Trainer and jockey quotes after Wollombi claims the Listed Gordon’s Gin Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Wollombi (Tony Gollan/Vlad Duric) - $12
2nd: Bezique (Tony Gollan/Ryan Maloney) - $9
3rd: Party For Two (S O'Dea & M Hoysted/Nikita Beriman) - $5F

Winning Time: 1:10.29   Last 600m: 35.77

Margins: ½ L x 1L

Whoosh!

Wollombi gives her rivals windburn in the last on debut for @tonygollan! That's a Cup Day treble for @VDuric77 pic.twitter.com/UwmfVX2ors

— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 22, 2024

Winning Trainer: Tony Gollan

"I thought she mapped really well today. She relished the pressure up front and gave a really good kick to get over the top of them. I'd like to thank Yulong for sending me the horse to train, they purchased her at the recent Magic Millions Broodmare Sale so I'm very fortunate that she made her way into our stable. I'd also like to thank Peter Snowden, who trained her before me, for the advice he gave me on her. We've only had her a few weeks so we're still getting to know her, but I was confident she'd be strong late here today. I'd watched a lot of her replays from down south, so I knew a race like this would really suit her."

"I wasn't sure where I was at with her two weeks ago, because I thought she'd have to make up a bit of ground quickly to be competitive in this race. But the last 10 days she had made it up nicely, so we came here confident and it was great to see her get the job done."

Winning Jockey: Vlad Duric

"They went hard up front and we got back further than I'd anticipated. But once I got her out, she just exploded for me. They probably went a slightly harder gallop than they wanted to, which just set it up for us provided she got the right run, which she did in the end. Tony had full confidence that she was going to be strong late, so full credit to the team on a job well done."