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Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $1,000,000 Grainshaker Vodka Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick.

James McDonald (Zougotcha): “Very proud of this mare. She’s an absolute ripper. Barriers win races. She has drawn beautiful marbles all the way through.

“She executes perfectly. She tries really hard. A mile is probably a stretch at Randwick but her will to win is phenomenal.

“She’s so willing. She’s definitely the mare of the autumn. She did a really good job today."

Zougotcha wins the Queen Of The Turf Stakes

Blake Shinn (Atishu): “Brave in defeat. Just hemmed away there, took my time to get to the outside. Stiff not to win.”

Dylan Gibbons (Semana): “She probably travelled too keen. But tried her guts out and got third.”

Opie Bosson (Campionessa): “Got caught a bit deep from the draw. She ran well.”

Jamie Kah (Ruthless Dame): “She ran a super race. Especially we knew the barrier wasn’t going to be easy for her. She ran well.”

Tommy Berry (Olentia): “I was very proud of her. We probably needed a better barrier against that grade of horse.”

Damian Lane (Eternal Flame): “She went super. Unfortunately she lept in the air at the barriers and found myself in a difficult position. She still ran home really well. Got stopped a bit late. Showed she is up to this company. Just things didn’t go right today.”

Josh Parr (Renaissance Woman): “A bit too negative out of the gates and the race wasn’t run to suit.”

Nash Rawiller (Madame Pommery): “Not sure.”

Tim Clark (Osmose): “She just raced a bit keen outside the leader. Will be better suited back out in trip without the blinkers.”

Mark Zahra (Barbie's Fox): “She tried her best.”

Ben Melham (More Secrets): “Ran well for easier.”

Adam Hyeronimus (Tropical Squall): “Brilliant. Showed again why she is a very good filly taking on the older mares. She ran the same as she did in the Coolmore. Break and the Spring will be good.”

Michael Dee (Arctic Glamour): “Not sure she pulled up 100%.”

Tyler Schiller (Makarena): “Massive run. Shame she hasn’t had that testing trip at a mile yet but I thought she saw it out really strongly.”

Check out the replays and results from Day 2 of The Star Championships at Royal Randwick