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Tikemyson wins the Turners Crossing Handicap: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes
Trainer and jockey quotes following the Turners Crossing BM66 Handicap won by Tikemyson at Bendigo on Wednesday.
Race Result:1st: Tikemyson (S Wilde/H Coffey)2nd: Autumnheat (M Cumani/L Cartwright)
3rd: Callawadda (B Cross/J Hll
Winning Time: 2:31.02 Last 600m: NA
Margins: Half-Head x 1 Length
Winning Trainer: Symon Wilde (part-owner Mick Symmons interviewed)Bendigo Race 4 | Tikemyson
The Symon Wilde stayer survives a protest with @HTCoffey in the saddle!
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On winning today: "We're a bit stiff last start, where Harry just got picked right on the line and the Horsham Cup, so we'll do this one.
"He's been going super the horse. Symon and his team's been doing fantastic with him and we thought there for a minute it was going to be a bit of an ugly watch again and a bit unlucky, but 'H' got him out and the horse was good enough to get over the top. Fantastic."
On the horse, his name and owners: "Yeah, he's really consistent, and we've got a few first-time owners in the group, so it's just good fun.
"Unfortunately, the wives were all back home working – the lads got away, but the wives of back home working – so hopefully they can get there in a couple of weeks.
"We picked him up from New Zealand, so he actually come over from there and it's actually Tyke Myson, not Tyke My Son so we'll have to get a shout out to the race caller to start going Tyke Myson.
Future plans: "Symon thought about going to Ararat (Cup), but I think now he's qualified for the Grand Handicap at Caulfield on the 15th.
"Hopefully he goes there, 2400 metres at The Heath. I'd love it."
Winning Jockey: Harry Coffey
On bounding back after a narrow Horsham Cup win: "It is nice to atone. I thought we were home at Horsham, I still don't know how we got beat, and then we did our very best today to try and get beat again.
"I was stuck and just with a big weight, it's hard for horses to be held up and then pick up off the canvas and get the job done.
"He actually quickened a lot better than it looked once I got out, but just with the big weight it took a while for him to hit full momentum and he only won by a short margin, but he would have been told to win by a lot further.
"If he had had a clearer path and had a nicer gallop throughout and relaxed a bit better, it would have been a bit more of a dynamic win.
"So, although we would have loved to have won the Horsham Cup and still don't know how we got beat, we made up for it today.
"I think that'll be his go, those sort of country cups. He'll be able to run in them for a long time and always be extremely competitive."
On him as a horse: "He's still just doing things a tad wrong too, he can get a bit keen. I would have loved to have been in the box seat, but I just couldn't razz him up, I just wanted to be smooth, and as it turned out it was a tricky spot, but he's tough and he probably doesn't fully know what he's doing or understands about relaxing just yet.
"When he puts it all together, he's going to be a ripper."
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