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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 2 Arrowfield 3yo Sprint won by Joliestar at Randwick on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Joliestar (C Waller/J Kah) - $5
2nd: Hedged (M Price & M Kent Jnr/D Lane) - $10
3rd: Libertad (A Neasham/M Dee) - $21

Winning Time: 1:09.02 Last 600m: 34.62

Margins: ½ Head x 1¼L

Joliestar takes the G2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint first up!@aus_turf_club @jamieleekah07 @cwallerracing pic.twitter.com/PC7dftP3j7

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 13, 2024

Winning Trainer: Chris Waller

On the filly: "She's a group one-winning horse but she had a long break and it is hard to gauge where they're at just from trackwork.

"Most horses, they'd already had first-up runs and we're going into the race fresh with some boom horses and we just rode her comfortably where she was happy and Jamie cleverly found a way through the field.

On the win: "It was a really good win. She has probably gone to a new level racing quicker over shorter and beating the boys."

Bone chip surgery: "It was very minor. We didn't know it was there. It was precautionary x-rays that found it.

"She could have easily raced on but we got it out and she had a career to fulfill without any problems to worry about."

Where is her limit: "Not sure. It is pretty good to think about and dream. Looking after her now, you'll see some great things as a four-year-old."

Prime goal: "The number one goal is as a four-year-old so she might not even have another run. I'll talk to the owners and see wat they have got to say.

"It was just 'get her back and see where she is at' in her three-year-old career. She had a late spring so she needed the appropriate time to get back here today.

"I'm not sure if we'll push too far now, though. You get on the wrong leg and not properly prepared for the spring."

Winning Jockey: Jamie Kah

"Really good win. Obviously she would be better over further, I thought. She feels like a sprinter every day of the week after that.

"She's really got a sharp turn-of-foot. She overraced a lot being first-up and if she got beaten it wasn't going to be her fault so she's done it a t both ends today."

Beaten Jockeys:

Rachel King (Ozzmosis): "He did the first half right. When the gap came I thought he was a winner but just not sure if he's gotten a little bit too colty this prep."

Mark Zahra (Arkansaw Kid): "Ran well. Margin a bit unfair."

Michael Dee (Libertad): "Great run. Stuck on well for third."

Tom Marquand (Corniche): "Just started a run at the bottom of the straight. Got put on the back foot for ten strides. Finished off very strongly."

Nash Rawiller (Red Resistance): "Didn't have much luck from the gate. Travelled in a lovely rhythm. I thought he should have taken me a bit further to be honest."

James McDonald (Schwarz): "He went well. Just couldn't get out."

Ben Melham (Raikoke): "Didn't have a lot of luck from the draw. He's a nice horse. With a break he'll come back a decent horse."

Tim Clark (The Novelist): "He probably raced a bit flat second up after such a long spell."

Damian Lane (Hedged): "He ran great. He got beaten for speed early. Got a nice run through on the corner. Thought I was going to really challenge and he did so. Only beaten a half head so he's run super."

Adam Hyeronimus (The Instructor): "Thought he went well. Just a victim of a poor gate."

Tommy Berry (Mumbai Muse): "She was all dressed up looking pretty but had nowhere to go."