Mornington Bmw Cup Prelude (LR)
Irish-bred import Assign is now unbeaten in two starts since resuming after being unplaced at his first two starts since coming to Australia last year. He began well and crossed to lead at the 1400m. He then steadied the tempo (first 1400m 1:27.22) before lifting the pace from the 600m. He grabbed a break approaching the home turn and was not threatened in the straight to win impressively, sprinting home in a smart 34.91 (last 600m). Stablemate Wexford Town led in the early stages before easing to race in second place. He was under pressure at the home turn but kept battling on well, to take second in a photo. Extra Zero was back in eighth place, one off the rails. He moved up deep, under riding nearing the home turn, and did well making ground in the sprint home by running on to for a good third. Tashbeeh was seventh, one off the rails, improved (wide) at the home turn and got to a distant second at the 200m. He then battled quite well, holding on for (2.6 lengths) fourth.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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INDEX LINKED
(GB)
7G DANSILI (GB) - FULLY INVESTED (USA) IRISH RIVER (FR) |
G BOSS | 56.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 1 |
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PRINCE OF PENZANCE
(NZ)
4G PENTIRE (GB) - ROYAL SUCCESSOR (USA) MR PROSPECTOR (USA) |
MICHELLE PAYNE | 54.0 | DARREN WEIR | 1 |
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DURNFORD
(AUS)
4G HELENUS (AUS) - WILLOW (AUS) WOODMAN (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 54.0 | P G CAREY | 10 |
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BOLTON
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - REAL SUCCESS (AUS) SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) |
NICHOLAS HALL | 57.0 | STEPHEN BROWN | 1 |
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VESPER
(AUS)
4G ZABEEL (NZ) - SYLVANER (NZ) DANASINGA (AUS) |
NICHOLAS HALL | 53.5 | ROBERT HICKMOTT | 5 |
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OLD JOCK
(NZ)
4G MONTJEU (IRE) - MA DANSEUSE (NZ) DANCE FLOOR (USA) |
C NEWITT | 53.0 | MICK PRICE | 1 |
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ROAD TO ROCK
(AUS)
4H ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - TREWORNAN (GB) MIDYAN (USA) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | ANTHONY CUMMINGS | 5 |
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ABOUT FACE
(AUS)
4G ARCHWAY (IRE) - PRIDE OF HARRIET (AUS) DANEWIN (AUS) |
G CHILDS | 53.0 | JOHN LEDGER | 1 |
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SOULACROIX
(GB)
6G KYLIAN (USA) - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN (GB) SLIP ANCHOR (GB) |
C W BROWN | 57.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 2 |
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HIGHCLERE
(AUS)
6G WITH CLASS (CAN) - SHOWERY (AUS) ALIOCHA (USA) |
L NOLEN | 53.5 | PETER G MOODY | 9 |
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CHARNWOOD GREEN
(AUS)
5G CHARNWOOD FOREST (IRE) - PINE LODGE GIRL (AUS) IDEAL PL (AUS) |
B SHINN | 58.0 | CHRIS WOOD | 10 |
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PHYSIQUE
(AUS)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - MISS SHAKESPEARE (NZ) FOXBAY (NZ) |
N RAWILLER | 55.0 | LENNARD MAX TRELOAR | 4 |
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MR. TRICKSTER
(AUS)
4G BROCCO (USA) - LADY DANETTE (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
C NEWITT | 51.0 | MICK PRICE | 3 |
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EAGLE RHYTHM
(NZ)
4G RHYTHM (USA) - OUR TRISTALIGHT (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
K MCEVOY | 53.5 | LEON MACDONALD | 2 |
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GREENSTONE CHARM
(AUS)
5G GREEN LINE EXPRESS (USA) - AQUITAINE (NZ) ZAMAZAAN (FR) |
A SPITERI | 51.0 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 12 |
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KAAPSTAD WAY
(NZ)
4G KAAPSTAD (NZ) - CRYSELL WAY (NZ) STAR WAY (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 54.5 | CHRIS WOOD | 6 |
