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Trainer and jockey quotes after the Frankston Sand Soil & Mini Mix 3yo Handicap at Cranbourne on Saturday won by Extremely Rowdy.
Race Result:
1st: Extremely Rowdy (P Gelagotis/J McNeil) - $4
2nd: Il Cubo (Price & Kent Jnr/C Newitt) - $21
3rd: Jewel Bay (Team Hayes/M Dee) - $4.40
Winning Time: 1:12.22 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 1-1/2L x 3/4L
Watch Extremely Rowdy go
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Winning Trainer: Peter Gelagotis (Manny speaking)
Happy connections: "This filly has shown us a lot, a lot of talent. On Tuesday morning, John Salanitri rode the filly in trackwork, he'd never ridden her before, and the way she worked was just incredible. It has been an interesting fortnight waiting for this race. She did everything wrong again. She's not stepping well, but what she does have is enormous acceleration. What she lacks in size, she makes up in heart. I can't thank John enough for stepping in with Tianni (Chapman) out injured. He said 'I've been training a long time' and he basically said he had not ridden a horse like that for a long, long time, and his judgment was spot on. I cannot believe she lost last start and I told the ownership group that, if she did everything right in the first half of the race, whether Brave Mead was in the race or not, it was going to be the same result. She's a very good filly."
Where she landed: "We would have liked to have been one-out, one-back to be honest. Her first start she jumped cleanly but for some reason she has got into a habit. What she does have is a gold temperament and she is just one out of the box. She was a little filly at the sales, a very good walker and sometime you just don't know where you are going to end up. She is all racehorse. From the day she was broken-in to the day she came to the stable, all she has wanted to do is be a good horse. Tianni labelled it nice and early, like she did with Miss Roseano. We're in the game to train nice horses and if you analyse this race, she is a nice filly."
Plans: "We've been looking for a reason to spell her. Grahame Begg's filly, who was very well performed last week, and she chased that filly very hard. You try and align all the stars. If there was something in two weeks, I think she will get seven furlong, but race day is not the right time."
Winning Jockey: Jye McNeil
Good turn of foot: "She certainly has. Her best asset is the way she can quicken. So far it's been able to get her out of trouble. Hopefully as she matures she will become a better barrier horse and that will make life a bit easier for her."
On whether she could pick them up: "I watched the first race and I was a little bit concerned coming wide and making ground off a slow tempo was going to be difficult, but she proved that wrong and gave me a fantastic feel."
