Melbourne Cup - what the jockeys said

WHAT THE JOCKEYS SAID AFTER THE MELBOURNE CUP

Michelle Payne (Prince Of Penzance) 1st: "Unbelievable. I was lying in bed last night and gave myself a chance to think and dream about it, and thought about it as if I was being interviewed after the race. It's like a dream come true. He just burst to the front and his character won. It was just unbelievable."

Frankie Dettori (Max Dynamite) 2nd: "It was a bit unfortunate that I couldn't get the split when I wanted but that's racing."

Michael Walker (Criterion) 3rd: "Great run. Probably should've been a different result. I had the best run where I wanted to be; clocked off well (in the run) and I got really confident with a mile to go. All I needed was an out and I thought I could win. I just had to wait for the last furlong and the otherS flashed by. I would've been in it had I got out at the top of the straight."

Tommy Berry (Trip To Paris) 4th: "The slow tempo mid-race didn't suit him. I thought I was the winner at the top of the straight but he didn't show the same turn-of-foot as he did in the Caulfield Cup."

Jamie Spencer (Big Orange) 5th: "A good run. The draw made it difficult and I felt the track was a little bit dead for my horse."

Chad Schofield (Gust Of Wind) 6th: "She travelled well and hit the line very strongly."

Kerrin McEvoy (Excess Knowledge) 7th: "He ran great. We got across into a nice spot. He just levelled out the last part."

Damien Oliver (The Offer) 8th: "He ran super. The ground was a bit firm for him. If it had been wet, he'd have been right in it."

Damian Lane (Quest For More) 9th: Super run. A bit more room in the straight and he finishes closer."

Ben Melham (Our Ivanhowe) 10th : "He got into a great spot and a run opened up for him on the fence. The run then closed and he wasn't sharp enough in the finish."

Blake Shinn (Who Shot Thebarman) 11th: He ran well, the pace just didn't suit him. They went slow and it was a sprint home."

Craig Newitt (Sertorius) 12th: "He ran as well as he could."

Zac Purton (Fame Game) 13th: "The pace was just too slack for him."

Joao Moreira (The United States) 14th: "He did finish off a little bit but being on the outside and on the softer ground, he just couldnt keep going."

James McDonald (Hartnell) 15th: "He went OK. Did everything right."

Brett Prebble (Bondi Beach) 16th: "Lovely horse. His style of racing left him flat-footed in the finish and it was just all too much for him too quickly."

Craig Williams (Hokko Brave) 17th: "We got a severe bump in the straight and it really took the wind out of him."

Dwayne Dunn (Almoonqith) 18th: "Just a terrible race for me. I got smashed up early and never got into a rhythm.

Colm O'Donoghue (Kingfisher) 19th: "Happy enough."

Hugh Bowman (Preferment) 20th: "I got flattened at the 300 (metre mark)."

Jim Cassidy (Grand Marshal) 21st: "I had the winner inside of me the whole way but she went up the inside and I peeled out one and I went half a furlong and got taken out of the race."

William Buick (Sky Hunter) 22nd: "Bottom line is that he probably doesn't get the trip."

Ryan Moore (Snow Sky) 23rd: "I was running a nice race. I wasn't going to win but I just got chopped off."

Gerald Mosse (Red Cadeaux) Did not finish: "I have nothing to say."