Crystal Mile (G2)
New Zealander Turn Me Loose went straight to the front and Opie Bosson let him run along freely, setting a strong tempo (first 1000m 58.98). He grabbed a good break nearing the home turn and then fought back strongly, putting up an impressive front-running performance to win well. Godolphin import Bow Creek was back in fifth place on the rails, was shuffled back a bit coming to the home turn, got clear on straightening and impressed with his late-closing second at his Australian debut. Favourite Lucky Hussler was seventh one off the rails, went deep to make his run at the 600m, was under pressure at the home turn, got to second (chasing the leader) on straightening and then battled on for a sound third. Malice was back in ninth place, one off the rails, switched deep (under riding) at the home turn and steadily made ground for a good (4 lengths) fourth.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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HOOKED
(AUS)
4H CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - ABSOLUTE LURE (AUS) LURE (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 58.5 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 1 |
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TOYDINI
(AUS)
4G BERNARDINI (USA) - JOHAN'S TOY (AUS) JOHAN CRUYFF (GB) |
B SHINN | 58.5 | G H WALTER | 5 |
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SILENT ACHIEVER
(NZ)
4M O'REILLY (NZ) - WINNING SPREE (NZ) ZAFONIC (USA) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 56.5 | R JAMES | 2 |
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TESTA MY PATIENCE
(AUS)
5G TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - ENTENTE CORDIALE (AUS) JACKSON SQUARE (AUS) |
C NEWITT | 53.5 | MICK PRICE | 6 |
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SOUND JOURNEY
(AUS)
6H GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - WRITTEN BY SOUND (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) |
M RODD | 56.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 9 |
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RANGIRANGDOO
(NZ)
5G PENTIRE (GB) - SHE WISHES (NZ) KENFAIR (NZ) |
C W BROWN | 57.5 | CHRIS WALLER | 8 |
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SEA BATTLE
(AUS)
5H QUEST FOR FAME (GB) - PEPPIE (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
M RODD | 54.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 14 |
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SONIC QUEST
(AUS)
5G QUEST FOR FAME (GB) - LODORE MAGIC (NZ) KINGDOM B (AUS) |
D NIKOLIC | 56.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 12 |
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FLASH TRICK
(AUS)
4G SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) - MADE OF MAGIC (NZ) LORD B (AUS) |
STEVEN KING | 53.0 | COLIN & CINDY ALDERSON | 5 |
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NICONERO
(AUS)
4G DANZERO (AUS) - NICOLA LASS (AUS) SCENIC (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.5 | D A HAYES | 8 |
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LAD OF THE MANOR
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - MATRONA (USA) WOODMAN (USA) |
B E JOHNS | 54.0 | ROGER HOYSTED | 11 |
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ROSINA LAD
(NZ)
5G FALTAAT (USA) - ARCTIC LIFE (FR) ARCTIC TERN (USA) |
G CHILDS | 53.5 | DAVID HAWORTH | 11 |
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ROYAL CODE
(AUS)
4H KING'S THEATRE (IRE) - CRYPTOMAGIC (USA) CRYPTOCLEARANCE (USA) |
B PREBBLE | 55.0 | DAVID HALL | 5 |
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WEASEL WILL
(AUS)
6G WEASEL CLAUSE (AUS) - LA TOURELLE (AUS) POACHER'S MOON (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 54.5 | NIGEL BLACKISTON | 7 |
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WEASEL WILL
(AUS)
5G WEASEL CLAUSE (AUS) - LA TOURELLE (AUS) POACHER'S MOON (IRE) |
B PREBBLE | 55.5 | NIGEL BLACKISTON | 2 |
