PORT Macquarie horse trainer Marc Quinn achieved something no other local did on Saturday when Explosive Scene won the BMW Premium Selection Class 3 Handicap over 1510 metres.
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Local trainers had to wait until race five for their first success, although jockey Peter Graham rode Ride to Redemption home in race three.
“On the track you needed to be a bit wide,” Quinn said.
“Chloe kept him three or four wide and you could tell from the 600 mark that he was going to be hard to beat.”
Quinn said the six-year-old bay gelding had been in tremendous form recently so to win so easily didn’t come as a surprise.
You could tell from the 600 mark that he was going to be hard to beat.
- Marc Quinn
“He’s been in good form recently and had a fifth place in a highway and he took control of the race.”
It was “good for us locals” to compete with high-quality trainers such as Kris Lees who had three winners throughout the day.
“They’re hard to beat at the best of times,” Quinn said.
“Explosive Scene has won four races and he’s now not eligible for a highway anymore because he’s won too many.”
Quinn also took out a third-place when Far Out ran third in race three behind Star Fest and Ride to Redemption.
