In a surprise result, the eight-year-old-gelding Anton En Avant, at odds of $151, scored his first stakes success in 53 starts in taking out this Group Three race. He settled back in tenth place, tracking a solid pace, before improving between runners nearing the home turn. He switched to the inner at the 200m and finished too well to score by a half-length. Lovani was handily placed about fifth before moving up well (deep) coming to the home turn. She challenged at the 200m and kept fighting well for a good second. Rising Red had a nice trip in third place, just behind the leaders, got a split to hit the front at the home turn and then battled on well for a close up third white the favourite Goathland was trapped very deep all the way and dropped out prior to the home turn and failed to beat a runner home, finishing (19 lengths) last.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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STAMPEDE
(AUS)
4H HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - NOTHIN' LEICA CAT (NZ) TALE OF THE CAT (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 56.0 | G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT | 12 |
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REAL LOVE
(AUS)
5M DESERT KING (IRE) - FLAMING HEART (AUS) SALIERI (USA) |
B RAWILLER | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 6 |
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EPINGLE
(NZ)
7M PINS (AUS) - ETOILE DU NORD (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.5 | MICHAEL KENT | 8 |
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PRETTY PINS
(NZ)
5M PINS (AUS) - LUNA TUDOR (AUS) MILITARY PLUME (NZ) |
R WIGGINS | 54.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 13 |
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QUINTESSENTIAL
(NZ)
4M FAST 'N' FAMOUS (AUS) - FLORETTE (USA) SWORD DANCE (IRE) |
D J BROWNE | 57.5 | J G SARGENT | 13 |
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HUME
(NZ)
8G ZABEEL (NZ) - LOLETTE (GB) ARAZI (USA) |
S GALLOWAY | 54.0 | BRIAN SMITH | 5 |
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HUMMA
(AUS)
7G IGLESIA (AUS) - BLUE LADY (AUS) WESTERN SYMPHONY (USA) |
L V CASSIDY | 53.5 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 5 |
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CROSSTHESTART
(NZ)
5G CAPE CROSS (IRE) - STARTLING LADY (NZ) GOLD AND IVORY (USA) |
C MUNCE | 55.0 | BEVAN & RICHARD LAMING | 15 |
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BALLACK
(NZ)
5G MONTJEU (IRE) - TREPHINA (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 7 |
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FULMONTI
(NZ)
5G MONTJEU (IRE) - GROSVENOR'S PRIDE (NZ) GROSVENOR (NZ) |
R MC MAHON | 53.0 | CHRIS JORDAN | 7 |
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MANDELA
(NZ)
5G EBONY GROSVE (NZ) - WAIRONGOA BELLE (NZ) SEA ANCHOR (IRE) |
D BEADMAN | 55.0 | RICHARD YUILL | 16 |
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ART SUCCESS
(NZ)
4G PENTIRE (GB) - ZABELETTE (NZ) ZAFONIC (USA) |
A PATTILLO | 52.5 | JOHN COLLINS | 15 |
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ZINGAM
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - DANENDRI (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | G H WALTER | 6 |
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SO ASSERTIVE
(NZ)
4G ZABEEL (NZ) - ASSERTIVE LASS (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS) |
C MUNCE | 54.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 11 |
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ANOTHER WARRIOR
(AUS)
4H BRAVE WARRIOR (AUS) - KATE BE GOOD (AUS) SEMIPALATINSK (USA) |
J BYRNE | 52.5 | ALAN BAILEY | 3 |
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SOCIETY BEAU
(NZ)
4G BIGSTONE (IRE) - SOCIETY BAY (NZ) ZEPHYR NEKE (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 53.5 | MARK WALKER | 12 |
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CITI HABIT
(NZ)
4H CITIDANCER (IRE) - CERTAIN HABIT (NZ) ASHABIT (GB) |
L V CASSIDY | 52.0 | RANGI BRUCE MARSH | 3 |
