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Trainer and jockey quotes following Williamsburg winning the Group 3 Schweppervescence at Rosehill on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Williamsburg (G Ryan & S Alexiou/K McEvoy) - $10
2nd: Moko (A&S Freedman/T Berry) - $12
3rd: Matcha Latte (M Newnham/T Sherry) - $7.50

Winning Time: 1:33.64 Last 600m: 41.39

Margins: Neck x 4¼L

Williamsburg handles the tough conditions best in the Schweppervescence. @GRyanRacing @KPMcEvoy @aus_turf_club pic.twitter.com/0FjmN51qMB

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 26, 2022

Winning Trainer: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou (Sterling Alexiou comments)

On the winner: "He's got a pretty stout pedigree and he has shown his liking for the wet tracks. He looked the winner about 300m out but he had to sustain a bit of a slog with one to the line. It's good for him to get a win."

On the future: "As long as he comes through today well, he will probably back-up in the Sires' next week. That was always the plan, that's why Brenton rode the other one. Obviously, he was committed to (Gary) Portelli's (Golden Slipper winner Fireburn) next week and that was always the plan with him, that Kerrin(McEvoy) would ride being a jockey that might be able to ride him next week."

On the prep: "He's copped his racing very well on these wet tracks so I would be surprised if he didn't come through it well."

On Boyfriend: "He's OK. Brenton (Avdulla) just said he started to hang a bit and the more he fought him, the worse he got. He said I just had to retire him out of the race he was hanging that bad."

Winning Jockey: Kerrin McEvoy

On the conditions: "Bloody hard work. (I was) taking the big ones at the 600m knowing that we're going to need it. But full credit to my horse, it's very waterlogged now. He wasn't loving it but his ability got him through it and he tried hard all the way to the line. He's a lovely horse for the future."

On if he's ridden in worse conditions: "I don't reckon I have, it's a Group 1 day so hopefully we can get through. But we'd just like this (the rain) to buggar off because there's going to be a lot of lying water there now. So you're going to need to have a nice smooth run in transit and obviously handle wet ground, which speaks for itself."

Beaten Jockeys:

Jamie Kah (El Padrino): "Doesn't get through it."

Brenton Avdulla (Boyfriend): "Just didn't track well at all."

Glyn Schofield (Kote): "Bit too heavy for us."

Sam Clipperton (Affogato Girl): "Just too wet."

Tommy Berry (Moko): "Great effort. Winner just too good on that ground."

Rachel King (Miss Faberge): "Just too heavy."

Regan Bayliss (Yankee Hussel): "That is as heavy as I've ridden on. Couldn't pick their feet up."

Jay Ford (Fun Sunday): "She couldn't handle the conditions."

Tim Clark (Victorine): "Good honest effort."

Nash Rawiller (Peace Officer): "He went ok."

Tom Sherry (Matcha Latte): "Very good. Much improved run from first up to second up. Hit the line really well."

William Pike (To His Credit): "Didn't like the track."