Sportingbet B.D. Prelude-F (G2)
Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite Fontiton consolidated her claims for that race by winning impressively in fast time. She settled back in fourth place, following a solid tempo. She was asked for her effort on rounding the home turn, got to the front at the 100m and then drew clear to win by a length and three quarters. Miss Gidget, a maiden after two previous runs, tracked the leader, moved up well coming to the home turn, got to a narrow lead nearing the 100m and fought on particularly well for a very promising second. Flamboyant Lass travelled nicely in third place, challenged at the 200m and battled on well for a good third. Air Apparent was eased from her wide barrier (12), raced back in tenth place to the 600m and made good ground for a promising (3.4 lengths) fourth. Heatherly, who was stepping up significantly in class after winning recently on debut, showed very good pace and ran along at a good tempo, only tiring from the 100m, running a bold race for (3.8 lengths) fifth. Second favourite Secret Agenda settled well back and never looked a chance before finishing a disappointing (7.5 lengths) 11th.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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EARTHQUAKE
(AUS)
2F EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - CATACLYSM (AUS) MARAUDING (NZ) |
D J BROWNE | 55.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 5 |
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GUELPH
(AUS)
2F EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - CAMARILLA (AUS) ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 55.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 7 |
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SAMAREADY
(AUS)
2F MORE THAN READY (USA) - SAMAR (AUS) SECRET SAVINGS (USA) |
C NEWITT | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 9 |
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ONE LAST DANCE
(AUS)
2F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - ONE WORLD (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
L NOLEN | 55.5 | PETER G MOODY | 11 |
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PSYCHOLOGIST
(AUS)
2F CHOISIR (AUS) - MISS CONCEPTION (AUS) DANZERO (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 55.5 | TONY VASIL | 4 |
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ROSTOVA
(AUS)
2F TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - SPACE TALK (AUS) ANABAA (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 55.5 | S J RICHARDS | 8 |
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BELIEVE'N'SUCCEED
(AUS)
2F EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - ARCTIC DRIFT (USA) GONE WEST (USA) |
S BASTER | 55.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 8 |
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CAMARILLA
(AUS)
2F ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - CAMARENA (NZ) DANEHILL (USA) |
B SHINN | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 4 |
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NEDIYM'S GLOW
(AUS)
2F GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) - PALACE GLOW (AUS) PALACE MUSIC (USA) |
N CALLOW | 55.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON | 4 |
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DOUBTING
(AUS)
2F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - SOVEREIGN RUBY (AUS) SOVEREIGN RED (NZ) |
D NIKOLIC | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 4 |
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ALINGHI
(AUS)
2F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - OCEANFAST (AUS) MONDE BLEU (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 7 |
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HALIBERY
(AUS)
2F RED RANSOM (USA) - BROWN EYED GIRL (AUS) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 7 |
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BRIEF EMBRACE
(AUS)
2F IRGUN (USA) - TRANQUIL LOVE (AUS) IMPERIAL BARON (AUS) |
K MCEVOY | 55.5 | PETER G MOODY | 7 |
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FAIZA
(AUS)
2F DANEHILL (USA) - EXCELLENT PROSPECT (USA) MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) |
B PREBBLE | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 7 |
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MANNINGTON
(AUS)
2F DANEHILL (USA) - BINT MARSCAY (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
J PATTON | 55.5 | RUSSELL CAMERON | 4 |
