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“She can go wherever now, we’ll keep her at those style of jump as the brush fences aren’t really her thing."

“I was very happy, Jay has had a great day and rides trackwork for us so he knew the horse well."

“I won’t have any trouble finding one (a jockey) now.”

Topweight Nedwin showed there is simply no quit in his make up as he unleashed an outstanding finishing burst to capture his second Metroclad Limited Wellington Hurdles (3200m) at Trentham. 

“It was nice to see him do that as he is a strong horse and can run a bit freely, so it was good to see him on the rail and switching off."

“I was hopeful he would run top-five on Thursday, but never in my wildest dreams did I think he could win, let alone like that."

Jjumps jockey Jay Kozaczek made the perfect start to his riding venture in New Zealand at Te Aroha on Thursday when guiding Sound of Silence to victory in the Agrisea NZ Steeplechase for Dave Blackie, who also celebrated his first training success.