‘I talk a lot’: Craig Williams lives up to his reputation a second time!

When Ross Stevenson first met Craig Williams, he was seated next to him at an event.

And the jockey introduced himself with a caution.

“A warning, Ross: I talk a lot,” he said.

He lived up to that reputation that day, and he did so again on the radio this morning when the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey joined 3AW Breakfast to discuss his incredible ride to victory.

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Williams also revealed the secret to putting Vow And Declare on the rail behind the leader from barrier 21.

“I had a good horse,” he said in a rare moment of brevity.

Ross: The horse found his way to the rail, did he?

Williams: Exactly, yep. I’ve learnt after my 24 years, when you have a good horse, stay out of its way and let it do what it does best.

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