Think About It extended his winning streak to six when taking out the $1m Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
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This is what the riders thought of their mount‘s performance in the Kingsford Smith Cup.
1st – THINK ABOUT IT (Sam Clipperton) He’s the sort of horse that we get out of bed for. I’m a bit speechless. He potentially could do wonders for my career, and I’ve just won a Group 1 on him so he has already done wonders for my career, but he’s just got so much untapped ability.
2nd – CONVERGE (Tim Clark) He went terrific. We expected a pretty good showing from him but would have loved clear air a bit sooner but although we didn’t get there today he’s well on track for a Stradbroke in a couple of weeks.
3rd – ROTHFIRE (Blake Shinn) Great run. Very courageous horse. Just made use of him in the early stages and they’ve run a race record. He was up on the speed doing all the donkey work. He kicked strong and the last 100 (metres) he was out on his feet and I think that early work told. Great horse.
4th – KING OF SPARTA (Chad Schofield) Another really good run. The winner built his revs quicker than we could but he was really good to the line.
5th – CHAILLOT (Ben Thompson) She was awesome. She settled good. Had a nice run through and when we we’re in the clear really made a race of it. Right on track for a Tatts Tiara.
6th – VILANA (James McDonald) He battled on really well. Three-wide with cover and that tolled late but I was proud of the horse’s effort.
7th – THE INFERNO (Craig Newitt) He ran well. He didn’t have a lot of luck from the 600 (metre mark) onwards but he hit the line good.
8th – ALPINE EDGE (Ryan Maloney) Barrier very costly but I thought he ran well.
9th – A CASE OF YOU (Mark Zahra) I think he felt the firm track. Got a bit keen in parts but didn’t hit the line.
10th – GENTLEMAN ROY (Craig Williams) He was given the visitors barrier draw and we weren’t able to utilise that in his normal racing manners. He was a little bit tardy and got interfered with both sided of him. He ran against his pattern and I thought he ran really well. It has been against his pattern today.
11th – PAULELE (Ben Melham) The plan was to switch him off from the wide draw but he never really switched on again.
12th – KIRWAN‘S LANE (Opie Bosson) Just run off his feet today.
13th – EMERALD KINGDOM (Damien Thornton) He got his mirrors taken off early and he didn’t appreciate it. He pulled tight from then on.
14th – ELEVEN ELEVEN (Tyler Schiller (a)) He was a little bit plain but he can bounce back third-up.
15th – PALAISIPAN (Joshua Parr) Went amiss. Got galloped on.
16th – EDUARDO (Nash Rawiller) Nothing stood out. He’s a horse that has been so good to us. He has put his heart and soul into it 20 runs of his career. Although physically I can’t fault him it is like his heart is just not as strong as it used to be.