What the beaten jockeys said after the feature race at Doomben.

DOOMBEN

Group 1 - XXXX Doomben Cup

(WFA - 2000m)

Race Result:

1st: Antino (Tony Gollan/Blake Shinn) - $3F

2nd: Fawkner Park (Annabel & Rob Archibald/Ethan Brown) - $8.50
3rd: Kovalica (Chris Waller/James McDonald) - $7

Winning Time: 2:00.88 Last 600m: 37.16

Margins: 4L x 1L

Beaten jockey comments:

Nash Rawiller (Lindermann): "He had a couple of tough runs which brought out the best of him. Not everything went right the other day with that heavy track and he's shown a few signs that he's got to the end of it.

Ethan Brown (Fawkner Park): "Great run. He was just a bit awkward into stride. Shuffled back a bit further than what I would have liked but the way the race panned out, I don't think it really mattered. Antino was too good on the day. Good effort and he'll be suited of over 2200 next start. He is capable of turning the tables under the right circumstances."

Ryan Maloney (Bois D'argent): "He ran his good, usual honest race. Probably just a bit too sharp for him when the pressure went on."

Tommy Berry (Militarize): "He's going well. He just looks like he's looking for further now. Still hitting that flat spot from the 1600 to the 1400 and then he was really good in the straight. Something like the Q22 would suit.."

Jason Collett (My Oberon): "Soft enough run but just had that distance too far."

James McDonald (Kovalica):  <Unavailable for comment>

Tim Clark (Eliyass): "Probably a little bit disappointing again. I did have to do a bit of work early from that gate in what was obviously a very fast run race. That left him a bit vulnerable late."

Kerrin McEvoy (Osipenko): "He ran a good race. He was wide the trip and stuck on. He was quite brave."

Matthew Poon (Klondike): "Really happy how ran. Just a little bit further, I expect. He tried hard and ran well. Next start a bit further, he'll run much better."

Craig Newitt (Pride Of Jenni): "Disappointing. She was a little bit cantankerous pre-race today, probably just in front of the crowd. She stepped slow so I had to ask her to muster up and she got into a good rhythm and everything was fine. Got to about the 1000 and started to quicken her up - a little bit like Flemington a couple of starts ago - got to the bottom pretty quick. She showed a bit of fight when straightening but when Antino went past so quick, it was almost like the white flag went up."

Cejay Graham (Miss Joelene): "Her toughest task to-date but I thought she ran a cracker of a race . She didn't love that horse three-deep laying in on her. She hit a bit of a flat spot at the 600 (metre mark) but she was tough late."