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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Listed Catanach’s Jewellers Redoute’s Choice at Caulfield on Saturday won by Najmaty.

Race Result:

1st: Najmaty (Team Snowden/J Allen) - $3
2nd: He's The Ultimate (P Moody/B Higgins) - $19
3rd: Hunnam (Team Hawkes/J McNeil) - $6.50

Winning Time: 1:03.87 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 2-¾ Len x Short Neck

How impressive was that performance from Najmaty!? @MelbRacingClub @SnowdenRacing1 @EmiratesPark

— Racing.com (@Racing) April 3, 2021

Winning Trainer: Peter and Paul Snowden (Peter speaking)

"It was a bit of an ask for her to come here, especially Caulfield, for her first start at this level. She did a few things wrong but it shows how much talent she has got as she can get a little bit further."

Keen early: "She was keen, but she was travelling well. She wasn't off the bridle at any stage and as long as she could find when he asked the question, but you always like to see them do it a bit more gracefully."

Any reason not around earlier: "She was a bit shin-sore and backward. We had thought of not going too far with her this preparation, but once we trialled her and saw how well she had improved we were happy to go on.

"Once you win a maiden in Sydney, two-year-old races, they're all Group races, so we thought this was a target race down here and we thought if she's good enough to win here, she can go back to Sydney for the Percy Sykes."

Winning Jockey: John Allen

"I was very impressed with her. It's my first time ever sitting on her. Looking at her in the preliminaries she had her head on her chest. She was a little keen early but she got back with a little bit of cover, and then got a little wayward going around the corner the Melbourne way, but when she balanced up and I asked her, her stride really lengthened."

Feeling in run: "She wasn't really trucking up with me, but once I balanced her and came off the back of Jye McNeil's back, she picked them up very easily."

Like to go to Sydney: "I'd be definitely happy to stay on board but I'll leave that to peter and the team. I was happy to get the ride today."