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Trainer and jockey quotes after the Group 3 Dynamic Print Group Alexandra Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday taken out by Vibrant Sun.
Race Result:
1st: Vibrant Sun (T Stockdale/M Price & M Kent Jnr) - $10
2nd: Grinzinger Belle (M Dee/D O'Brien) - $7
3rd: Vivy Air (D Bates/A Alexander) - $5
Winning Time: 1:36.72 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: ½L x 4L
"Got her!"
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Winning Trainer: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr (Mick Price speaking)
"What is good about it is that she didn't have black type and now she is a Group 3 winner.
"It is very good for Thomas Stockdale, too. Tom comes in and rides work. He's a very promising kid who has had a lot of injuries. I'm very pleased for him.
"It was great to see him one-out and one-back. We joked that it would be nice to be one-out and one-back but when he actually got there I thought that was good and she was just good enough to pick up the win.
"She'll go to Adelaide now, I imagine. We put a circle around the South Australian Oaks. She's got a turn-of-foot, she's cleanwinded, she's sound.
"I brought her here on Tuesday and worked her by herself. She peeled off a 1200-metre gallop full of gusto and she's got a great brain on her.
"I think that is the race we should have a crack at but it is just a matter of how we get there."
Winning Jockey: Tom Stockdale
"I've probably never been so confident coming into a Group 3 on a filly that is on her way up.
"I worked her during the week and she has gone from strength-to-strength. She's still not quite there yet and I think she'll be better over further.
"I was really confident coming here today that she'll be going really close.
"When the leader started to kick away I was left slightly flatfooted without a drag without a drag up so more credit on her win. She had to do it on her own.
"The further they went, strong she goes.
"I've been fighting like hell to keep my bum on her back. I knew she had ability and I don't think that is the end of her."
