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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Ladbrokes Punter Assist Handicap won by Zipping Boy at Sandown on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Zipping Boy (Will Price/Jerome Hunter) - $3.40F
2nd: Express Pass (Matthew Cartwright/Nick Ryan) - $3.80
3rd: Ruban Bleu (Lachie King/Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes) - $21
Winning Time: 59.40 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: ½ Head x Short Neck
Winning Trainer: Jerome Hunter
"I saw this race, he was going to run last week but he was going to carry 59.5 kilos without the claim. I dropped him back and I thought with 52 kilos on a wet track that he'd be hard to beat.
"There's a couple of races coming up but he's won over 1100 metres and he's done that pretty easy too. The horse just knows how to race. He's a real racehorse. Numerous times they were going to catch him today and he's a real fighter. He just keeps fighting.
"He's handled the synthetic track, a Good 3, heavy tracks, he's just a racehorse. He's had nine starts for six wins. He's a good horse."
Winning Jockey: Will Price
"It was good that he was able to use his good speed from the gate. He travelled up nicely and he was just too good today.
"He does as much as he has to. I thought Matt Cartwright (Express Pass) was going to go past me but he found that little bit when he felt that horse there. He knows how to win. He's still learning how to really put them away, but he'll get that with racing."