2022 The Gong Review: What The Jockeys Said

Tim Clark produced a special ride to get Riodini home for Waterhouse & Bott in The Gong on Saturday. Here’s what the jockeys said post race.

Tim Clark (Riodini – Winner)

“A real target race – third-up, mile, and got in really well at the weights. He’d had a good lead-up and he covered a bit of ground there but I guess today it hasn’t been the worst thing. He toughed it out really good at the end.

“Hope In Your Heart is a mare I’ve had a bit to do with, I know how talented she is and how well she is going, and I just felt inside the last 100m he really responded when he felt her coming.

“He’s been a long time out of the winner’s stall but it was good to see him back in form and getting a win because he’s been very honest. The Ingham in a few weeks, these races Gai and Adrian picked out for him suited perfectly for his program and there’s no reason why he can’t go on and be competitive in that race.”

Jason Collett (Hope In Your Heart – Second)

“Her run was massive. She was working wide in the run, she probably found the firm nature of the track not to her liking but a nice effort.”

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Zac Lloyd (Wild Planet- 3rd)

“A very good run. I tried to roll with him and keep him happy and he stuck on well.”

Reagan Bayliss (Brutality – 4th)

“He was in the barriers a long time, one of the first ones in there and fell asleep in the barriers and didn’t step today. Still got an okay drag up from Hope In Your Heart and he finished off well but probably prefers the cut in the ground.”

Rachel King (Surf Dancer – 5th)

“He’s gone okay, just the pressure came on earlier than I wanted.”

Winona Costin (Sky Lab – 6th)

“He got home really nicely late after getting well back in the field.”

Reece jones (Purple Sector – 7th)

“I had a nice run just behind the speed but I thought he started to feel the track a bit.”

Kerrin McEvoy (Promise Of Success – 8th)

“She ran a nice race, she got a good trail in behind them and angled into a spot to challenge behind the pace as we turned for home. Just levelled out the last bit but it was still a good run.”

Brenton Avdulla (Rustic Steel – 9th)

“I was on the back of the winner, I thought it was a matter of getting to the outside and he’d let go but he didn’t change up speed at all and I was a little disappointed with his last 50m.”

Chad Schofield (Oscar Zulu – 10th)

“We had a good run from the draw, he was game.”

Sam Clipperton (Berdibek – 11th)

“I thought he ran well first-up, he ran out of room with 50m to go but he was peaking on his run. He ran well enough to suggest he’s in for a good preparation.”

Josh Parr (Kolding – 12th)

“He didn’t begin well enough to take up the forward position we expected and we didn’t get into the race from there.”

Jarrod Fry (Just Folk – 13th)

“The track was a bit too firm, he wants more give out of the track.”

Andrew Adkins (Love Tap – 14th)

“It was a disaster from a wide draw, he was checked twice in the straight and he wasn’t able to run on.”

Dylan Gibbons (Parry Sound – 15th)

“A better run than it looks, he just got smashed the whole way.” Join TopSport Here