{"id":11934,"date":"2025-12-14T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctr-campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/?p=11934"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:42:18","slug":"longines-hong-kong-cup-post-race-jockey-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/news\/longines-hong-kong-cup-post-race-jockey-quotes","title":{"rendered":"LONGINES Hong Kong Cup – Post-race jockey quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

ROMANTIC WARRIOR \u2013 James McDonald<\/strong>
\r\n \u201cHe\u2019s so special, he\u2019s so special. He\u2019s just a freak. I don\u2019t know what to say. I just love him. I love him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

BELLAGIO OPERA \u2013 Kazuo Yokoyama<\/strong>
\r\n \u201cThe horse went into the race in fantastic condition, and I\u2019m very grateful for the tremendous support from the Hong Kong Jockey Club. I think he gave everything he had and really showed his ability. The winner was a truly outstanding horse. Of course, it\u2019s frustrating to lose, but I\u2019m grateful to this horse for allowing me to compete on a stage like this.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

QUISISANA \u2013 Christophe Soumillon<\/strong>
\r\n \u201cShe ran very well but unfortunately the Japanese jockey completely messed us about turning into the straight. He wanted to follow Romantic Warrior and completely cut me off so I lost two or three lengths just as the race got serious. It took a while to get her balanced again but she finished very strongly.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

GALEN \u2013 Dylan Browne McMonagle<\/strong>
\r\n \u201cHe\u2019s a very, very tough horse and he wears his heart on his sleeve. We were drawn a little bit wide and he didn\u2019t step as well as he usually does, which meant I had to work a little bit around the first bend. But I got into a nice rhythm and he was tough the whole way to the line.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

ROUSHAM PARK \u2013 Christophe Lemaire<\/strong>
\r\n \u201cHe ran a good race. Unfortunately we got bumped in the last turn, so we grabbed the bit and came a bit too soon, but he fought well until the winning post.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

CHANCHENG GLORY \u2013 Maxime Guyon<\/strong>
\r\n \u201cHe ran a good race behind the leader. He stopped a little bit before the winning post, this distance is a little far for him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

STRAIGHT ARRON \u2013 Craig Williams<\/strong>
\r\n\u201cHe was a bit too keen in a really slow 10-furlong race today. He got a bit awkward at one stage, and against that level, you can\u2019t afford to be doing things wrong. He was a bit plain after that.<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ROMANTIC WARRIOR \u2013 James McDonald \u201cHe\u2019s so special, he\u2019s so special. He\u2019s just a freak. I don\u2019t know what to say. I just love him. I love him.\u201d BELLAGIO OPERA \u2013 Kazuo Yokoyama \u201cThe horse went into the race in fantastic condition, and I\u2019m very grateful for the tremendous support from the Hong Kong Jockey… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11934"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11939,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934\/revisions\/11939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-hkir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}