Last year's Sandown Guineas (Gr 2, 1600m) winner Villermont did well in winning here at his first Queensland start. He began well, was wide early on before crossing to the lead at the 1000m. He then settled well for Damian Browne and set a moderate early tempo before picking up the pace and dashing clear on turning for home. He was tiring in the closing stages but still had enough in hand to score, albeit by the barest of margins. The Kerry Parker-trained gelding Dark Dream was smartly away from his inside barrier (1) and eased to settle in second place. He was beaten for pace at the home turn and then kept making late ground, cutting into the winner's margin to fail by only a nose at the post for a really good second. The lightly-raced Chris Waller-trained three-year-old Omineca settled back near the tail of the 14-horse field from his outside barrier. He saved ground along the inner at the home turn and kept fighting on nicely on the rails to take third in a photo, just over five lengths further back, in a promising effort at his third race start.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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DREAMS APLENTY
(AUS)
3G DREAM AHEAD (USA) - TIPSY MOMENT (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) |
TIFFANI BROOKER | 57.0 | J W ZIELKE | 2 |
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CYLINDER BEACH
(NZ)
3G SHOWCASING (GB) - QUEEN'S COLOURS (GB) RAINBOW QUEST (USA) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 57.0 | DESLEIGH FORSTER | 4 |
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WORTHY CAUSE
(AUS)
3C CHOISIR (AUS) - TAHNEE TANGO (AUS) GRAND LODGE (USA) |
JUSTIN P STANLEY | 57.0 | J W ZIELKE | 7 |
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HOPFGARTEN
(AUS)
3G MOSSMAN (AUS) - BLACK TOURMALINE (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) |
D J BROWNE | 57.0 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 14 |
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PROVERB
(AUS)
3G COMMANDS (AUS) - MORE HASTE (AUS) BRIEF TRUCE (USA) |
J PARR | 57.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 3 |
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TRUMP
(AUS)
3G WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - QUEENIE (NZ) BLACK MINNALOUSHE (USA) |
D J BROWNE | 57.0 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 7 |
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CHATEAU FORT
(AUS)
3G KEMPINSKY (AUS) - CHOUETTE (AUS) DOLPHIN STREET (FR) |
D J BROWNE | 56.0 | PAUL MESSARA | 4 |
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SANDERSON
(AUS)
3G IGLESIA (AUS) - PRINCESS TATSUTA (AUS) FUJI KISEKI (JPN) |
J HOLDER | 56.0 | KELLY DOUGHTY | 2 |
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ZA MAGIC
(AUS)
3G MAGIC ALBERT (AUS) - ZAB WATCH (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
B STEWART | 56.0 | MARYANN THEXTON | 11 |
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PEPPERWOOD
(AUS)
3G EASY ROCKING (AUS) - RHIANNA LOUISE (AUS) WOODMAN (USA) |
G COLLESS | 56.5 | LIAM BIRCHLEY | 11 |
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REIGNING TO WIN
(AUS)
3G KING OF KINGS (IRE) - SECRET LIAISONS (NZ) T. V. HEART THROB (USA) |
G BOSS | 56.5 | JOHN O'SHEA | 2 |
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BELMONTE
(AUS)
3G SINGSPIEL (IRE) - MISUNDERSTANDING (AUS) PALACE MUSIC (USA) |
Z PURTON | 55.5 | BERNIE HOWLETT | 11 |
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SAXON
(AUS)
3C DANEHILL (USA) - JEANETTA COCHRANE (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
S SEAMER | 55.5 | GERALD RYAN | 7 |
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DRUNKEN JOKER
(AUS)
3G HULA CHIEF (NZ) - INTOXICATE (AUS) NOBLE BIJOU (USA) |
JUSTIN P STANLEY | 55.5 | PAUL WALLACE | 15 |
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BOB'S BOY
(NZ)
3G LORD BALLINA (AUS) - CONCHELLE (NZ) SOUND REASON (CAN) |
C MUNCE | 55.5 | ANDREW R CAMPBELL | 11 |
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GALROOF
(NZ)
3F MAROOF (USA) - KARMAN GAL (IRE) PERSIAN BOLD (IRE) |
S KATSIDIS | 52.5 | MICHAEL MORONEY | 11 |
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ARRABEEA
(NZ)
3F ZABEEL (NZ) - TROTANOY (AUS) LORD SEYMOUR (IRE) |
L BEASLEY | 52.5 | PAUL PERRY | 14 |
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MARLINA
(AUS)
3F MARAUDING (NZ) - ZERLINA (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS) |
MS LEANNE G HENRY | 52.5 | CLARRY CONNERS | 7 |
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AKHENATON
(AUS)
3C SNIPPETS (AUS) - MARROUGE (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | BILL MITCHELL | 2 |
