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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Listed Magic Millions Bright Shadow won by Aureus Angel at Doomben on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Aureus Angel (C Munce/D Thornton) - $21
2nd: Bezique (T Gollan/C Williams) - $18
3rd: Xtravagant Star (C Maher/T Schiller) - $6

Winning Time: 1:05.14   Last 600m: 35.24

Margins: Long Head x 1¼L

Another great finish at Doomben!

Aureus Angel gets up in the shadows of the post to take out the @mmsnippets Bright Shadow for @_damienthornton and @munceracing.

Hope you included her in your quaddie pic.twitter.com/v3qZ7CHjk2

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 18, 2024

Winning Trainer: Chris Munce

"Really nice mare. I only gave her the one run in the summer - she just didn't handle the heat. She had a couple of trials and never came up. Disappointing. The one run was even worse.

"So we just hit the reset button, put her back out and we'll just concentrate on the winter with her where we know she races well.

"Winning this today probably makes us think about what we're going to do next. I had just planned to go to the fillies and mares races but on that, she ran well in the Dane Ripper last year so I might look at the Stradbroke. Not sure yet."

This prep: "She's done nothing wrong. All her trials have been good and her trials were phenomenal. On Tuesday morning, she galloped here and the track was wet.

"Damian got off and said 'she's ready' so I was confident when he said that.

"Everything has really gone well. The world is her oyster and she has come back in tip top order and pulled up well here but the looks of it. There's plenty of options.

Winning Jockey: Damien Thornton

"Things didn't work last prep and Chris took the choice to put her out and regroup.

"She worked pretty well here on Tuesday morning and that is as good as she has been all prep.

"She had just kept improving with everything she has done this prep. She was really good today. At her best she has got a ripping turn-of-foot. We thought she was a chance in the Tiara last year but she didnt' get a run, hopefully she'll get a run this year.

On the run: "I didn't travel that well. I was half there under sufferance from the 1000 (metre mark). I had only just traveled, but once I really asked on straightening she let rip."