Secret Agenda followed her win in the Sapphire Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Randwick on 8 April with a very good win here, overcoming a difficult wide barrier (16) in doing so in taking out this Group One race. She was quickly away and Damien Oliver soon crossed her to the lead. She then set a good tempo (first 600m 34.70), dashed clear on straightening before going on to win impressively. Viddora raced in midfield, toward the inner, in the large 20-horse field. She got between runners at the 200m and finished well to take second in a photo. I Am A Star raced ninth place on the rails, got through to fourth at the 200m and then held on gamely for a good third. Of the others, English had a good trip in seventh place, briefly looked a chance at the home turn but just battled for (3 lengths) sixth while the favourite Sheidel raced behind the leader but disappointed in tiring for (4.2 lengths) 11th.
Previous Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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PRECIOUS GEM
(AUS)
6M ECONSUL (NZ) - GEM OF GEMS (AUS) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA) |
J NOONAN | 56.5 | HENRY DWYER | 6 |
|
MIRACLES OF LIFE
(AUS)
4M NOT A SINGLE DOUBT (AUS) - DAZZLING GAZELLE (AUS) MORE THAN READY (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.5 | P & P SNOWDEN | 6 |
|
DRIEFONTEIN
(AUS)
4M FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - FOLLOW GOLD (AUS) EXPORT PRICE (FR) |
V DURIC | 56.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
|
PLATELET
(AUS)
4M STRATEGIC (AUS) - BLOODLINE (AUS) DRACULA (AUS) |
B MELHAM | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 11 |
|
BLACK CAVIAR
(AUS)
5M BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - HELSINGE (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB) |
L NOLEN | 56.5 | PETER G MOODY | 3 |
|
RESPONSE
(AUS)
4M CHARGE FORWARD (AUS) - LIVE IT UP (AUS) MATCH WINNER (FR) |
D DUNN | 56.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 9 |
|
ROSTOVA
(AUS)
3F TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - SPACE TALK (AUS) ANABAA (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 54.0 | S J RICHARDS | 14 |
|
BEL MER
(AUS)
4M BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - DROP ANCHOR (AUS) AT TALAQ (USA) |
C NEWITT | 56.5 | MICK PRICE | 13 |
|
JUSTE MOMENTE
(AUS)
4M GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (USA) - SKATES (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
S W ARNOLD | 56.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 13 |
|
UNIVERSAL QUEEN
(NZ)
3F SCENIC (IRE) - BISCAY BIRD (AUS) BLUEBIRD (USA) |
C W BROWN | 54.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 10 |
|
ELLICORSAM
(AUS)
5M FIMISTON (AUS) - PREMIUM GOLD (AUS) BOLD INVADER (AUS) |
D NIKOLIC | 55.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 6 |
|
ALINGHI
(AUS)
3F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - OCEANFAST (AUS) MONDE BLEU (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 52.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 9 |
|
FRENCH BID
(AUS)
3F ANABAA (USA) - MY CRYSTAL STAR (AUS) COPPER KINGDOM (USA) |
S BASTER | 52.0 | MICK PRICE | 11 |
|
OUR EGYPTIAN RAINE
(NZ)
4M DESERT SUN (GB) - EGYPTIAN QUEEN (NZ) KARIOI LAD (AUS) |
C W TREYMANE | 55.0 | KENNY RAE | 13 |
|
SUZY GREY
(AUS)
4M COUNTY (AUS) - SUZYNDA (AUS) OENJAY STAR (AUS) |
P GATT | 55.5 | ALAN BAILEY | 11 |
|
UMALINE
(AUS)
4M UMATILLA (NZ) - PASCALINE (AUS) HABITUATE (IRE) |
S CAHILL | 55.0 | JOHN HALL | 6 |
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RAIN DANCE LADY
(AUS)
4M JUGAH (USA) - BUTTERFLY LADY (AUS) CENTURY (AUS) |
F ALESCI | 55.0 | DAVID HALL | 5 |