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Magnaspin wins Listed Sportsbet Victoria Gold Cup: Post Race Trainer and Jockey Quotes

Trainer and jockey quotes after Magnaspin claims the Listed Sportsbet Victoria Gold Cup at Caulfield on Saturday.

Race Result:1st: Magnaspin (L & T Corstens & W Larkin/B Allen) - $5.50
2nd: Sun Gift (D O'Brien/C Williams) - $6.00
3rd: Saganti (M Price & M Kent Jnr/B Mertens) - $13

Winning Time: 2:02.26 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 3/4 lengths x Short Neck

MAGNASPIN winning the Sportsbet Victoria Gold Cup at Caulfield in Australia.
MAGNASPIN winning the Sportsbet Victoria Gold Cup at Caulfield in Australia. Picture: Racing Photos
 
Winning Trainer: Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin (Larkin speaking)

In the run: "I was a little bit nervous when they crossed him. I thought, 'Oh no, does he need to be in front?' But he was always travelling, before this preparation Caulfield's been a bit of a bogey track for him and now he's got three here. It just goes to show, he's an older gelding and he's still learning. He was very good."

Tough to get past: "He definitely is. It's definitely his asset. He just knows how to try, whatever race you're putting him in, whether it's against really good opposition or slightly inferior he just tries his heart out."

Able to take a sit: "When you've got these races that don't have much pace in them, you're always a little bit hesitant about what other horses are going to want to do.

"We thought we were going to be the natural leader, but I thought Jamie's would be, if anything, was going to take us on a little bit there. So I just said, if they want to go lickety split early just leave them alone.

Early double: "It's a good start, we'll try and bookend it with race ten now, hats off to the team, we've been going well at the moment."

Winning Jockey: Ben Allen

Tactics: "The plan was to begin and lead but there was just a bit more pressure today so took the drop, quietly confident that Beau's would take me far enough, probably got into the race a little bit early but I wasn't sure how much Jamie's one had left so I wanted to get on my bike a little bit early. I was regretting that a bit when I was in battle with Mertens the whole way."

Association with stable & Bennett Racing: "They're flying at the moment. Leon, Troy, Will for the past three years now I've been riding for them, they've been very loyal, they've put me on all their good ones."

"It's good to be able to repay them and it's good to get another winner for this syndication. They do a great job picking their horses, the team have done a good job getting this horse firing because I think last time I rode him at Warrnambool I was thinking 'just retire him' and that's why you don't listen to jockeys."


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