Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Listed $2,000,000 Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens.
Reece Jones (Vivy Air) “Can I say what a training performance by Ciaron and the team. Raced a couple of days ago in the Big Dance. Ran out of her skin that day. Came here and ran out of her skin again today. Just a model of consistency. She is always thereabouts.
“I tried to get off a little bit earlier but there was nothing happening in front of me. I opened up my eyes and saw a great big passage opening up down the straight. Just went for it.
“She was real tough. When I was so far back early, she wasn’t travelling all that well for me. I was a little bit worried. I was thinking she might not have backed up. Then it made me look silly.”
Vivy Air wins the Five Diamonds
Tommy Berry (Transatlantic): “He has done a great job with that big weight. From the gate he had to work from. Showed his class to fight on and just get beat.”
Joao Moreira (Militarize): “Had a smooth run. Hit the line very strongly. Was a little bit unlucky.”
Tom Sherry (Port Lockroy): “He has run well. We had to go back from a wide gate. He was tough enough late.”
Cieren Fallon (Bullet Point): “Missed the kick and was in a pocket. They went very slow. Nothing we could do. Would have been nice drawn wide when slow away. You can kind of make a move out wide. In a pocket so we had to sit. Got done for a turn of foot.”
Alysha Collett (The Inflictor): “Doesn’t run the 1800m. Was very brave in defeat.”
Regan Bayliss (Ducasse): “Has run absolutely super. Is flying this horse.”
Nash Rawiller (Rise At Dawn): “He went well. I just think getting towards the end of a prep on firm tracks catches up with them a touch. Probably gone at 96%.”
Zac Lloyd (Firestorm): "Probably just raced a bit flat today. Not much more to add.”
Kerrin McEvoy (Shadizi): “He was even. Maybe softer ground.”
Ashley Morgan (Fukubana): “Tough trip but he is probably not quite right. If he comes good for me he is a nice horse.”
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