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Trainer and jockey quotes after Sovereign Award wins the Group 3 Powerflo Solutions Stakes.
Race Result:
1st: Sovereign Award (J Kah/D O'Brien) - $2.90F
2nd: I Am Eloquent (G Boss/T Busuttin & N Young) - $12
3rd: Paradee (D Oliver/D O'Brien) - $3.80
Winning Time: 1:39.01 Last 600m: 38.63
Margins: ¾L x Short ½ Head
It's the Jamie Kah show at @TheValley today. Brilliant ride aboard Sovereign Award, who was tough as nails. pic.twitter.com/kHoDlcBud5
— Racing.com (@Racing) October 24, 2020
Winning Trainer: Danny O'Brien
"Mares in form, isn't it. She had a big against her weight-wise today, too. It was a five-kilo turnaround with our stablemate there, Paradee. Again, gave nothing else a chance. She's so bold once she gets up and rolling and gets on really well with Jamie Kah and it's great to see her get back-to-back stakes wins.
"She's not a horse that you can hold up for a fight so once she found the led she rated her really well."
Cox Plate & track bias: "I think the track is fairly even. Sovereign Award went around at $3 for a reason - she's been in great form. I doubt it will be decided by any sort of bias."
Winning Jockey: Jamie Kah
"She does things her own way this girl. She probably went a bit quick early but the team has got her so fit and absolutely flying. The way the day is playing I wasn't worried when we were still bowling along out in front."
Is the track going to change: "At the moment it's playing to the leaders advantage. Maybe in the next two races it might start cutting out a bit but obviously we were just a bit too hard to catch there.
"I was rapt to be on her today and in these conditions she loves rolling forward and bowling along and like I said the team had her in peak condition today.
"I'm just rapt to be getting the support from a stable like Danny O'Brien and hopefully there is more to come."
Beaten Jockeys:
Glen Boss on I Am Eloquent: "She excels in heavy going and I think we've got to that although they haven't downgraded it.
"There's a hard base underneath and then it's shifting on top, so it's riding like it's a heavy track.
"Horses have to be able to handle the heavy and obviously her two previous wins were on heavy going. She got through it and finished off well, but the winner was too good."
