What the Queen’s Plate jockeys said:
Anton Marcus, winning the race for the fifth time since 1993: “I followed Bouclette Top. If I’d had the guts I wouldn’t have been scared to lead but it would have been a bit of a gamble and I was thinking of the Met.
“I knew something was there [when Futura and then Legislate tried to challenge] but I had no idea who it was. I was concerned with keeping my horse going. He has a turn of foot over ten furlongs but over a mile I didn’t want it turning into a sprint.”
Piere Strydom (Legislate,2nd): “He moved up and I was happy with that but I think he is a bit of a bowler – he is better if he is allowed to bowl along.”
Anthony Delpech (Noah From Goa, 3rd): “He ran a great race – he went through as if he was going to win – but I could have done with a faster pace.”
Corne Orffer (Captain America,4th): “He stumbled badly coming out of the gates but he then ran an absolute cracker.”
Bernard Fayd’Herbe (Futura, 5th): “The fractions were too slow. I needed a fast pace because I knew I could never sprint with these horses. Mine is an 1 800-2 000m horse.”
Andrew Fortune (Act Of War, 6th): “I sat third and, although he quickened a little bit, he ran pretty much the same with Captain America and Futura as he had done last time.”
By Michael Clower
Picture: Anton Marcus and Legal Eagle (Liesl King)
