THE veteran Australian runner Buffering was a deserving winner of the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint, the eight-year-old denying the Irish-bred pair of Ertijaal and Peniaphobia to land the first prize of $600,000.

This was the son of Mossman’s 20th career victory and he has now amassed about US$6.5 million, a very handsome reward for his AUS$22,000 yearling price tag.