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Trainer and jockey quotes after the Langwarrin Hotel Hcp at Caulfield on Saturday taken out by Maserartie Bay.
Race Result:
1st: Maserartie Bay (J McNeil/C Maher & D Eustace) - $2.40F
2nd: Desert Icon (B Prebble/C Waller) - $3.30
3rd: Steel Prince (M Cartwright/A & S Freedman) - $3.40
Winning Time: 2:30.93 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: Short ½ head x ¾ lengths
"Very close!"
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Maserartie Bay held on by the smallest of margins after a sensational front-running performance @cmaherracing @JyeMcNeil pic.twitter.com/kfQn18ftZ0
Winning Trainer: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (David Eustace speaking)
On the close finish: "It was a painful watch down the straight, a couple of stayers whacking away, we got the bob on the line and he's in great form. It was a bit of a relief when the photo came through."
Future plans: "He's probably at his strongest prep, it's taken a long time for him to be the finished article. He's ready to have a long campaign. His fitness is pretty good, he'll probably come on a touch from that. There are some loftier options, you've got the Warrnambool Cup and the Ramsden which would be possibilities, or he could just be that notch below."
Winning Jockey: Jye McNeil
On the win: "It was a bit harder than I thought it was going to be, but at the end of the day we just needed to be first past the post."
During the run: "In the middle stages when Steel Prince came up on my outside it really fired him up for a hundred metres to a furlong where he was going really keenly in himself and I felt him start to empty out over the final stages, which would've been the effect from that."
