Schweppes Sydney Cup (G1)
Irish import The Offer capped his great recent run of form to take out his first Group One event in decisive fashion. He travelled well, midfield between runners, but was briefly held up for a run nearing the 600m. Tommy Berry switched him across heels at the turn, he then put in a strong run to hit the lead at the 200m and raced away to score by three and three quarter lengths, in an impressive staying performance. Another Irish-bred stayer Opinion was just past midfield, gained an inside run at the 700m, took the lead at the 300m but then found the winner too good from that point to finish second. Sertorius was a handy fifth to the 600m, put in a run on straightening and kept battling on for third. Brigantin was handy all the well and fought on for (5.6 lengths) fourth while Epingle made ground from second last in the 17-horse field at the turn to finish (6.6 lengths) for fifth. The three-year-old Tupac Amaru was always well back and plugged on out wide to take sixth. *ANZ
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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MOURAYAN
(IRE)
7H ALHAARTH (IRE) - MOURAMARA (IRE) KAHYASI (IRE) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 58.0 | ROBERT HICKMOTT | 2 |
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NIWOT
(AUS)
7G GALILEO (IRE) - TOO DARN HOT (NZ) NOBLE BIJOU (USA) |
D DUNN | 55.5 | MICHAEL & WAYNE & JOHN HAWKES | 2 |
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STAND TO GAIN
(IRE)
5G HAWK WING (USA) - PLUM FAIRY (GB) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
R M QUINN | 53.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 4 |
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JESSICABEEL
(NZ)
4M ZABEEL (NZ) - MORE DIAMONDS (NZ) STRAIGHT STRIKE (USA) |
C NEWITT | 52.0 | JOHN O'SHEA | 10 |
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ISTA KAREEM
(NZ)
8G GERMANO (GB) - PRINCESSES TOUCH (NZ) TOUCHING WOO (AUS) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 52.0 | COLIN LITTLE | 6 |
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NO WINE NO SONG
(AUS)
6G SONG OF TARA (IRE) - DEEP TIME (NZ) KINJITE (NZ) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | KEVIN MOSES | 8 |
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GALLIC
(NZ)
7G ZABEEL (NZ) - GESINE (NZ) NASSIPOUR (USA) |
S W ARNOLD | 56.0 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 1 |
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COUNTY TYRONE
(AUS)
7G DANEWIN (AUS) - NICE CHOICE (GB) TOUCHING WOOD (USA) |
J CASSIDY | 55.5 | KRIS LEES | 8 |
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MAHTOUM
(AUS)
5G SUAVE DANCER (USA) - EGYPTIAN SECRET (AUS) SIR TRISTRA (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 52.5 | KIM WAUGH | 10 |
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MAKYBE DIVA
(GB)
5M DESERT KING (IRE) - TUGELA (USA) RIVERMAN (USA) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | DAVID HALL | 8 |
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HONOR BABE
(NZ)
4M HONOR GRADES (USA) - REPREMAND (NZ) KREISLER (IRE) |
K MCEVOY | 53.0 | MS K ALEXANDER | 8 |
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HENDERSON BAY
(NZ)
6G GUNS OF NAVARONE (IRE) - MISTY LORE (AUS) ROLLE (GB) |
D MCLELLAN | 54.0 | NEVILLE MCBURNEY | 8 |
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MR. PRUDENT
(AUS)
6G PHIZAM (NZ) - I'M IN BUSINESS (AUS) JEVINGTON (AUS) |
C W BROWN | 50.5 | GEORGE HANLON | 7 |
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STREAK
(AUS)
5G UMATILLA (NZ) - REPUTABLE MISS (AUS) JON GEORGE (GB) |
STEVEN KING | 53.5 | R W SMERDON | 1 |
