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Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the $1,000,000 7+ Sport Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick.

James McDonald (Fangirl): “She's so good. I wasn't pleased with the position we're in today.

“I was looking up, and I was saying, 'Zougotcha…. Oh! Royal Patronage, beautiful! That was the only saving grace, but in saying that she still had to do it the hard way.

“We've all come to realise that she's one-dimensional, so we all know where she's going to be, and I think Chris and I, we put our heads together, and obviously we're going to ride her to her strengths, which we've obviously nailed down.

“The last prep when she came back, she won like Winxs, so you start riding accordingly. She's not Winx, so we have to come back a notch and ride her properly but she should have won the Winx Stakes, there's no two ways about that and that wasn't her fault. She was set too much of a task.

“Today, smaller field, it's going to work out alright but again, the next race we're going to have to come up with a bit more.”

Fangirl wins 7+ Sport Stakes at Randwick

Chad Schofield (My Oberon): “Blinkers back on. He jumped out of the ground. He was terrific. We had a good run. Presented to win the race but obviously it took a champion to beat us. Very proud of him.”

Tim Clark (Royal Patronage): “He has gone outstanding. He just knuckled over and came out really sticky. It meant he raced further back than we would have liked. I thought he was fantastic all the way up the straight.”

Jason Collett (Detonator Jack): “Great run. WFA conditions back to handicap will be perfect.”

Kerrin McEvoy (Navajo Peak): “He ran a good race first up. He goes out in trip and that will suit him better.”

Rachel King (Major Beel): “Massive run. He is going super this preparation.”

Tommy Berry (Zougotcha): “Obviously too bad to be true for her. We will see how she pulls up.”

Nash Rawiller (Hinged): “She took up a really good spot. I think the run the other day took a bit out of her and she was probably looking for further today. Hopefully she gets that opportunity next time getting back to Rosehill 1900m.”

Check out the replays and results from Surf To Turf Day at Royal Randwick