Daysee Doom gives Quinton a fifth Coolmore Classic

Report: Australia, Saturday

Rosehill Gardens: Coolmore Classic (Group 1 hcap) 7½f | turf | 3yo+ f/m

Ron Quinton is making the Coolmore Classic a habit, with 20-1 shot Daysee Doom (Andrew Adkins) handing him his third win in the Group 1 race as a trainer to go with his two as a jockey.

As an added bonus for Quinton at Rosehill on Saturday, Daysee Doom was ridden by Andrew Adkins, who came out of his apprenticeship with the trainer six weeks ago and celebrated his first Group 1 win in the A$600,000 (about £332,000) contest.

The mare was the lesser-fancied of the stable's two runners with topweight Dixie Blossoms closing late for sixth, less than a length from the winner.

Daysee Doom, who Quinton admitted can be somewhat quirky, travelled on the pace after Adkins steered her into position.

The dash to the line at the end of the 1500 metres was frantic with Daysee Doom edging Oregon's Day by a head with last year's runner-up Silent Sedition another short head third.

"It's super for Andrew and for the mare," Quinton said. "She deserves a big win and so does Dixie. It's a very pleasing result."

Quinton won the inaugural running of the race as a jockey on Miss Personality in 1973 and again on Emancipation in 1984. His previous winners as a trainer were Ofcourseican in 2012 and Peeping in 2016.

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