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Trainer and jockey quotes following the Hyland Victorian Country Cups Final won by Torranzino at Caulfield on Saturday.

Race Result:

1st: Torranzino (P Preusker/C Gaudray) - $TBC
2nd: Charterhouse (C Maher/M Zahra) - $TBC
3rd: Arran Bay (P Stokes/L Nolen) - $TBC

Winning Time: 2:02.92 

Margins: ½ Neck x Short Head

"Torranzino over the top's got them!"

Torranzino times his run to overrun them in the Country Cups Final pic.twitter.com/hugedvEJyG

— Racing.com (@Racing) November 16, 2024

Winning Trainer: Paul Preusker

"He's been a handful. He's brutal tough. Emily who rides him all the time at home - I chime in every now and then - she does well persevering. Quite a difficult horse but in saying that a good galloper.

"He'll go home tonight, he'll eat, and he'll be bucking tomorrow. That's just him. Whether he's mentally quite right, I don't know, but anyway we'll keep plodding along and I thought if he won today we might go to the Ballarat Cup."

Hard to ride: "He's always been a bugger to lay in. Terrible trait. He's got no early speed so you know where he's going to be. It makes it terribly hard for riders.

"Full credit to Celine. I had the gut feel that she'd be the right girl for the job for a while. Good to see."

Winning Jockey: Celine Gaudray

"They've done a terrific job with this horse. He still does a bit wrong. He want to overrace and wobble around. I had to do my best to keep him straight. He does want to lay in.

"We drew a sticky gate and we always planned to come out neutral but he had a bit of toe about his today so I have to get him to relax and the track is starting to deteriorate on the inside and I was probably on the better part of the surface. Having that horse as a bit of a brick wall helped."