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Trainer and jockey quotes after Give Giggles claims the A Grade Sheds BM70 Handicap at Ballarat on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Give Giggles (T & C McEvoy/H Coffey) - $3.40 fav
2nd: Cadboll (M Cunningham/D Bates) - $51
3rd: Cavallo Rampante (C Maher & D Eustace/B Allen) - $8

Winning Time: 1:04.46 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 3-1/2L x 1-1/4L

Winning Trainer: Tony & Calvin McEvoy (Tony speaking)

What happened at Flemington: "It wasn't her fault. I made a call on the day that we didn't think she could get out to the spot she needed to get out to, so we stayed in and it really backfired on us, so it wasn't her fault at all. We've just kept her fresh, she's done a bit of dressage work and it's it's such an advantage just being able to walk across the road. She's three from three here and I think another thing that improves her is the conditions. She was fabulous today."

Extend her summer: "I think what we're learning about her in the ground, I would like to stop and wait. She's owned in Queensland and she might be a filly that could go to Queensland next winter. She's a handy filly, that could come up a bit more."

Winning Jockey: Harry Coffey

Improvement on her first two wins here: "That was the best feel she has given me. She showed a nice turn of foot in that ground and she felt really nice underneath me when she let go. We had a nice run and it all went our way, but it was a pretty good win."

Conscious of Imapagethree Girl: "I knew Jaylah would be following me at some stage, but once I got that run, I thought if she's good enough to follow me through and run me down with the way I quickened, then good luck to them. Henry's horse is a horse on the way up, but so is ours, and once that gap came I was always going to be hard to beat. She's going really well as is all the McEvoy team. It's nice to be getting some rewards."