Pretty Punk won well despite a wide run throughout after beginning from the outside barrier (13). She settled towards the rear, three off the rails down the back and began a forward move between the 800m and 600m, yet had to go even wider approaching the last corner. Widest of all upon straightening, she went through her gears and went after the breakaway leader, running him down inside the final 100m to score a big win. Favourite Silvera was third last (rails) at the 600m, getting off the fence before the last corner he then pulled wide tracking the winner into the straight. He ran on well but had too much to do, running on into second over the final 100m. Morvada led narrowly around the bend, edged clear before straightening then broke away into the straight, putting three lengths on them. It looked like a winning break but was passed late by the first two and held on quite well for third.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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BELUGA BLUE
(AUS)
3F LOOKIN AT LUCKY (USA) - CHOICE OF COLOURS (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) |
C LINDOP | 55.0 | LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS | 10 |
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LOTION
(AUS)
3G GOOD JOURNEY (USA) - POISON IVY (AUS) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) |
C A ROBERTSON | 57.0 | DAVID HAYES & TOM DABERNIG | 9 |
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STORM APPROACH
(AUS)
3G PURREALIST (AUS) - SMYTZER'S THUNDER (AUS) THUNDER GULCH (USA) |
LINDA MEECH | 57.0 | PETER G MOODY | 7 |
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HIOCTDANE
(AUS)
3G STRADA (AUS) - AUTOBAHN (AUS) OCTAGONAL (NZ) |
P GATT | 57.0 | RICHARD JOLLY | 8 |
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PERFECT PUNCH
(AUS)
3G STARCRAFT (NZ) - TAYASU RUN (AUS) TAYASU TSUYOSHI (JPN) |
C LINDOP | 56.5 | LEON MACDONALD & ANDREW GLUYAS | 3 |
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KITTENS
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ST. KATHERINE (AUS) BARATHEA (IRE) |
BILLY EGAN | 54.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 3 |
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KEEP CONTROL
(AUS)
3G DENON (USA) - OUT IN STYLE (AUS) BRAVE REGENT (CAN) |
J FRY | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 1 |
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DUAL HEMISPHERE
(AUS)
3G DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - CLEVER ZOE (NZ) POMPEII C (AUS) |
P GATT | 56.5 | D A HAYES | 7 |
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KIBBUTZ
(NZ)
3G GOLAN (IRE) - MISSKAP (NZ) KAAPSTAD (NZ) |
P GATT | 56.5 | D A HAYES | 12 |
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DELEDIO
(AUS)
3G TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - YOUTHFUL PRESENCE (AUS) DEHERE (USA) |
J LYON | 56.5 | RICHARD JOLLY | 7 |
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GALLANT GURU
(AUS)
3C MONTJEU (IRE) - PROUD HALO (AUS) DON'T SAY HALO (USA) |
C LINDOP | 55.5 | LEON MACDONALD | 9 |
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CRYING STORM
(AUS)
3G TORRENTIAL (USA) - LATE WATCH (AUS) NIGHT SHIFT (USA) |
P MERTENS | 55.5 | PETER GELAGOTIS | 9 |
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ON A JEUNE
(AUS)
3G JEUNE (GB) - CHANDADA ROSE (AUS) KINGS ISLAND (IRE) |
J POTTER | 55.5 | PETER MONTGOMERIE | 8 |
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ANACARDE
(AUS)
3F ANABAA (USA) - SEATTLE GEM (NZ) KHOZAAM (USA) |
J HOLDER | 53.0 | TONY MCEVOY | 4 |
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ELATHEA
(AUS)
3F BARATHEA (IRE) - EL JAUHARA (AUS) EL QAHIRA (NZ) |
J HOLDER | 53.0 | JOHN HALL | 4 |
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DANAMANIA
(NZ)
3G DANASINGA (AUS) - SHORTY'S PRIDE (NZ) DANZIG (USA) |
D DUNN | 55.5 | R W SMERDON | 8 |
