Christmas Cup (LR)
A very good finish between two solid staying mares. Saigon Tea was ridden patiently by Glyn Schofield and settled back in fifth place. She then relaxed well behind a very steady tempo before commencing her run on passing the 600m. She moved up well to challenge at the 300m and then had a great battle with Terai and needed to dig deep to score by a long head. Godolphin’s Terai raced in fourth place, one out and one back before taking a narrow lead at the 300m. She then battled back particularly well, failing narrowly for a game second. The only other mare in the race Metaphorical finished back in third place after racing in a handy third on the rails to the turn and leading into the straight while Lucky Lucky Lucky plugged on from the tail of the field for (11 lengths) fourth.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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PERMIT
(GB)
6G DANSILI (GB) - COCHIN (GB) SWAIN (IRE) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 2 |
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CANTONESE
(AUS)
5G REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - KYLIKWONG (AUS) RED RANSOM (USA) |
J CASSIDY | 54.0 | BJORN BAKER | 3 |
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SEA GALLEON
(AUS)
5G GALILEO (IRE) - SAN MICHELE (AUS) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
G SCHOFIELD | 53.0 | COLIN & CINDY ALDERSON | 5 |
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BELLAGIO WYNN
(AUS)
7G DEHERE (USA) - HUNTING GAL (AUS) HUNTINGDALE (IRE) |
G SCHOFIELD | 53.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 8 |
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SCOUTING WIDE
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - GARDD (USA) SHEIKH ALBADOU (GB) |
T ANGLAND | 53.0 | T R MARTIN | 6 |
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READY TO LIFT
(AUS)
5M MORE THAN READY (USA) - ON THE RISE (NZ) CRESTED WAVE (USA) |
G SCHOFIELD | 56.0 | GERALD RYAN | 5 |
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TAKEN AT THE FLOOD
(AUS)
5G BIANCONI (USA) - GOLDEN HANOOF (USA) SLEW O' GOLD (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.5 | W P CAVE | 10 |
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LORD OF THE LAND
(AUS)
5H TIMBER COUNTRY (USA) - LADY CAPEL (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
G BOSS | 58.0 | ANTHONY CUMMINGS | 9 |
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RECLAIM
(AUS)
4G ASCOT KNIGHT (CAN) - SPRING SERENADE (AUS) WITHOUT FEAR (FR) |
G BOSS | 57.5 | GERALD RYAN | 3 |
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SADARAR
(AUS)
6G ROCK HOPPER (GB) - OUR RITA (GB) HALLGATE (GB) |
C CARMODY | 53.5 | W P CAVE | 2 |
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AIRLIE BIRD
(AUS)
5M ZOFFANY (USA) - ALWAYS SUMMER (NZ) WAR HAWK (GB) |
T JONES | 54.5 | W P CAVE | 1 |
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SILENT IMPACT
(NZ)
5G CASUAL LIES (USA) - KENDALL (NZ) RACING IS FUN (USA) |
B STANLEY | 52.5 | PHILIP MINTER | 7 |
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CROWN DUO
(NZ)
4G DEPUTY GOVERNOR (USA) - DUET (NZ) BAKHAROFF (USA) |
G BOSS | 52.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 14 |
