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Davida wins Rosemont Stud Fillies & Mares BM74 Handicap: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes
Trainer and jockey quotes after Davida takes out the Rosemont Stud Fillies & Mares BM74 Handicap at Geelong on Wednesday.
Race Result:1st: Davida (Danny O'Brien/Jackson Radley) - $3 ef2nd: Ahha Ahha (Clinton McDonald/Jamie Melham) - $3 ef
3rd: Merrigold (John Sadler/Hannah Edgley) - $8
Winning Time: 1:22.27 Last 600m: NA
Margins: Half head x 1-½ lengths
Geelong Race 5 I Davida
Davida was on tired legs at the finish, but the filly by Bivouac clings on to the lead from the fast finishing Ahha Ahha
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Winning Trainer: Danny O'Brien (Racing Manager Jack Howard speaking)
On the pre-race discussion with Jackson Radley: "It was actually pretty quick, we just started talking about other rubbish, to be honest.
"Just get the first 50 metres right out of the gates and then just let her go.
"I think we saw her in her maiden win at Echuca, we let her roll and she broke the field up, we did that last week and I think the obscure ones that one at Caulfield where she stumbled and that was race over.
"Jackson rated her perfectly, he's a really good upcoming apprentice, he does a cracking amount of work there at Flemington and it's really pleasing."
On the decision to back-up: "Danny, threw the nom in on Monday morning and the way she flew around the big sand at Flemington on Tuesday we had some real confidence coming here today.
On her front-running style: "She's always been a fast horse in her work and probably early on a bit hard-going and we just felt fighting her too much was taking her finish away.
"She breaks the field up. We thought the danger was Clinton McDonald's (Ahha Ahha) today, and for it to get over the top of us, it was probably going to be a fair way back and have to make the ground.
"It nearly got us there, but it's great for Robert Anderson. He's a big breeder and a big supporter of our stables, so to get two metro winners in a week for this girl, it's pleasing and hopefully she can continue on."
Winning Jockey: Jackson Radley
On the tactics: "From her last run, she got to roll along at a high speed and just kept on rolling and today we sort of did the similar thing. Once I got a good breather between the eight (hundred) and the six I was happy to get back on my bike and get rolling and she toughed it out late.
Decision to stay on the fence: ""It was just naturally. She was always happy to stay fence and I (thought I) might as well take the shortest way home, especially rolling along like we did, so I was happy with that."
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