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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 3 Neds Moonga Stakes won by Buffalo River at Caulfield on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Buffalo River (C Gaudray/M Moroney) - $3.50
2nd: Climbing Star (C Williams/P Stokes) - $5
3rd: Cause For Concern (B Allen/S Mathrick) - $10
Winning Time: 1:23.41 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 1-¼ lengths x Long Neck
Winning Trainer: Michael Moroney
On the ride: "She (Celine Gauray) did a perfect ride, I could tell before they turned for home that he was travelling easily still so I thought it'd take a good one to run past him because the other day he was off the bridle and she possibly got a couple of sections a little bit wrong but today it was just picture perfect I thought."
What's new this prep: "We decided to take the ear muffs off and since we've done that it's certainly livened him up and we've trained him on the treadmill a bit, changing things round a bit…they say you can't teach old dogs new tricks but you can."
Winning Jockey: Celine Gaudray
On the horse: "I'm still trying to catch my breath from bringing him back to the mounting yard, he's obviously a hard-going horse so I just try to keep him as happy as I can on the bridle and once he kicked away he was actually very very strong."
Difference from last start: "I think he had to do a bit more work last time to get to the lead and he sort of just, he went a bit quicker than he did today and was able to hold him and maintain him for a bit longer."