Winning Horse: Rider In The Snow (FR)

7yoG Intello (Ger) - Quezon Sun (Ger)(Monsun (Ger))

19 starts - 4 wins 3 seconds 2 thirds 3 fourths $138339

Other Wins

1st Deauville Prix De La Reconversion D'un Cheval De Courses En Cheval De Dr 3000m (2018)

1st Deauville Prix Restaurant Le Comptoir Et La Table (Prix De Colombiers) 3000m (2018) (Debut Run)

1st Le Pin Du Haras Prix Du Haras De Bois-Roussel 2000m (2018)

Other Placings

2nd Fontainebleau Prix De Bois-Le-Roi 2600m (2020)

2nd Saint Cloud Prix Banassa 2500m (2019)

2nd Chantilly Prix Du Mont Alta 2400m (2018)

3rd Saint Cloud Prix Burgos 2000m (2018)

3rd Le Pin Du Haras Prix Du Haras De La Louviere 2000m (2017) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Rider In The Snow (Aaron Kuru/Simon Wilde) - $6.50

2nd: Tolemac (Ronan Short/Simon Widle) - $9
3rd: Onset (Richard O’Donoghue/Eric Musgrove) - $41

Winning Time: 3:43.49 Last 600m: NA

Margins: 2-¼ Lengths x 4-¼ Lengths

Winning Trainer: Simon Wilde

On training the quinella: “That was good. Both these horses came to us this season, Rider In The Storm, he was just lacking a little bit of form and it’s another great advertisement for jumps racing. It seems to have reignited him.”

On the winning ride: “It was a great ride by Aaron there. I thought he did a terrific job. I was sort of hoping Ronan (Short, rider of runner-up and leader Tolemac) would hold, but I was really happy with both horses. I think they’ve got really good futures, both of them.”

On training a jumps winner for OTI Racing: “The big syndicators having jumpers is great. There’s good confidence in the industry and have a look at the crowd, people come here to watch this stuff, so I’m really pleased and grateful for the support from all these owners.”

Winning Jockey: Aaron Kuru

On riding his first Warrnambool Carnival winner: “That’s the monkey off the back. I thought my first two rides I was going to get on the board a bit earlier, but that didn’t happen - Warrnambool can do that - but the horse gave me a very good ride and it’s a privilege.

On today’s race: “I couldn’t really dive into his form but it looked like he liked 3000 metres-plus so the plan was to try and get him to switch off and that was probably the most important part of the race.

“We found a nice position, there were a few tricky spots there going past the winning post - I was crowded and was unsure on how he was going to jump - but he handled himself very well.

“The stablemate (Tolemac) kicked away and I was unsure I was going to pick him up, but he just kept finding and it looks like he’ll get a little bit further as well.”