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Trainer and jockey quotes following Jigsaw winning the Take It to The Neds Level Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Jigsaw (M Walker/C Alderson) - $4.20F
2nd: Whipcracker Way (A Kelly/P Stokes) - $10
3rd: Sacred Palace (D Bates/L Smith) - $12

Winning Time: 1:10.85 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: ½ length x Nose

THE CUZ! @M_Walker_Jockey gets his first metro winner back from injury aboard JIGSAW! @MelbRacingClub @AldersonRacing

— Racing.com (@Racing) May 28, 2022

Winning Trainer: Cindy Alderson (no representative available for interview)

Winning Jockey: Michael Walker

Keeping the faith: "I have to thank Cindy and all her team, their horses are just running so brilliantly at the moment. A couple of times I haven't made the weight on her horses but she's stuck by me. She's a really loyal person so I need to thank Cindy and the owners of this horse for keeping me on."

Horse's progression: "He keeps surprising me, I thought he was a Blue Diamond horse last year, and they've gelded him, a couple of times I've ridden him in work and he hasn't done what we thought he would. His piece of work earlier this week was outstanding."

During the run: "I said to Cindy this morning, 'I'm just going to cruise over, I know we've got the speed but I don't want to burn the candle at both ends' so I was able to bide my time to get over, and once we got there he just travelled beautifully, not like a sprinter that just wants to keep going and go harder, he actually came off the bridle and before the corner I had to say 'come on mate' and shake him up. Once the horse was on the outside he showed a lot of will and determination, as well as the class he's always had."