WHAT THEY SAID ON CAIRNS CUP DAY

Race 1 – Benchmark 60 Handicap (950m)

Tell Everybody for trainer and jockey Bonnie Thomson:

“She has a really quick turn of foot,” Thomson said.

“She drew the outside so I slotted her just in behind as best I could. And, then I just straightened her up and let her go.”

Race 2 – Benchmark 65 Handicap (1900m)

Tutelage for trainer Janel Ryan and jockey Wanderson D’Avila: “It was a good run in Townsville the other day, it was not Wanderson’s fault that day, the horse was slow to begin,” stable representative Ronnie Ryan said. “He was wide that day and ran third.

“I have always really liked this horse but he is immature.

“It is great to get this win for the owners today.”

Race 3 – Class 2 Plate (1250m)

Osmond for trainer and jockey Bonnie Thomson:

”That was a good win after a solid effort at Mackay the other day,” Thomson said.

Race 4 – Class 2 Plate (1250m)

Calculus for trainer Ben Williams and jockey Brad Pengelly:

“He is a progressive horse, he is still learning and the faster the pace, the better for him,” Pengelly said.

Race 5 – Magic Millions Daintree 3yo Guineas QTIS Handicap (1250m)

Tennessee Boy for trainer Roy Chillemi and jockey Wanderson D’Avila:

“He defies all odds, he is just a trier, he tries his heart out,” Chillemi said.

Race 6 – Class 6 Plate (1250m)

V J Day for trainer Georgie Holt and jockey Les Tilley:

“This is his second start for me, he was knocking on the door in his first start at Townsville and just got done on the line,” Holt said.

“He dropped a big way in weight today, that is what would have done it for him here.”

Race 7 – Ratings Band 0 – 58 Handicap (1500m)

Maquereau for trainer Sharlee D’Avila and jockey Kate

Southam:

“He jumped and put himself right there on the speed where he was comfortable and obviously the outside right now is the best going so I was happy to be there,” Southam said.

Race 8 – Cairns Newmarket (1400m)

The Harrovian for trainer Stephen Massingham and jockey Aidan Holt:

“He is just the horse of a lifetime,” Massingham said.

Race 9 – Cairns Cup (2100m)

Paniagua for trainer Alex Malliff and jockey Scott Sheargold

“He is fit, going good and a happy horse, thankfully we decided to come to the Cup,” Malliff said.

Race 10 – Class 5 Handicap (1500m)

Salesman for trainer Trevor Rowe and jockey Krysten Swaffer:

“It is a credit to Krysten and her brother Braydn, who ride him in work, because he is a pest to ride in trackwork,” stable representative Peter Rowe said.