Unbeaten filly Proxima Dea and Zac Lloyd made it five wins from five starts in the $2 million Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, beating favourite Global Goal by a length and a half with Cormier third. Here’s what the jockeys said.
It is always important to hear what the jockeys say after the race, as you can forgive a horse’s bad run or even find a winner next start, so head to the post-race comments below.
WONKA (Jason Collett) – 9th
I feel he found that distance too much at this stage of his career.
PERSIAN WONDER (Ashley Morgan) – 8th
Probably come to the end of his prep. Travelled as well as he usually does in the run.
DIAMETER (Tyler Schiller) – 7th
He gave me a lovely ride. Got a beautiful trip in behind the favourite and eventual winner. Probably just not that 2000m horse but I think back to a mile/1800 that will be his better go.
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SCAROLE (Nash Rawiller) – 6th
Good effort. They rolled along. Full credit to the winner. Settled into a lovely rhythm. Learning something every time he goes around. Plan was to be more positive. He couldn’t have sustained it. I liked the way he poked through late to put him back into the finish.
MINDGAMES (Tim Clark) – 5th
I thought he did a good job considering how lightly raced he is. Will be a much better horse in the Autumn.
STORMY MARCO (Tommy Berry) – 4th
He got the first quarter right but when the speed came out, he got quite keen again. I just feel bad for him. If he drew a gate, we could put him where we wanted to and get him into a rhythm. He is using up a lot of his turn of foot to get to them then he’s out of puff. Has a bright future.
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CORMIER (Kerrin McEvoy) – 3rd
Really good. Ran well out to this trip for the first time. He feels as though he will stay further. Interesting to see if they go south.
GLOBAL GOAL (Dylan Gibbons) – 2nd
She couldn’t have gone any better. She left her heart out there at the 100m but the winner was just too good on the day.
PROXIMA DEA (Zac Lloyd) – 1st
That’s her easiest win today and it was in a G1. She is a beauty, just tries her hardest. When I got outside the lead, pretty comfortably I knew it was going to be awfully hard to get to her and then also get past her.
It’s so hard to do what she has done to win 5 in a row. The world is her oyster.
To be fair after about 400m I thought it was game over. I have a lot of faith in her. I knew how tough she was last start. The fact she was a length or two in front of the main rivals. Was always going to be the strongest late.
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