Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 3 Wenona Girl Quality won by Jal Lei at Randwick on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Jal Lei (J O'Shea/R Jones) - $13
2nd: Tycoon Evie (P&P Snowden/Z Purton) - $9.50
3rd: Jump The Broom (M, W & J Hawkes/Z Lloyd) - $8
Winning Time: 1:09.83 Last 600m: 34.92
Margins: ½ Head x ½L
Randwick: Race 10 protest,
3rd V 1st - upheld, amended final placings,
1st Jal Lei
2nd Tycoon Evie
3rd Jump The Broom https://t.co/6aOlP20CVr— 7HorseRacing (@7horseracing) March 4, 2023
Winning Trainer: John O'Shea
On winning on protest: "We'll take a win in a stakes race for a mare any day. It's great for owner David Paradise."
On winning while fresh: "She loves the six [furlongs] here and Tom came up with the good idea of only trialling her once going into the race. I think it worked a treat."
Winning Jockey: Reece Jones
On winning on protest: "Not how I wanted to win, but we'll take that."
On adding value to the pedigree page: "It's good for the mare getting the black type race under her belt and whatever she does from here I'm sure she'll improve off again."
On if he thought he would catch the leader: "Yeah I did. I was always confident she was hitting the line well. Just whether or not we got there in time. Regarding the circumstances, she's done really well and happy to get one for the boss as well."
Beaten Jockeys:
Kerrin McEvoy (Promise Of Success): "She will improve with the run."
Brenton Avdulla (Barossa Rosa): "She ran OK. She will improve off the run. Lucky to stay on her feet."
Zac Purton (Tycoon Evie): "Very good run."
Dylan Gibbons (Bring The Ransom): "Good return. She had a long time off but it was as good as she could have gone."
Craig Williams (Written Beauty): "She is her own worst nightmare to herself early. Lost considerable ground and then stayed on really well under the circumstances."
Tyler Schiller (Po Kare Kare): "Barrier sort of screwed her today but she wasn't there mentally."
