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What the jockeys said after Sunday night's International Cup at Kranji.
Olivier Doleuze – Chinchon – Winner – I can't believe it, I'm still up in the air. I'll come down to earth in a day or so. It means an awful lot to me to win this race in Singapore. I was one of the early ones to come out of Europe to ride here, which makes this special. I had a good trip and he improved his position when I asked him, and he finished really well.
James McDonald – Zaidan – 2nd – He's run a great race, but he didn't quite see out the 2000m here but he would do on faster ground.
Jose Verenzuela – Flax – 3rd – He's run his race, he broke well and kept going all the way to the line. The others were just a bit too strong at the finish.
Andreas Suborics – 4th – Zazou – Disappointing, as I was in a good position, had a good trip, but he just didn't pick up for me.
Alan Munro – El Dorado – 5th – He's run a great race, done himself proud. He'll be spot on for the Gold Cup later in the year.
Danny Beasley – New Rose Wood – 6th – She ran to the best of her ability to the 200m then the class of the others kicked in. If you asked me at the start of the day where she'd finish and I would have said midfield and that's about where she finished.
Felix Coetzee – California Memory – 7th – He wasn't on his game today. I don't know if it was the ground or what. He's been on the go for a while.
Gerald Mosse – Dream Peace – 8th – She was going OK, but she got tightened up on the bend, lost about five lengths, and couldn't recover from there
Brett Prebble – Thumbs Up – 9th – He's a big long striding horse and he was never acting on this surface. It was loose on top with the rain that fell and he lost his confidence going into the turn, and that was that.
Azhar Ismail – Speed Baby – 10th – We were struggling at the 900m mark and first time blinkers seemed to throw him a bit.
Opie Bosson – Waikato – 11th – He travelled nicely to the 800m where I put him under a bit of pressure but he was gone by the 600m. He wobbled up the straight and he just wasn't happy in the ground.
Mickael Barzalona – City Style - Scratched at start.
