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Trainer and jockey quotes after Second Slip takes out the Ladbrokes Back Yourself Benchmark 78 3YO+ Handicap at Sandown on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Second Slip (Jamie Kah/Will Clarken) - $3.50F
2nd: Triton Rising (Damian Lane/Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes) - $7.50
3rd: Imperial Lad (Mark Zahra/John Moloney) - $4
Winning Time: 1:16.84 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: ¾L x ¾L
The South Australian combination of Jamie Kah and Will Clarken strike at Sandown with Second Slip. @TheRacesSA @Clarken_Racing @jamieleekah7
— Racing.com (@Racing) January 23, 2021
Winning Trainer: WIll Clarken (on phone)
The plan came off: "I wanted to get him into some of these early ratings races. I think he's going to be a good Adelaide horse so I'm not getting too ambitious right now.
"He's very raw, robust and very sound. He's like a lot of the horses we get from New Zealand, they're like babies even though they've had some race experience. We won't be rushing anything with him. A month between runs, probably in Adelaide but I won't rule Melbourne out because the prizemoney is so good.
"He'll know he had to run today. I saw he broke out a bit before the race so he'll be better for this."
Winning Jockey: Jamie Kah
"Will's great to ride for because he doesn't really tell you much which doesn't confuse your head with too many things, but was very keen on his chances today and he was pretty vocal about the reason he took him over here and he thought he'd be competitive enough to win.
"He's a very nice horse he's found and glad he brought him over for me to win on."
On the run: "He's very big and raw and didn't know what he was doing. He's probably ridden further back but at the minute he's probably a bit too aggressive to do that. There's lots of upside with this boy and once the penny drops and he works it out I think he's going to be a really nice horse going forward."
