What the jockeys said after the 2023 Five Diamonds
Unspoken winning the Five Diamonds
Imported galloper Unspoken carried on his winning way when taking out the $2 million Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
UNSPOKEN TAKES OUT THE $2 MILLION FIVE DIAMONDS! 💎@tomo_sherry@SnowdenRacing1pic.twitter.com/Ww8kgzDrPj
- 7HorseRacing ðŸÂÂŽ (@7horseracing) November 11, 2023
The win was Unspoken's seventh from 16 starts, his fourth in a row, and took his earnings to more than $1.4 million.
Unspoken is a five-year-old gelding by Territories (IRE), he is trained by Peter and Paul Snowden and was ridden to victory by Tom Sherry.
This is what the riders thought of their mount's performance in the Five Diamonds.
1st - UNSPOKEN (Tom Sherry) I was so impressed with him today. A lot of the pundits were writing him off and I don't know why, his form is tremendous. He's kept improving the whole way. Things panned out perfectly, we got into a beautiful spot. He was so strong late, he tries really hard.
2nd - ZOUMON (Rachel King) (No comment provided)
3rd - DETONATOR JACK (Jason Collett) Attacked the line well. Leaders got away from us.
4th - DEMOCRACY MANIFEST (Nash Rawiller) He is an old marvel. Holding his form very well. Hasn't gone backwards at all and still produced.
5th - WATERFORD (Tommy Berry) That was just cruel. Haven't been in a big race like that for a while where they have gone that slow. He's reeled off some pretty good sectionals. Very proud of him today.
6th - CONVERGE (Zac Lloyd (a)) Much improved effort from this horse. Travelled well throughout and was game to the line.
7th - PALMETTO (Koby Jennings) Got an easy run from the good gate. Switched off nicely. When the tempo quickened they did it very quickly and got left flat footed.
8th - HOO YA MAL (Adam Hyeronimus) Was very happy throughout the race. Down the running he didn't really like the firm track. Wasn't that comfortable on it and very one paced.
9th - HOPE IN YOUR HEART (Joshua Parr) She went well considering the lack of tempo and the dash home from the 600m.
10th - ANTINO (Sam Clipperton) To me it seemed he was a bit flat. Was warm and sweaty before the start but seemed like he didn't have a zip in his legs.
11th - ST LAWRENCE (Regan Bayliss) He was in a sticky spot but is learning to go the Sydney way, just on his wrong leg the whole race.
12th - JIMI HENDRIX (Brett Prebble) Didn't get a backside, switched on and never really dropped the bridle at any stage.
13th - FAWKNER PARK (Chad Schofield) Touch disappointing.
14th - REGAL LION (Dylan Gibbons (a)) Stayer resuming. That far back, slow tempo and dash home. They left him for dead.
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