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Trainer and jockey quotes after Just Folk takes out the Group 3 Lamaro’s Hotel Eclipse Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Just Folk (M Zahra/G Bedggood) - $2.90 fav
2nd: Danish Fortune (A Kelly/D McLeod) - $19
3rd: Keats (B Mertens/G Bedggood) - $4.40
Winning Time: 1:50.74 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: Short Half Head x 1-¼ lengths
"Danish Fortune coming at Just Folk, who just wins!"
— Racing.com (@Racing) December 2, 2023
Just Folk is a winner again after 630 days @GavinBedggood pic.twitter.com/iOkF4VBN2f
Winning Trainer: Gavin Bedggood
On the win: "It's great, it was an afterthought to come here today and he'd pulled up so well and had a really good blood on Wednesday, just did a little bit of work on Thursday morning and with the rain predicted, we're obviously coming into December now, the chances are going to become slim so we sort of had to take the opportunity today and it paid off."
"He's been racing consistently all preparation, he finally got his toe into the ground today properly and he was given a good ride."
Recent stable addition: "He came to us a really well looked after horse, when you get tried horses it's often not the case but just a change of scenery and environment, that's sort of done the trick and he's just bobbed up in his right race today."
"Josh (Julius) has done a great job with him, he came to us a really well looked after horse, we didn't have to do much different with him."
Future plans: "He won't keep running on firm ground, we'll just see how he comes through today, have a look at the forecast in the next seven to fourteen days and see how it looks but he's going to go to a hundred and six, hundred and seven rating off that so you're dictated to on where you can run, there's probably not a lot of options but we'll worry about that tomorrow."
Winning Jockey: Mark Zahra
Quirky horse: "He is very quirky, he has a good think about it. I sort of used the stablemate for as long as I could but had to let him go at some point and he actually had a crack when I went for him but just sort of late he had a bit of a look around but to the horse's credit when he's seen the horse coming up the inside he found again."
