a long way since I won her maiden on her, she's just really formed into an extremely good racehorse, she's got a great racing style, jumps well, puts herself on speed, travels for a long way and then has a really good turn of foot as well, so I think Danny and the owners have a very exciting horse on their hands."


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