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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 3 Hahn The Cummings Stakes won by En Francais at Morphettville on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: En Francais (J Stephens/L Neindorf) - $17
2nd: Jimmy The Bear (P Payne/B Egan) - $3.50 fav
3rd: Chicago Storm (D Aldrige/C Hefel) - $10

Winning Time: 1:37.97  Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 1-½ lengths x Head

En Francais wins from the clouds! @LNeindorf timed his run to perfection pic.twitter.com/8MUolCNZco

— Racing.com (@Racing) May 11, 2024

Winning Trainer: Jake Stephens

On the win: "That was exciting. We didn't know where we'd end up and she was a bit tardy away, last start she was very relaxed like that too, she's the sort of horse we've put forward on speed and then today they ran along which obviously helped us out but to come from where she did, out of the picture we were sort of 'what's happening here' we left it up to Lachie and he's pulled it off which is great."

Interrupted preparation: "We had her in three weeks early and then she had a hiccup, she had some mud fever and we just couldn't get rid of it, we tried and tried and that way we ended up in the Queen Of The South first up without a jump out or a barrier trial, so huge run there to run fifth and just done track gallops, she'd only galloped with another horse once. We were really happy with that and we knew today she was just firing."

Pressure relieved: "Her work on Tuesday we were just like 'wow'.

"Great horse, one of those things, bit of pressure, bloody happy we got the win. When those horses you know they're good but they not quite getting there, she doesn't travel interstate, we're like 'oh god, come on' sort of thing and then when they do this you're sort of like 'finally'.