A seven-year-old at the time, the gelding looked to have reached the end of a solid racing career.

Trainers Robert and Luke Price were confident, however, he still had more to offer.

Robert, in particular, was keen to keep the horse racing and now, just six months later, it's clear he made the right decision.

A third in Moruya's Christmas Cup was followed by two tricky races in January before Brock Ryan rode the eight-year-old to victory in Wagga on Thursday.

Ryan hit the front early and led the rest of the journey, Budderoo Knight taking out the 1400m Gold BOBS Bonus Handicap.

"It was a big win," Luke Price said. "Carrying 60 kilos, he had to do a bit of work early, but it will probably go down as his best ever win, it was a very fast time.

"We looked at retiring him last year, his benchmark's pretty high for country racing, but it was a good decision not to retire him. He still shows plenty of ability on the track."

The victory was followed a day later by another win for the Price stable, Cuban Belle edging out a fast-finishing Nimalee to salute by a nose at Canterbury Park.

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The horse, owned by the same majority owners as Budderoo Knight, was also ridden by Ryan and Price is confident she can claim another victory in Sydney before this campaign comes to an end.

"I've always thought she's a better chaser than a leader, but the way the race panned out, with no weight on our back and a wet track, we had to take chance out of it and let her stride along.

"I thought Brock did a tremendous job of it. He was looking at me funny when I told him to lead, but he got the job done, just.

"The Meadows (owners) have been great supporters of us over the years, it was a great couple of days for them.

"We'll look to go straight back up to Canterbury while the tracks are still wet. She's in career-best form, so hopefully she'll have another win in town."

The pair of victories came after a water-logged few weeks for the region, with heavy rain forcing the cancellation of the most recent Kembla Grange raceday.

With so much rain falling, Price said the venue's new polytrack proved crucial in ensuring he was able to prepare his horses.

"We wouldn't have got the winners we have without the Kembla Grange polytrack so big ups to Racing NSW and Kembla Grange.

"With the weather we've had over the last two weeks, there's no way we'd have been able to race our horses without that track, it helps so much."

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