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Trainer and jockey quotes after My Yankee Girl takes out the Tile Importer Handicap at Sandown on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: My Yankee Girl (D Oliver/J Salanitri) - $3.80F
2nd: Adele Amour (A Kelly/J Sadler) - $5
3rd: Gentility (L Meech/P Moody) - $7.50
Winning Time: 1:21.32 Last 600m: NA
Margins: 2-½ L x neck
My Yankee Girl flies down the outside to score at Ladbrokes Park @JohnSalaRacing
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Winning Trainer: John Salanitri (Frank Salanitri speaking)
On the win: She's certainly got the ability there like you saw today, when they steadied up she was on heels and I thought 'oh geez that's the last thing we need if she gets over racing' but the progression is there and we've just got to get her to come back to us a little bit but i think she's a quality filly on the up.
On managing the filly: It's exposing her and the further she goes obviously the deeper the races are going to be - even in her first preparation she should have been undefeated from a maiden to a benchmark 70 it shows that she's got some ability there but we'll eventually get that out of her.
Future plans: I think we'll keep her to these sort of journeys because she's probably a get back, run on sprinter until she learns to relax and settle and then we can stretch her out a little bit further. So long as they are winning and they're going in the right direction they will learn along the way.
Winning Jockey: Damien Oliver
On the race: I could have been three wide with cover but I would have been bumping with the one on my outside so i just had to take my medicine a little bit early and the one in front of me just came back in my lap a little bit but Frank gave me good information on her pre-race he just said don't start her, err on the conservative side early and she'll be good for you in the straight which she was.
The potential: They went pretty steady to the turn and she got to them pretty quick, then when she did hit the front she pricked her ears and waited for them. She handled the ground well and I think she's a nice filly with a good future. I think she can continue to improve, it's not the last you will see of her that's for sure.
