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<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s all about getting the right opportunities, and fortunately this year I\u2019ve got really good support, which is the main thing. It\u2019s been a slow battle, but things are going really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although she is yet to ride the Annabel and Rob Archibald-trained Don Diego De Vega in a race, Collett feels comfortable on the import, which blew the start and finished sixth in the Newcastle Cup. She will need to overcome a tricky draw in barrier 12 on Saturday in an open affair.<\/p>\n
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Alysha Collett after winning on With Your Blessing in the Bill Ritchie Handicap.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s quirky, but I know him really well, so that\u2019s a key thing for him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring winter, I rode him most of his Tuesday gallops leading into the races, so I have a good feel for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
The chance on the Michael, John and Waynes Hawkes-trained Swiftfalcon came with regular rider Tyler Schiller avoiding a weight drop on a day he pilots Everest hope Briasa in the $1 million Premiere Stakes.<\/p>\n
Swiftfalcon has finished three lengths away in sixth in his two runs back as a four-year-old, in the Tramway Stakes and Cameron Handicap.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got plenty of talent and I think having a ride on him in a track work gallop gives me a good indicator of what type of horse he is too,\u201d said Collett, who rode Swiftfalcon on Tuesday and Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy I did that, it just helped getting to know him a little bit and just knowing how he goes through his paces.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just need to get him into a rhythm and let him build through his gears.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure the blinkers are going on. His work was class. I like the barrier [four]. I like the set-up for him, so hopefully the favourite [Autumn Glow] is not too good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collett also rides Midway Handicap favourite Sunset Park ($4.80) on the day, as well as Churchill\u2019s Choice ($23) in the fifth and Legaselli ($35) in the third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s all about getting the right opportunities, and fortunately this year I\u2019ve got really good support, which is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-468006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115303660512199896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}