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Spicy Lu wins Group 3 Schweppes Ethereal Stakes: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes
Trainer and jockey quotes following Spicy Lu winning the Group 3 Schweppes Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
Race Result:1st: Spicy Lu (N Olive/N Rawiller) - $6.002nd: Just A Journey (M Freedman/B Shinn) - $2.45 fav
3rd: After Summer (D Sutton/B Egan) - $12.00
Winning Time: 2:05.10 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 3/4 lengths x 3/4 lengths
Caulfield Race 3 | Spicy Lu
Spicy Lu is back into the winner's circle after an enormous effort down the home straight
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Winning Trainer: Nick Olive
Caulfield feature win: "Running second in the Caulfield Cup with Single Gaze was probably the biggest thrill of my career, but it's great to get a win down here, she's just had no luck in her runs down here, it's been so frustrating. Great to get the job done today."
Aggressive ride: "He's the best at riding them like that he is, and when I came out and said, this is what I want to do, he said, yep, I'm on with you, great ride from Nash."
On the win: "I haven't got big money to spend, but she's a Magic Millions buy, paid 30,000. So she's been a great little filly, and the team at home has done a great job with that.
"Tony's here, Tony Blackshaw. He's been a big supporter of mine. He lives in Melbourne, so it's great that he can share this."
Oaks the long term plan?: "I have had it at the back of my mind, for sure. I just wanted to come and sort of aim for some of these races down in Melbourne. As I said, we've had no luck, but you know everything's worth it today after winning this."
Wakeful?: " "I'll sum that up over the next week I think, there's not much of her, but she is a really tough horse, so we'll make a decision on that next week."
Winning Jockey: Nash Rawiller
How it unfolded: "I must say, she had more control of me for the first three-or-four hundred. I really had to bring her back there halfway up the hill and to her credit she kept that lovely momentum and rhythm and she was tough as nails. I'm really proud of her, first up at 2000 (metres), she's shown what she's really made of. She's shown us before at Randwick and it's great to see her bounce back to form in the Spring Carnival."
Stayer?: "She'll definitely run an Oaks trip, she's tough as nails. I'm sure that's what Nick's thinking, good on them, they've got a nice horse.
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