Star three-year-old All Too Hard scored his third Group One victory in impressive style. After being first to leave the barrier he eased to settle sixth one off the rails travelling well. Dwayne Dunn moved him up three wide nearing the home turn and the colt put in a quick run at the 200m, then drawing well clear for an easy three and quarter lengths win. Glass Harmonium began well today and soon led. The seven-year-old set a good pace and fought back well when challenged holding on quite well for second, finding the top class three-year-old far too good. King Mufhasa raced outside the leader (Glass Harmonium) to the 200m and battled on gamely for third. Last year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Green Moon raced handy to the pace in third place on the rails. He switched across heels at the 300m and kept fighting on, a bit one paced, for a sound first-up fourth. Maluckyday was last in the ten-horse field to the 300m point, before finishing nicely in the centre for a late-closing fifth, in a good first-up performance. Stablemate Niwot was near last to the turn, he then kept making ground to sixth in promising first-up effort from the 2012 Sydney Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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MUFHASA
(NZ)
7G PENTIRE (GB) - SHEILA CHEVAL (NZ) MI PREFERIDO (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 59.0 | STEPHEN MCKEE | 5 |
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MORE JOYOUS
(NZ)
4M MORE THAN READY (USA) - SUNDAY JOY (AUS) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
N RAWILLER | 57.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 1 |
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TYPHOON TRACY
(AUS)
4M RED RANSOM (USA) - TRACY'S ELEMENT (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
L NOLEN | 57.0 | PETER G MOODY | 6 |
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NICONERO
(AUS)
7G DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 59.0 | D A HAYES | 1 |
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NICONERO
(AUS)
6G DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 59.0 | D A HAYES | 10 |
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AQUA D'AMORE
(AUS)
5M DANEHILL (USA) - ROMANTIC RIVER (USA) IRISH RIVER (FR) |
S BASTER | 56.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 6 |
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FIELDS OF OMAGH
(AUS)
8G RUBITON (AUS) - FINNETO (AUS) CERRETO (IRE) |
STEVEN KING | 58.0 | D A HAYES | 13 |
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REGAL ROLLER
(AUS)
5G REGAL CLASSIC (CAN) - ARANTXA ROSE (AUS) RANCHO RULER (AUS) |
M FLAHERTY | 58.0 | CLINTON MCDONALD | 1 |
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RESET
(AUS)
3C ZABEEL (NZ) - ASSERTIVE LASS (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS) |
D NIKOLIC | 54.5 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 1 |
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YELL
(AUS)
3G ANABAA (USA) - VOCALIST (AUS) BLUEBIRD (USA) |
D GAUCI | 55.0 | JOHN HAWKES | 9 |
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DASH FOR CASH
(AUS)
3C SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - GULISTAN (AUS) RUBITON (AUS) |
K MCEVOY | 55.0 | RICK HORE-LACY | 2 |
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DESERT SKY
(AUS)
3G HURRICANE SKY (AUS) - DESERT ORCHID (NZ) WESTERN SYMPHONY (USA) |
D GAUCI | 54.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON | 10 |
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MR. MURPHY
(AUS)
3G DANEHILL (USA) - MARSCAY'S DREAM (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 54.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 2 |
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TESTA ROSSA
(AUS)
3C PERUGINO (USA) - BO DAPPER (AUS) SIR DAPPER (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | DEAN LAWSON | 5 |
