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Super Duck wins The Star Handicap: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes
Trainer and jockey quotes following The Star Benchmark 78 Handicap won by Super Duck at Doomben on Saturday.
Race Result:1st: Super Duck (M Hemmings/A Jones) - $612nd: Banana Slide (D Vandyke/K Wilson-Taylor) - $17
3rd: Premise (M Dunn/E Lang) - $71
Winning Time: 1:22.50 Last 600m: 36.29
Margins: 1L x ½ L
Winning Trainer: Naomi Hemmings (wife of Michael)Super Duck feels at home in the wet conditions and wins Race 2 at Doomben at big odds! pic.twitter.com/8XAf4fhQ8i
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"He's a funny little guy, everyone loves him. I actually wanted to go to Chinchilla with him, so I'm glad we didn't. The horse has got a lot of potential, it was just the wide barrier that put me off."
"He actually ran pretty well last start, just got a bit squeezed for room. So maybe the wide barrier wasn't a bad option for him today. He started well and sat up outside the leader, so he was obviously feeling pretty good about himself."
Winning Jockey: Angela Jones
"I often don't get much luck with pick-up rides, but I had to take this one as I thought it might be an omen bet."
"He began well, and I just wanted to stay nice and clean and roll along. He was bolting in the run, I thought he might have been doing too much but he was feeling so well within himself and he gave such a good kick. He loves these conditions and you can't count out some of the bigger-priced horses on heavy tracks. "
"It's really wet down the back of the track, so it's going to be very hard to make up any ground here today."
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