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 |
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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 |
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DRIEFONTEIN
(AUS)
4M FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - FOLLOW GOLD (AUS) EXPORT PRICE (FR) |
V DURIC | 56.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
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PLATELET
(AUS)
4M STRATEGIC (AUS) - BLOODLINE (AUS) DRACULA (AUS) |
B MELHAM | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 11 |
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BLACK CAVIAR
(AUS)
5M BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - HELSINGE (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB) |
L NOLEN | 56.5 | PETER G MOODY | 3 |
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RESPONSE
(AUS)
4M CHARGE FORWARD (AUS) - LIVE IT UP (AUS) MATCH WINNER (FR) |
D DUNN | 56.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 9 |
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ROSTOVA
(AUS)
3F TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - SPACE TALK (AUS) ANABAA (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 54.0 | S J RICHARDS | 14 |
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BEL MER
(AUS)
4M BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - DROP ANCHOR (AUS) AT TALAQ (USA) |
C NEWITT | 56.5 | MICK PRICE | 13 |
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JUSTE MOMENTE
(AUS)
4M GIANT'S CAUSEWAY (USA) - SKATES (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
S W ARNOLD | 56.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 13 |
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UNIVERSAL QUEEN
(NZ)
3F SCENIC (IRE) - BISCAY BIRD (AUS) BLUEBIRD (USA) |
C W BROWN | 54.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 10 |
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ELLICORSAM
(AUS)
5M FIMISTON (AUS) - PREMIUM GOLD (AUS) BOLD INVADER (AUS) |
D NIKOLIC | 55.0 | D L FREEDMAN | 6 |
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ALINGHI
(AUS)
3F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - OCEANFAST (AUS) MONDE BLEU (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 52.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 9 |
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FRENCH BID
(AUS)
3F ANABAA (USA) - MY CRYSTAL STAR (AUS) COPPER KINGDOM (USA) |
S BASTER | 52.0 | MICK PRICE | 11 |
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OUR EGYPTIAN RAINE
(NZ)
4M DESERT SUN (GB) - EGYPTIAN QUEEN (NZ) KARIOI LAD (AUS) |
C W TREYMANE | 55.0 | KENNY RAE | 13 |
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SUZY GREY
(AUS)
4M COUNTY (AUS) - SUZYNDA (AUS) OENJAY STAR (AUS) |
P GATT | 55.5 | ALAN BAILEY | 11 |
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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 |
