Trainer and jockey quotes after the Restricted Listed Inglis Banner at Flemington on Saturday taken out by Calamari Ring.

Race Result:

1st: Calamari Ring (C Maher/E Brown) - $5.50EF
2nd: Streisand (C McDonald/B Melham) - $6.50
3rd: Bohemian Rhapsody (T&C McEvoy/D Lane) - $7

Winning Time: 1:00.71  Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Head x 2L

A debut to remember

CALAMARI RING proves too strong down the Flemington straight to win the first on #StakesDay.

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— Victoria Racing Club (@FlemingtonVRC) November 8, 2025

Winning Trainer: Ciaron Maher

Good one your hands: "The team are doing a good job with these babies and Brownie is doing the right job on top of them as well. I can't thank the team enough and the owner, it's our first horse with him, and he's a single owner, and he's got a good one on his hands."

Blue Diamond: "She's got a lot in front of her. I didn't think she would be at the races this early, but she's just done the right things and kept progressing, and that's what good horses do. The Diamond could be on the cards with natural improvement. To do that at her first look down the straight, she's got a lot of upside. The Blue Diamond series has got a nice ring to it. We haven't won that yet, so we would like to tick that off."

Preparation with jump outs: "Cranbourne generally has a bit softness in it and I thought she did a great job coming up the middle. She'd never seen the straight.

"That is our first runner for the owner so what way to start. I didn't think she'd get to the races this early but as good horses do, they do well in training and every time we ask for a little but of her, it brought her on.

"She's got a bright future."

Winning Jockey: Ethan Brown

On where wanted to be: "I wanted to come down the middle. We drew perfectly to hold a line and it was the right part of the track to hold our rhythm. She trialled against the older horses on a wet track, the track's very wet today, but she handled it well. She was well prepared by Ciaron, as per usual and is only going to improve and furnish into a lovely three-year-old."

"You can't debut a horse in much better fashion than that.

"I thought anywhere up the middle of the track would be fine. Hard on the rail would be worse. Once she let down she let down nicely."