Winning Horse: Daqiansweet Junior (Nz)

4yoG Sweet Orange (USA) - Paulette (NZ)(Keeper (Aus))

14 starts - 5 wins 1 third $143642

Black Type Placings

3rd G3 Awapuni Manawatu Classic 2000m (2021)

Other Wins

1st Moonee Valley Absolute Plants/Landscape-Bm70 2040m (2021)

1st Pakenham Sportsbet Take A Sec (Bm64) 1600m (2021)

1st Pukekohe Mount Shop (Bm65) 2100m (2021)

1st Matamata Tirau Veterinary Centre Mdn 2000m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Daqiansweet Junior (Daniel Moor/Phillip Stokes) - $6.5

2nd: Nerve Not Verve (Linda Meech/Michael Moroney) - $31
3rd: Look Closely (Alana Kelly/John Salanitri) - $61

Winning Time: 2:03.37 Last 600m: NA

Margins: Long-head x half-head

Winning Trainer: Phillip Stokes

The win: “Super win, he’s going to get further this horse. There wasn’t much between them, Lyrical Lad (stablemate) ran fourth or fifth and the team at home has done a terrific job with this horse.

The horse: “Full credit to OTI, they obviously looked at his form and Murray Baker must have had a good opinion of the horse to run him in those good races (in New Zealand). They’ve bought smartly and he’s racing very well.

On Lyrical Lad: “He’s only just been beaten and he got exposed early - it was a good run for a horse that has been in work for a long time.

Winning Jockey: Daniel Moor

On the ride: “I chased the ride from about 7.30 this morning when I saw the rider alterations - when they go with the goat (D Oliver) you can’t really complain and when Damien hurt himself I was straight after Phillip and asked for the ride.

Phillip has a great knack of keeping these horses winning and when I saw the ride come up I thought it was too good to slide.

On the horse: “It’s just his winning ways, he seems to do it pretty casually, he’s a beautiful horse to ride, an absolute gentleman, he rested the whole way and didn’t touch the bridle which was great.

On the jockeys room mood: “It’s a bit busy, a bit shuffley, it’s part and parcel of the morning when you do the form. We’re living in strange times with COVID and I’ll just sit on the fence with my comments in regards to that