With a good fresh-up record, The Chris Waller trained Religify was installed as the favourite and just got home in a thrilling finish. Under Hugh Bowman, from barrier five, he began smartly and took up a lovely spot in second on the fence. They turned for home in third, one out, and went after the leader, taking until the 50m to level up then lunging just short of the post to grab a thrilling win. Siegfried ran up to challenge the pacemaker inside the 500m, took over turning in and went for home. He looked like the winner from the 300m but was nailed in the last few strides to lose narrowly. Federal was well back turning for home and ran on strongly between runners to grab third late from Lucky Tom, the leader into the straight who battled away to hold fourth.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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COOLRING
(AUS)
5G SEBRING (AUS) - COOLROOM CANDIDATE (AUS) MISTER C. (USA) |
J LLOYD | 54.5 | BJORN BAKER | 13 |
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NEO
(NZ)
5G ONE COOL CAT (USA) - VICKY (AUS) ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) |
J BYRNE | 54.0 | STUART KENDRICK | 5 |
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DANCES ON STARS
(NZ)
4G SNITZEL (AUS) - STARNET (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 56.0 | GERALD RYAN | 13 |
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FAMOUS SEAMUS
(NZ)
4G ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - CLINIQUE (NZ) DANCE FLOOR (USA) |
G COLLESS | 57.0 | NOEL MAYFIELD-SMITH | 3 |
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CELTIC DANCER
(AUS)
4G CHOISIR (AUS) - LITTLE WONDER WHY (AUS) KALA DANCER (GB) |
TIMOTHY BELL | 54.0 | NOEL DOYLE | 2 |
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TAMPIKO
(AUS)
5M LONHRO (AUS) - ANCIENT SONG (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS) |
C MUNCE | 53.0 | PETER G MOODY | 9 |
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DRENALIN
(AUS)
4G MONASHEE MOUNTAIN (USA) - GEE EYE JANE (AUS) CLANG (AUS) |
C MUNCE | 53.0 | JAMES LYONS | 10 |
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MR HORNBLOWER
(AUS)
7G ADMIRALTY (USA) - ANIKA JOY (AUS) TIROL (IRE) |
G COLLESS | 55.5 | TRACY GREEN | 5 |
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HELIDECK
(AUS)
4G IGLESIA (AUS) - WHIRLY BIRD (NZ) PRINCE SALIERI (AUS) |
S SEAMER | 53.0 | BRETT CAVANOUGH | 8 |
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THE JACKAL
(AUS)
4G BITE THE BULLET (USA) - POSITIVE SURPRISE (AUS) BEST WESTERN (AUS) |
STEVEN KING | 54.0 | PAUL ST VINCENT | 15 |
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HARD TO CATCH
(AUS)
4G DODGE (AUS) - MRS. BLIGH (AUS) CELSIUS (AUS) |
J BOWDITCH | 52.0 | PAT DUFF | 5 |
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SIR DEX
(AUS)
4G DEXTER (GB) - AMWAJ (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 54.5 | GREGORY HICKMAN | 5 |
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VANQUISHED
(AUS)
4G HECTOR PROTECTOR (USA) - EXUBERANCE (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
G BOSS | 52.0 | BEDE MURRAY | 14 |
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LAURINEL ARGIE
(AUS)
5M PALACE MUSIC (USA) - MAMARRACHA (ARG) PEPENADOR (USA) |
J BYRNE | 51.5 | R G LIPP | 4 |
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PRIZED GEM
(NZ)
4M PRIZED (USA) - VAGUELY ATTENTIVE (NZ) NOBLE BIJOU (USA) |
M RODD | 51.0 | M BAKER | 12 |
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INAFLURY
(NZ)
5M ZABEEL (NZ) - GENTLE FLURRY (AUS) ZEPHYR NEKE (AUS) |
S W ARNOLD | 56.0 | CLIFF BROWN | 1 |
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MY DUKE
(NZ)
6G DEPUTY GOVERNOR (USA) - ZAMOON (NZ) ZAMAZAAN (FR) |
MICHAEL CAHILL | 52.5 | GERALD RYAN | 2 |
