1. Verry Elleegant (James McDonald): I was very confident in the mare today. Thoughts (of winning) went through my mind at the 500m when I saw Incentivise getting shoved along but I knew he would fight. There wasn’t a horse that was going to come from behind me, it was just a matter of catching him.
2. Incentivise (Brett Prebble): Courageous effort. His first time to this trip and it took a champion to beat him.
3. Spanish Mission (Craig Williams): I decided to be on the back of Grand Promenade, I thought it would take me nicely into the race and we did. But when Verry Elleegant came around me, she was towing. My horse did a really good job.
4. Floating Artist (Teo Nugent): Super run. He travelled so strong the whole way. I thought at the top of the straight that he gave a lovely kick for me and he’s run a very good fourth.
5. The Chosen One (Damian Lane): He’s run a massive race. Trained to the minute and ran his best.
6. Grand Promenade (Kerrin McEvoy): He’s run a good race. We didn’t have any luck. Got caught wide the trip but he stuck on well.
7. Delphi (Damien Oliver): We had a great run. He feels like more of a mile-and-a-half horse than a two-miler.
8. Selino (Ron Stewart): A little further back than I would have wanted to be. Just couldn’t find the right horse to take me into the race. A good staying effort.
9. Tralee Rose (Dean Holland): She had a really nice run. She toughed it out but she’s probably not sharp enough when you need her.
10: She’s Ideel (Craig Newitt): She ran well again.
11. Twilight Payment (Jye McNeil): He wasn’t able to get into his usual (leading) role and at the halfway point he really struggled.
12: Miami Bound (Patrick Moloney): If she had have jumped and travelled she might have run top eight. She whacked away and got the ones that were tiring.
13. Great House (Michael Dee): I could feel he was coming under pressure about the 600 or 700, he was gone by then but he tried really hard all the way to the line.
14. Sir Lucan (Glen Boss): He’s a juvenile. I had no power from the 1000 metre mark.
15. Explosive Jack (John Allen): He was disappointing. He whacked away, but he’s missing a bit of scrap.
16. Master Of Wine (Fred Kersley): Nice.
17. Pondus (Rachel King): Just raced a bit dour and couldn’t sprint off that speed.
18. Carif (Blaike McDougall): Got in a nice position. He travelled well. Just the class factor when they quickened up, he was under pressure.
19. Knights Order (Daniel Stackhouse): He’s just not going anywhere at the moment.
20. Persan (Luke Currie): I didn’t think he would lead, but he was sort of out at the 600m.
21. Port Guillaume (Harry Coffey): He didn’t run out a strong 3200m in a strong pressure race.
22. Johnny Get Angry (Lachie King): He’ll go out for a spell and then assess the options after he comes back.
23. Ocean Billy (Damien Thornton): Disappointing.
24. Future Score (scratched before the race)