Sir Rupert Clarke Charity Cup (G1)
Trust In A Gust went forward from barrier nine and settled nicely outside the leader. He went to the front shortly after turning for home and after a head and head battle over the final stages with the top weight Dissident, he scored by a short half head in another game performance, albeit with a 6kg advantage over the runner-up who also lodged an unsuccessful protest against the winner. Dissident was smartly away before easing to settle in fourth place, one out and one back. He moved up to challenge at the 200m and fought strongly, failing by the narrowest of margins to win this third successive Group One race putting up a very good performance. Bull Point was back in tenth place between runners, switched into clear running on straightening and kept running on well, getting up for third nearing the post. It was a very encouraging effort at his third run this preparation. Sweet Idea showed her usual pace to take the early lead before easing to race in third spot on the rails. She got a rails run on passing the 200m and battled on well for (2.3 lengths) fourth putting up another honest effort. Cluster went back to last from his outside barrier (14) and was last to the 600m. He got between runners going to sixth at the 200m and kept making ground for a good (2.8 lengths) fifth. Late Charge was sixth most of the way and held on quite well to hold that position at the post, beaten three lengths, while Akavoroun was ninth at the 600m, put in a good run at the 250m before battling on for a sound (3.8 lengths) seventh.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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REBEL DANE
(AUS)
4H CALIFORNIA DANE (AUS) - TEXARCANA (AUS) MORE THAN READY (USA) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | GARY PORTELLI | 14 |
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MOMENT OF CHANGE
(AUS)
4G BARELY A MOMENT (AUS) - EUROPIUM (AUS) METAL STORM (FR) |
L NOLEN | 52.5 | PETER G MOODY | 15 |
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TOORAK TOFF
(AUS)
4H SHOW A HEART (AUS) - ORONG (AUS) GRAND LODGE (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.5 | RICK HORE-LACY | 7 |
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RESPONSE
(AUS)
4M CHARGE FORWARD (AUS) - LIVE IT UP (AUS) MATCH WINNER (FR) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 53.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 5 |
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TURFFONTEIN
(AUS)
5H JOHANNESBURG (USA) - SPIRIT OF GRACE (AUS) DR. GRACE (NZ) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | ANTHONY CUMMINGS | 11 |
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ORANGE COUNTY
(NZ)
6G VOLKSRAAD (GB) - SAFFIE (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 54.0 | BRIAN MAYFIELD-SMITH | 15 |
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BON HOFFA
(AUS)
5H BELONG TO ME (USA) - ASIAN REEF (GB) MANILA (USA) |
V DURIC | 53.0 | WENDY KELLY | 3 |
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REWAAYA
(NZ)
4M SINGSPIEL (IRE) - NASMAH (AUS) AT TALAQ (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 51.0 | D A HAYES | 1 |
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BARELY A MOMENT
(AUS)
4H GILDED TIME (USA) - LADY DANNA (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 52.0 | D A HAYES | 8 |
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REGAL ROLLER
(AUS)
5G REGAL CLASSIC (CAN) - ARANTXA ROSE (AUS) RANCHO RULER (AUS) |
M FLAHERTY | 55.5 | CLINTON MCDONALD | 11 |
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EXCEED AND EXCEL
(AUS)
3C DANEHILL (USA) - PATRONA (USA) LOMOND (USA) |
C W BROWN | 52.5 | T R MARTIN | 5 |
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PERNOD
(NZ)
5M CENTAINE (AUS) - MARTINE MICHELLE (NZ) GROSVENOR (NZ) |
K MCEVOY | 53.5 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 15 |
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MR. MURPHY
(AUS)
4G DANEHILL (USA) - MARSCAY'S DREAM (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 54.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 13 |
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TESTA ROSSA
(AUS)
4H PERUGINO (USA) - BO DAPPER (AUS) SIR DAPPER (AUS) |
B PREBBLE | 58.5 | DEAN LAWSON | 9 |
