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Trainer and jockey quotes after Incentivise takes out the Group 1 Caulfield Cup on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Incentivise (B Prebble/P Moody) - $2.30F
2nd: Nonconformist (C Williams/G Begg) - $9
3rd: Persan (L Meech/C Maher & D Eustace) - $31
Winning Time: 2:30.88 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 3½L x 1¾L
INCENTIVISE IS A SUPERSTAR!
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Winning Trainer: Peter Moody
"It's unbelievable. Caulfield was my home for sixteen or seventeen years and trained a couple of thousand winners here. Never this one. Very important to win it.
"Very grateful for the opportunity thanks to Brae Sokolski and Ozzie Kehir. They planted the seed, purchased the horse and recommended that he came to my yard.
"A big thanks to Steve Tregea - the former trainer - the owner and breeder of this horse. Big shout out to everyone in Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. This one is for you."
On the run: "We weren't going to rush him. Brett took his time. He found a lovely spot and he knew where he wanted to be down the side. He said that he wanted to be six or seven off and build into the race.
"He said 'I don't care how the first 1200 goes, I just want to be able to build into it at the hallways mark onwards.
"He gives you a little heart flutter. He hits a flat spot coming down the side but he just kept building. A super effort.
"To Sara the girls, they've been my biggest supporters since we've been back.
When he told Sara and girls going back to training: "They've been unbelievably supportive. It means as much to them as me, very special.
"Catherine Coleman, she rides him, does all the work, she's my 2IC and will be a training partner one day along with Jeff O'Connor my Racing Manager.
"Will Holmes, with the horse, he loves him to death and the big team at home. It is a group effort and unfortunately we had to let three girls go yesterday because they made the choice that they didn't want to be vaccinated which I fully support and I'm very sad for them that they're no longer with the stable, but they'd be home on the couch cheering and I'm thinking of you too girls."
Winning Jockey: Brett Prebble
"It was pretty exciting. It was an awkward draw. There are 17 other jockeys and they've all got their own opinion on how the race is going to be run."
"I was mindful of the fact they weren't going to give him a soft lead. The way the race was run today, there was a fair bit of wind out there, it was a little bit windy. I thought "I'm definitely going to get cover, even if it is on the side there for the first 1200m'. He doesn't overrace, he doesn't waste his energy like some of the others do. Damien's (Delphi) was a bit aggressive."
"I was surprised, he came off the bridle a bit sooner than I would have liked. I showed him the whip before the home turn. All that is telling me is look out Melbourne Cup. He is going to eat up the 3200m."
"He is exciting. He is probably one of the most exciting horses I've ridden."
Were you concerned at all: "I said, come on big boy. His big action on him, I thought, he's not handling this ground as well as I would have liked and Linda's horse (Persan) was hanging around a bit longer than I would have liked.
"Once he straightened, he gets into another gear, he doesn't feel like he sprints, he builds off that high cruising speed.
"He's unassuming and I don't know what he's won by, but I know one thing I didn't see a horses head behind me and I couldn't pull him up.
"Pete's got him in ripping form and he's a serious stayer. Sorry Glen Boss, that's the ups and downs of racing, but I got it today.
Do you appreciate it more later in career: "You do. I'm sentimental. Pete's got my boy Tom, educating him to be a jockey. My daughter at home, she'll be as proud as punch.
"It's pretty good."
Graham Begg
"He's had an absolutely fantastic spring. He's been beaten in two Group 1's in the last seven days.
"That's hard to take, but anyway, we'll go forward with him.
"He'll have a break and we'll gear up for next year. He's really gone to another level this time around and we're very proud of him."
Running in Mornington Cup: "That was the idea to get a feel if he could run the 2400 metres because he hadn't been past 2000. It was a part of seasoning him up to.
"You have to get that bit of seasoning under their belt and he went out for a break. We brought him in a bit early because we wanted to target today's race and obviously had to qualify and we ticked that box, but he's had an absolutely super spring.
"Congratulations to all the staff, the ownership group. They've let me do what I've wanted, given me free rein."
Beaten jockeys:
Jordan Childs - Homesman: "He ran really well enough. Just got pulling a little bit when one came three-wide. Might have paid in the finish."
John Allen - Explosive Jack: "Disappointing. Didn't think he enjoyed the hustle and bustle earlier and probably the Caulfield track mightn't have been ideal for him."
Damian Lane - The Chosen One: "Just didn't have the right run. He pulled in his race and it cost him finishing off."
Damien Thornton - Ocean Billy: "OK run."
Fred Kersley - Selino: "Fantastic run. He's on;y going to be better over two miles."
Linda Meech - Persan: "Super. He'll improve with that."
Daniel Stackhouse - Chapada: "I thought he ran really, really well."
Damien Oliver - Delphi: "I had a nice run in front. Just felt that I had a comfortable tempo, but he just didn't take me into the race down the side like last time. Persan was jogging outside me and I didn't have an answer a fair way out. He just didn't back up his run from last weekend unfortunately."
Dean Holland - Master Of Wine: "Just started a tad slow and was a bit further back but nothing would have been near the winner anyway, I don't think."
Jye McNeil - Montefilia: "She ran fantastic."
Harry Coffey - Port Guillaume: "He got a long way back, but was good through the line. The final 400 metres was his best."
Craig Newitt - She's Ideel: "She went really good. She just got outsprinted when they took off down the side but the last 100 metres she was really strong. I would say the two miles will suit her."
Daniel Moor - Young Werther: "Pleased with that run."
Craig Williams - Nonconformist: "Amazing performance into second. Very well trained, extremely well handicapped. The trainer has done a great job. He didn't have an economical run for the first half but we trusted him and the winner is a star."
Michael Dee - Duais: "We were much closer in the run than anticipated but was a bit disappointing in the end."
Dean Yendall - Charms Star: "You don't want to know."
Great House - Teo Nugent: "Super effort. Very grateful we gained a start today and he ate every part of that 2400 up and I can't wait to see him over further."
