Trainer and jockey quotes following D'aguilar winning the Neds Whatever You Bet On Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: D'Aguilar (B Egan/P Payne) - $3.80F
2nd: Hezashocka (P Moloney/M Price & M Kent Jnr) - $4.60
3rd: No Effort (L King/G Bedggood) - $6
Winning Time: 2:04.41 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: Nose x ½ Neck
"She's hit a wall."
— Racing.com (@Racing) June 25, 2022
No Effort was vulnerable late & D'Aguilar charged home to take the prize.
Winning Trainer: Patrick Payne (no stable representative available for interview)
Winning Jockey: Billy Egan
At the turn: "I honestly didn't think I was going to get that close to Lachie (King), I thought Patches (Moloney) and I would be getting close to him but I didn't think we'd be getting past him and then the closer I got I thought 'I reckon I'll pick up Lachie but I don't know if I'll get past Patches' but he picked them both up, he's just such a tough little horse."
Strong late: "I think it's just taken him a couple of runs to come to hand actually and I think sometimes it just takes him a little bit, because he's had issues, to get his confidence and think I can run through the line so just a little bit of confidence for him."
Upside: "I'm very happy to see him run out a strong 2000m as well. He's won very well fresh over 1400m and now he's stepped out to 2000m and won at a strong 2000m as well so I think he might even be able to get a bit further now."