Tabtouch Kingston Town Classic (G1)
The Fred Kersley-trained three-year-old Ihtsahymn followed his recent WA Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) success to take out this Group One weight-for-age contest. He settled in an ideal position in fourth place, one out and one back, following an average tempo (first 1200m 1:14.40). He moved up nicely, three wide, nearing the home turn, took a narrow lead at the 300m and kept fighting on well to record a good neck win. The favourite Luckygray ($3) was ninth, one off the rails with cover before improving on passing the 600m. He was giving the leader about six lengths and was wide-out rounding the home turn. He took a little while to wind-up but then came with a strong late run for second. Rohan led early then had a good trip, third on the rails. He challenged at the 200m and then kept battling on well for a sound third. Playing God was seventh early, made a quick early run, due to the moderate early pace, to take the lead at the 1000m point. He held the lead until half-way down the straight and did well to fight on for a good fourth, beaten one length. Mr Moet ($5.50) was second last in the 11-horse field most of the way to the 600m mark. He was under riding from the turn and took quite a while to pick-up in the sprint home. He then kept making ground for a solid fifth, beaten two lengths, being disadvantaged by the slow early pace. *ANZ
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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LUCKYGRAY
(AUS)
5G BRADBURY'S LUCK (AUS) - DAMAH LADY (AUS) MUKADDAMAH (USA) |
S O'DONNELL | 59.0 | G P POLETTI | 4 |
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PLAYING GOD
(AUS)
4H BLACKFRIARS (AUS) - DOLLY WILL DO (AUS) RUBITON (AUS) |
S PARNHAM | 58.5 | NEVILLE PARNHAM | 5 |
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PLAYING GOD
(AUS)
3C BLACKFRIARS (AUS) - DOLLY WILL DO (AUS) RUBITON (AUS) |
S PARNHAM | 52.0 | NEVILLE PARNHAM | 8 |
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SNIPER'S BULLET
(AUS)
6G BITE THE BULLET (USA) - YALLAH TERRACE (AUS) YALLAH PRINCE (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 59.0 | TRACEY BARTLEY | 16 |
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NICONERO
(AUS)
7G DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE) |
B RAWILLER | 59.0 | D A HAYES | 14 |
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MEGATIC
(AUS)
3G DANETIME (IRE) - MEGA ROLE (AUS) OLD SPICE (AUS) |
P J HARVEY | 52.0 | A F BECKETT | 10 |
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NICONERO
(AUS)
5G DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE) |
B RAWILLER | 58.0 | D A HAYES | 9 |
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EARLY EXPRESS
(AUS)
6G DAUBERVAL (USA) - EARLY DAWN (AUS) IFRAD (USA) |
J WHITING | 58.0 | P J GIADRESCO | 2 |
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MODEM
(AUS)
6G BLETCHLEY PARK (IRE) - REFURBISH (AUS) JOINDRE (AUS) |
P J HARVEY | 58.0 | T M ANDREWS | 6 |
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TRUE STEEL
(AUS)
6H JEUNE (GB) - HOW SPECIAL (AUS) PERSIAN HEIGHTS (GB) |
C K HARVEY | 58.0 | MRS M M PAYNE | 10 |
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BLEVVO
(AUS)
5G BLEVIC (AUS) - CARENEL (AUS) HIGHEST (GB) |
P FARRELL | 58.0 | D R HARRISON | 7 |
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OLD COMRADE
(AUS)
4G OLD SPICE (AUS) - BELGRAVIA (AUS) KUIKATAMA (NZ) |
P J HARVEY | 57.5 | LINDSEY SMITH | 13 |
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OLD COMRADE
(AUS)
3G OLD SPICE (AUS) - BELGRAVIA (AUS) KUIKATAMA (NZ) |
P J HARVEY | 52.0 | LINDSEY SMITH | 2 |
