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Trainer and jockey quotes after Curran takes out the Bet365 The Country Discovery at Geelong on Friday.
Race Result:
1st: Curran (L Tolson & L Proctor/C Newitt) - $12
2nd: In The Boat (L Smith/D Yendall) - $5
3rd: Midwest (A & S Freedman/B Mertens) - $7
Winning Time: 1:03.51 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 3/4L x Neck
"HEEERE COMES CURRAN!"
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Winning Trainer: Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor (Leonie speaking)
What a moment: "I can't believe we've won another race with him.
"He's a great horse. We're just happy to have him back at the races."
Did you give up hope: "I'm pretty soft on him and I had to try something different with him. The best I could do was take him jumping, took him over a few pony club jumps and that sparked him up enough.
"He's that laid back and today I thought he was too quiet. He's hard to get a guide on him, but it is a relief to win."
Where's Mum: "Mum's looking after the other horse, the one in the last, and he's a bit of a handful so we couldn't leave him. I'm sure she'll be screaming back there."
Pre-race discussions with Froggy: "He knows the horse, he's raced against him and had held him in a couple of times. I said to get to the outside, but he took the rails runs. He won the race."
$600 purchase now over $650,000 in prize money: "He's come in well this time after a good break. We'll see what his rating goes to."
Goodwood: "Maybe."
Winning Jockey: Craig Newitt
First ride on him: "He gave me a beautiful ride. Leonie said before the race that hopefully he's got one or two behind him and he actually jumped and showed a little bit of speed to have a few behind him.
"He got through that ground really well and she said he will let rip when he gets a bit of room, but it was no good searching for better ground because everyone else was rolling off the fence and I was able to cut through and he really drove hard to last 400 to 500 metres."
Leonie thought he was too quiet pre-race: "He went around to the barriers like an old hurdler. You wouldn't think he was a 1000-metre, 1200-metre horse, but it just goes to show that they do a really good job with him.
"He's got his issues but he was in tip-top order today and he won accordingly."
On the Royal Children's Hospital: "It's a big thrill and I've used the Royal Children's Hospital plenty of times over the years. Anyone that just got a quid off that horse, donate."
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