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Trainer and jockey quotes after Readily Availabull claims the Magic Millions 2YO Clockwise Classic at Ballarat on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Readily Availabull (M Dee/J Sargent) - $8
2nd: Prince Amongst Men (M Walker/M Price & M Kent Jr) - $7.50
3rd: Rambeau (L Currie/T Busuttin & N Young) - $8

Winning Time: 1:00.08  Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Neck x Long Head

What a call from Dayne Barry!

Readily Availabull storms home to win the @mmsnippets 2YO Clockwise Classic in a thrilling race.@BallTurfClub @jsargentracing pic.twitter.com/Z2MLwqRRFi

— Racing.com (@Racing) November 21, 2020

Winning Trainer: John Sargent 

"I went to the Ballarat Cup meeting a couple of years ago and I saw this race and thought that I'd like to find a horse and train it up to win it. When he worked well during the week I thought that this would be a good chance to do it.

"I thought he'd go well.

"I bought him for $25,000 at the Tasmanian sales and he's a nice, correct, nippy type. He's done everything we've needed him to do so far.

"This race had good prizemoney which gets him into the Magic Millions big race. He'll come back now and spend a week in the paddock. I might take him to the Wyong Magic Millions race or head straight to Queensland."

Winning Jockey: Michael Dee

"No problems (with the opposite direction). He's obviously trialled well in Sydney. What gets him across the line is his temperament. He's just a lovely, relaxed colt. That's going to take him a long way. 

"He can improve, bearing in mind that it's only his first start. He didn't have as much speed as the others so that just shows that in time he could get over slightly further and relax and show a good-turn-of-foot."