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Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $1,000,000 Kia Ora Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Kerrin Mcevoy (Zapateo): "Good training effort from James. He picked this race out, she ran a brilliant race in the Challenge and got in with a nice weight today. She's just a tough, genuine and talented filly.

"Good job for them to get some Black Type and win the Group 1 and it was a good win by her.

"She jumped out into a beautiful spot, I travelled like the winner the whole way - I thought 'wow I'm in a dream position here' - but they left me a bit at the top of the lane and I was a tiny bit worried and then 100 yards later when I got after her she hit into overdrive and away she went.

"I Changed hands, pulled the stick through and she said, 'righto, game on' and she powered to the line.

"I want to give a shout-out to my boy Charlie. He broke his wrist playing football this morning, so he's missed out on a Group 1 with Nash and Group 1 with me. He'll be flat as a tack but hopefully he's back on the mend.

Jason Collett (Sunshine In Paris): "Great run. Felt like the winner but not in time."

Tyler Schiller (Front Page): "Massive run. He is one of my favourites. Good to see him get a placing on the board in a G1."

Nash Rawiller (Private Eye): "I think he has got on two tracks that have been shifty. He hasn't been able to get a great grip of them. He hasn't performed with the same confidence he normally would. He is not able to make his own luck like he normally would as he's not getting up under me and travelling like he normally would. I don't think anything went right for us today. I think he's on track for the big race."

Damian Lane (Uncommon James): "He tried hard. Honest horse, just couldn't quite keep galloping on that solid tempo. Something for him this prep."

James McDonald (Aft Cabin): "He just copped interference everywhere."

Dylan Gibbons (Buenos Noches): "I think he went better than it looked. I'd like to see him at Randwick not Rosehill."

Tom Marquand (Kallos): "Just ended up behind the scrimmaging early. Battled on well to the line."

Tommy Berry (Remarque): "He just needed to flow into it a bit earlier than we did. An honest effort."

Tim Clark (Asfoora): "She did a great job from the widest gate. If she drew softer she was in the finish."

Jordan Childs (Passive Aggressive): "She ran really well. The fast pace took us off the bridle earlier than we would have liked."

Rachel King (Ozzmosis): "I don't think he had any feet on the ground when the gates opened. His head was somewhere between his legs so the race was over."

Jamie Kah (King's Gambit): "Not comfortable at all today. As soon as he gets pressure he loses 3 or 4 lengths. He ran OK but not the way the race was run."

Zac Lloyd (Derry Grove): No comment