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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 1 Furphy Metropolitan won by No Compromise at Randwick on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: No Compromise (C Waller/T Berry) - $6
2nd: Le Don De Vie (C Maher & D Eustace/J McDonald) - $5EF
3rd: Realm Of Flowers (A & S Freedman/R Jones) - $21
Winning Time: 2:38.13 Last 600m: 36.36
Margins: Nose x Nose
Another close finish in the Metropolitan!
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No Compromise comes out on top in a photo from Le Don De Vie and Realm Of Flowers. @TommyBerry21 @cwallerracing pic.twitter.com/6k9azJwOnx
Winning Trainer: Chris Waller
On the close finish: "Similar to the last race in the Epsom it was a great finish. I didn't know which way that one was going to go but thankfully this one didn't take as long to put up."
On the horse: "Great family from New Zealand behind him. It's a special win. He's been building up to that. He's been a bit unlucky. He doesn't like the real wet tracks. Today, even though it's heavy, they are getting through it better than they were in the autumn and that was a help to him and I think that 2400m is the cap on his distance range as he showed today."
On a potential Caulfield Cup start: "He might need to grow a few lengths over the next few weeks to do that. We won't disappoint anyone today. We will enjoy the win, albeit a narrow one."
Winning Jockey: Tommy Berry
On the run in transit: "He was travelling really well early, got into a nice spot. The Freedman horse (Realm Of Flowers) outside me was just annoying me a little bit so I'm glad when he pressed on and got outside Stockman, it just got my bloke into a good rhythm. I was bolting coming to the corner and when James (McDonald - rider of second horse Le Don De Vie) shifted out in front of me I thought it was all over so he did an unbelievable job to pick himself up and get there. But Chris Waller, he's just a freak isn't he? Group 1 day and he's here."
On if he thought he got the photo: "I did, but I've been wrong a few times lately. So I sucked in the emotion."
A message to his family: "I've got to send a special thanks to my family. This time of year as all families know jockeys have got to put a lot more time, a lot more effort in, and we barely get home to see our families. They've stuck by me quite good, put up with all the moods and the tantrums so I love you'se all. They've gone to Canberra, it's school holidays, to spend it with the rest of the family, but I look forward to catching up with them during the week."
On his feel during the run: "It's amazing the wave of emotions that go through your body. Coming to the corner I just felt like the winner, I was just going through my gears. At the 200m there when James shifted out on my line I thought it was all over. Full credit to my bloke, he picked himself up well and I think I won the first couple of races when he came over to Australia, and it's just really nice to get back on him."
On the improvement trainer Chris Waller has achieved: "I guess the thing with him, and Chris does it with all of his horses, he came over here quite a keen going horse and you saw him today butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. I had him standing up there behind the gates at the 600m mark and he was just looking around. You know the feeling, it's like gee he's in the zone this horse. From that moment on I thought I was on the right one."
Beaten Jockeys:
Sam Clipperton (Stockman): "He hasn't been beaten far. He's run well but was just a little bit disappointed in him from the 600m when I really needed him as he didn't quite pick up. Disappointing on that aspect but he's been beaten 1.5L so hasn't run too bad."
James McDonald (Le Don De Vie): "Good run. Very good run."
Brenton Avdulla (Kukeracha): "Had a lovely run in transit. Was on the back of the right horses before the bend but struggled so whether he is not handling these wet tracks."
Rachel King (Arapaho): "He ran OK. Probably better on a better track and a better tempo as it was pretty steady."
Jason Collett (Mankayan): "Just got left flat footed when they sprinted."
Kerrin McEvoy (Durston): "Great run. The ground went against him a little bit as did the slow tempo. He ran a good race."
Tim Clark (Sacramento): "Much improved run. Has taken a bit of racing to get there but he has come good."
Reece Jones (Realm Of Flowers): "She was terrific. Just from the tricky gate tried to get a spot which didn't end up eventuating as others kicked up and held her deep. She was really really tough. It was a good stepping stone going forward."
Winona Costin (Grove Ferry): "Disappointing. Got a little bit keen three quarters of the way down the back straight and was left without a fighting finish."
Andrew Adkins (Carif): "I thought he ran super. Would have liked to have been covered up for another 100m. We had to do the donkey work to take the field up. Effort was huge to be beaten a length."
Jay Ford (Hameron): "Obviously a big step up in class and distance and just made him very one paced."
