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Autumn Mystery wins Group 3 Sportsbet Classic: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes
Trainer and jockey quotes after the Group 3 Sportsbet Classic at Caulfield on Saturday won by Autumn Mystery.
Race Result:1st: Autumn Mystery (R Hunter/B Shinn) - $4.602nd: Miewa (N Ryan/J Childs) - $4.20
3rd: Amazake (C Maher/A Atzeni) - $26
Winning Time: 2:06.32 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 3/4 Lengths x Half Head
Caulfield Race 2 | Autumn Mystery
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Winning Trainer: Rory Hunter
Emotional win: "It's massive, this horse is a star. He's still six months away from being the best of him, it's just incredible."
"To do it with such a supportive family. They've been so loyal to me along the way and stuck with me. I can't thank them enough."
"We've got ten in work, but we've got the capacity to have 20 if we want, the more horses the merrier, keep them coming."
"These moments don't come along very often, and to be here and share with my family and such a loyal bunch of owners and the staff around us, it's just amazing."
Derby next: "At this stage, but we'll just see how he pulls off over the next couple of days, the horse is more important than anything but it's sensational."
"It'd be a boyhood dream, that's for sure."
Thoughts in run: "I was sweating there for a minute, but I think once he saw daylight, I was pretty positive he was going to get the win."
"He's (Shinn) tasted success of a Group One 50 times or more, so you can't doubt his experience."
Winning Jockey: Blake Shinn
Meaning of the win: "Absolutely, this is what dreams are made of, it honestly gives me so much satisfaction to achieve a result like this for Rory, his family and the owners, he's a lovely guy, small team, he's competing at the carnival and winning a black type race at Caulfield."
"It gives me a real big buzz, full credit to Rory, he's prepped him up lovely, had a break between runs, up to 2000 and he's managed the horse impeccably well, thoroughly deserved win today."
How it unfolded: "I was really happy from the jump, he jumped a lot better today, he was a little bit keen through the first 400 (metres) with the break between runs but I got him to switch off from the 1200, but then the pressure came on early. I was happy following Mark Zahra but he wasn't going anywhere approaching the turn and I had to look for another opportunity. Fortunately enough the horse was nimble enough to dart back to the inside, the run came and he did the rest. "
"It was a great win, he ran the 2000 out and bring on the Derby."
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