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Trainer and jockey quotes after Caballus takes out the Group 3 Silverdale Farm Eskimo Prince Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Race Result:
1st: Caballus (B Baker/J Parr) - $7
2nd: Makarena (M, W & J Hawkes/T Clark) - $5
3rd: Encap (G Portelli/J Collett) - $9.50
Winning Time: 1:09.64 Last 600m: 33.29
Margins: 1L x 1¼L
Caballus wins the Group 3 Eskimo Prince in dominant fashion!@JoshuaParr8 @BBakerRacing @Darby_Racing pic.twitter.com/1RkjndBaHn
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) February 10, 2024
Winning Trainer: Bjorn Baker
Caballus bought for $315,000 by Darby Racing: "Well, he's as good a looking horse…he's the second best horse I've ever trained after Ozzmosis. I was very lucky. Darby Racing have been unbelievably good to me. He's been an absolute pleasure to train. I was lucky to be the benefactor of a ready made horse. It's been very straight-forward and everything's worked out well. He is a very, very nice horse."
On Expectations today: "I came in today, I was a little bit nervous. I thought it was a tough ask to jump up to Group Three level and on Tuesday morning at Warwick Farm the track was very wet, we had a lot of rain and I didn't think he was quite going as well as he could. So it was hard to get a good guide on him."
Now is the time to find out how good he is?: What a day to win. Darby Racing just keep finding them. It doesn't matter where they buy them - Europe, any sale. We've got the Inglis Classic Sale this week, we've got the Magic Millions, they find them wherever we go. And I'm so grateful to be a part of that. Scott Darby, the team, they do a marvellous job. And Josh Parr, how much luck has he had with us. He's an absolute gentleman. Midway through the race, he was three-wide and I was thinking 'I don't know', but he knew better."
Plans for Caballus: "The aim when we bought him was to go to the Inglis Three-Year-Old race at Flemington, so I don't think we'll divert from that. It's a $1 million race and then we might have a race like the Arrowfield Sprint."
Winning Jockey: Josh Parr
On the win: "I thought today, the best way for me to take advantage of this horse having a run under his belt compared to his opposition was to the as close as I could, comfortably. So pre-race I made sure I was pretty adamant that I was going to press forward a little bit, all within reason."
"Obviously we didn't get the cover but with that south-easterly blowing we're running down wind down the side and he did no work to the 400m. From the top of the straight I knew with this horse's turn of foot and with his race-fitness as well, there was no way they were going to beat him."
Improved since first-up win?: "I think today his turn of foot was electric. He's run the 1200m strongly today. We could arguably say today's effort was better, even though he did offset the usual 1100m pattern at Rosehill (last start). I think he's still on the rise which is quite exciting for everyone involved."
Beaten Jockeys:
Ben Melham (Griff): "Bit sharp for him first up at 6[f]."
Adam Hyeronimus (Tom Kitten): "Beautiful return. Very happy."
Jason Collett (Encap): "Good return. He kept finding the line which we were very happy with."
Tommy Berry (Moravia): "Not sure what to make of him."
Dylan Gibbons (Celestial Legend): "Very nice for 14[00] and beyond."
Tim Clark (Makarena): "She ran really well against the boys. She's come back in nice order."
