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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 2 Stocks Stakes won by So You Assume at Moonee Valley on Friday.

Race Result:

1st: So You Assume (Dean Yendall/Shane Nicolls) - $8.50
2nd: Magna Bella (Linda Meech/Andrew Clarken) - $14
3rd: Quantum Mechanic (Jye McNeil/Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr) - $5

Winning Time: 1:36.32 Last 600m: N/A

Margins:  1½L x ½ Head

From pillar to post. So You Assume wins the G2 Stocks Stakes! pic.twitter.com/0we62NmUcT

— Racing.com (@Racing) September 24, 2021

Winning Trainer: Shane Nicolls (Stable rep speaking: Rob Kingston)

"I was just looking up the record and through her grades and well done to Shane because she's had six weeks between runs and she was good from the front today again.

$40,000 purchase: "A Group 2 winner by So You Think - I wouldn't mind owning her."

Winning Jockey: Dean Yendall

"I didn't want to take away from the way she's been racing of late. My only worry was that she hadn't raced for 40-odd days but I was just hoping that the inside of the track had not too much wear and tear by the time I went and lit it up."

"She began cleanly and was able to find the front doing no work. She still went a half bit keenly on me and wanted to get it over and done with but I got her to switch off a little bit. Just enough for me to get a few sweeter sectionals.

"I asked her to quicken there at the Tabaret. I threw a few coins in the pokies and off we went.

"The way she carried on tonight she thinks she's a two-year-old."