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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Country Classic at Rosehill on Saturday won by Real Time Warrior.

Race Result:

1st: Real Time Warrior (L Lafferty/J Hardy) - $101
2nd: Five Kingdom (T Schiller/M Dale) - $5
3rd: Nemingah (A Collett/E O'Rourke) - $11

Winning Time: 2:02.80 Last 600m: 37.16

Margins: ½L x Neck

The girls combine with Real Time Warrior to win the Country Classic at an unbelievable $150! @lauralafferty13 @aus_turf_club pic.twitter.com/JruaSUyoN9

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) November 6, 2021

Winning Trainer: Joanne Hardy

On the horse: "He's a lovely boy. He's won nine races for us now and he's just been a really good bread and butter staying horse in the country. I thought they might be a bit too good for him today."

On the win: "We had to take the claim to get a bit of weight off his back because he just doesn't carry that 57, 58. He labours. When he's down at the 55, 56 he's really got a turn of foot."

On the stamina test: "It was. The pace was on and that really suits him. When they stop at home, in the staying races they tend to pull up mid-race, he tends to over-race and he doesn't finish off. Today, they really hooked along at a good pace and it just suited him."

On the race: "A big thank you to Racing NSW for putting these races on and for supporting country racing. There are a lot of people who own horses in the country that just have a fabulous time doing it. We've got a lot of owners here today and they're having a great day."

"That just made it a bit better. They're long-time owners, they've been owners for six and seven years and are good supporters, people with a small share in a horse that just enjoy racing."

Winning Jockey: Laura Lafferty

On riding the winner: "I've got a lot of people to thank but first and foremost well done to Ms Hardy and the team back at home, the horse just looked a treat in the yard."

On the win: "It was an open field today and I really felt like everyone had a chance to win, he just felt super going to the gates and relaxed really nicely for me. I was just lucky enough to get the splits at the top of the straight and he was too strong for them."

On the horse: "He probably should have won a few more races to this point but he's been in races that just haven't suited him. The tempo was really strong today which suited us, he relaxed beautiful in behind them and when he's able to travel like that, he can reserve his energy and work strong to the line."

"I'm from Warrnambool apprentice to my Dad, Peter Lafferty, thanks to my manager Liam Prior he prompted me to come up to Sydney and join John O'Shea on a three month loan and if it keeps going like this I'll be very happy."

On winning: "It's been a really hard six months but as Jenny Duggan said the other day you've just to keep one foot in front of the other and eventually it happens in the end."

Beaten Jockeys:

Robbie Dolan (Dream Runner): "Ran well. Got flattened about three times."

Tim Clark (Kitzbuhel): "He had a really tough run. Didn't quite seem the same horse today."

Ashley Morgan (Aesop's Fable): "Had a good prep. Just come to the end of it."

Brodie Loy (Notabadidea): "Pulled too hard."

Tommy Berry (Invincible Dash): "Bit keen in the run. Probably told its tale late."

Jean Van Overmeire (Defy): "I think a bad barrier is probably a good barrier for him."

Alysha Collett (Nemingah): "Super run."

Tyler Schiller (Five Kingdom): "He ran really well. Got a good run and the split late and ran really well to the line."

Nyssa Burrells (Zakeriz): "He travelled nice. Just couldn't quite sprint the last bit while everything else picked up. He was still whacking away at the end. Wasn't too bad."

Jenny Duggan (This Is So): "He ran well from a bad alley. I think he has had enough this time around."

Lee Magorrian (Wichita Warrior): "He went a nice race. First time to 2000m he went well."

Josh Parr (Group Think): "Nice solid performance."

Andrew Adkins (Mahsinger): "Well and truly over did that. Entitled to run how she did."

Kathy O'Hara (Birdonawinningpost): "Probably just raced a little bit tired this afternoon."

Jason Collett (Kermatin): "Every chance."

Winona Costin (Proven Class): "Wide barrier brought her right undone."

James Innes (Rockamo): "Drew awkward. Three deep with cover and at the 1000m when they started shifting out he had to make up a lot of ground. I thought he was honest in defeat."