Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 3 $160,000 TAB Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick.
James McDonald (Nature Strip): “He’s come back in tremendous order. All the team at home do a good job with him. I can safely say that is the best I’ve ever felt him first up.”
That's how you start a #TABEverest campaign!
Nature Strip does it oh so easily in the @tabcomau Concorde Stakes (1000m) at @royalrandwick, too quick for Wild Ruler and Trekking who did their Everest hopes no harm. @cwallerracing pic.twitter.com/ujfZyUR0ko
— Racing NSW (@racing_nsw) September 4, 2021
Kerrin McEvoy (Trekking): “Great run by Trekking. He showed he’s got his enthusiasm for the sport still. Will only improve off that.”
Sam Clipperton (Wild Ruler): “Super effort by the horse today. Going into a high pressure race like that off one trial, he’s fought off Trekking for second and was strong through the line. Will take a stack of improvement and in for a good prep.”
Hugh Bowman (Standout): “He went really well. He’d had enough the final 50m but to that point was superb.”
Jason Collett (Handle The Truth): “Good return. Good through the line.”
Josh Parr (Star Boy): “He pulled up having a good blow. Nice improvement to come.”
Brock Ryan (Standing Bear): “He’s run well against really strong company. He attacked the line well.”
Jay Ford (Adelong): “She went really well. Obviously that is the hardest race she has contested in her career but I thought she performed very well.”