Winning Horse: Jigsaw (Aus)

3yoG Manhattan Rain (Aus) - Demandz (NZ)(Lonhro (Aus))

12 starts - 4 wins 1 second 2 thirds $308950

Black Type Placings

3rd G3 Caulfield Neds Blue Diamond Prelude-C&G 1100m (2021)

2nd LR Moonee Valley Mcmahon's Dairy Mckenzie Stks 1200m (2021)

Other Wins

1st Cranbourne Silks Cranbourne (Bm70) 1200m (2022)

1st Caulfield Unleash Your Neds Toolbox Hcp 1100m (2021)

1st Geelong Bet365 Odds Protector Mdn 1135m (2021) (Debut Run)

Other Placings

3rd Moonee Valley Mia Kleer Hand Sanitiser Hcp 1000m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Jigsaw (M Walker/C Alderson) - $4.20F

2nd: Whipcracker Way (A Kelly/P Stokes) - $10
3rd: Sacred Palace (D Bates/L Smith) - $12

Winning Time: 1:10.85 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: ½ length x Nose

Winning Trainer: Cindy Alderson (no representative available for interview)

Winning Jockey: Michael Walker

Keeping the faith: “I have to thank Cindy and all her team, their horses are just running so brilliantly at the moment. A couple of times I haven’t made the weight on her horses but she’s stuck by me. She’s a really loyal person so I need to thank Cindy and the owners of this horse for keeping me on.”

Horse’s progression: “He keeps surprising me, I thought he was a Blue Diamond horse last year, and they’ve gelded him, a couple of times I've ridden him in work and he hasn't done what we thought he would. His piece of work earlier this week was outstanding.”

During the run: “I said to Cindy this morning, ‘I’m just going to cruise over, I know we’ve got the speed but I don’t want to burn the candle at both ends’ so I was able to bide my time to get over, and once we got there he just travelled beautifully, not like a sprinter that just wants to keep going and go harder, he actually came off the bridle and before the corner I had to say ‘come on mate’ and shake him up. Once the horse was on the outside he showed a lot of will and determination, as well as the class he’s always had.”