After several ordinary runs Grande Rosso returned to winning form for win nine (third stakes) and took his career earnings to $555,860 with a convincing win here. He began quickly but rider Kerrin McEvoy eased him a little to settle fourth in the favoured one-out, one back position passing the 1200m. Still fourth but making ground McEvoy had him ready to challenge into the straight yet he needed some time to balance then went after the leada and took over inside the 100m before McEvoy pumped him along to score by a widening length and a half. Favourite Noire sat third-last at the 400m, looked for an inside run but had to switch ground away from the fence then ran on well but was never going to catch the winner. Hopfgarten was among the back runners and wide turning in and kept on solidly, nabbing third late from Cantbuybetter who looked a chance at the 200m then stayed on fairly for fourth.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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RELIGIFY
(AUS)
6G CHOISIR (AUS) - SACRED WITNESS (AUS) EL MOXIE (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 60.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 10 |
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FELTRE
(AUS)
5G SHOW A HEART (AUS) - CHICK GOLD (AUS) TESTA ROSSA (AUS) |
PAUL HAMMERSLEY | 54.5 | BRIAN SMITH | 3 |
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ADDICTIVE HABIT
(NZ)
5G COLOMBIA (NZ) - CHASING THE HABIT (NZ) SKY CHASE (NZ) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 55.0 | LEE SOMERVELL | 3 |
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KINGDOMS
(NZ)
4G HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - A REAL PRINCESS (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) |
L V CASSIDY | 54.5 | BRIAN SMITH | 12 |
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FIRE UP FIFI
(AUS)
5M BRADBURY'S LUCK (AUS) - MANICURED (AUS) WEST BY WEST (USA) |
D J BROWNE | 56.0 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 5 |
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FIREBOLT
(NZ)
6G STRAVINSKY (USA) - WOODSONG (AUS) WOODMAN (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 58.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 5 |
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FROZONE
(NZ)
5G RESET (AUS) - ICE MAIDEN (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) |
S SEAMER | 53.5 | ALAN BAILEY | 1 |
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PENNACCHIO
(NZ)
5M ALIGN (AUS) - ABENEZRA (AUS) RORY'S JESTER (AUS) |
D DUNN | 53.5 | ANDREW SCOTT | 1 |
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SOILED
(AUS)
6G SANDPIT (BRZ) - SUBTLE MISS (AUS) NADEED (USA) |
P ROBL | 54.5 | JASON COYLE | 10 |
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RAGS TO RICHES
(NZ)
7G ENTREPRENEUR (GB) - CANDESCENT (NZ) BASSENTHWAITE (GB) |
G COLLESS | 56.0 | LIAM BIRCHLEY | 9 |
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ROMAN SQUIRE
(AUS)
5G DESERT KING (IRE) - BELLE SALIERI (AUS) SALIERI (USA) |
B PENGELLY | 53.0 | PAUL DAWSON | 9 |
