Darley T J Smith Stakes (G1)
Chautauqua was ridden quietly as usual and remained near last in the ten-horse field to the home turn. Tommy Berry took him to the centre of the track on straightening and Chautauqua then sprinted quickly, going to third at the 100m. He then kept finishing strongly and got up just in time to win by a very narrow margin but in impressive fashion, nevertheless. Lord Of The Sky raced outside the leader (Rain Affair) and both noted front-runners surprisingly ran along at moderate tempo (first 600m 35.12). Lord Of The Sky took the lead at the 100m and was only caught in the last few strides for (nose) second. The favourite Terravista was sixth, one off the rails. He moved up well rounding the home turn and looked a strong threat at the 200m but just kept battling on from that point to finish (2.1 lengths) third. Fontelina ran on quite well for (3.3 lengths) fourth while Lankan Rupee disappointed. He was third on the rails to the home turn but tired in the straight for (7.3 lengths) ninth.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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LANKAN RUPEE
(AUS)
4G REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - ESTELLE COLLECTION (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
C NEWITT | 58.5 | MICK PRICE | 1 |
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BLACK CAVIAR
(AUS)
6M BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - HELSINGE (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB) |
L NOLEN | 56.5 | PETER G MOODY | 1 |
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MASTER OF DESIGN
(AUS)
6H REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - URGE TO MERGE (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 58.5 | DAVID PAYNE | 4 |
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BLACK CAVIAR
(AUS)
4M BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - HELSINGE (AUS) DESERT SUN (GB) |
L NOLEN | 56.5 | PETER G MOODY | 5 |
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MELITO
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - CLOISTER (AUS) MARAUDING (NZ) |
B SHINN | 54.5 | GERALD RYAN | 7 |
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TAKEOVER TARGET
(AUS)
9G CELTIC SWING (GB) - SHADY STREAM (AUS) ARCHREGENT (CAN) |
N RAWILLER | 58.5 | J A JANIAK | 6 |
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APACHE CAT
(AUS)
5G LION CAVERN (USA) - TENNESSEE BLAZE (AUS) WHISKEY ROAD (USA) |
C W BROWN | 58.5 | GREG EURELL | 5 |
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BENTLEY BISCUIT
(AUS)
5G PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA) - TYCOON JOY (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
N RAWILLER | 58.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 7 |
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RED OOG
(AUS)
6G BRIEF TRUCE (USA) - MARY JULIA (AUS) ZOFFANY (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.5 | JOSEPH PRIDE | 4 |
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SHAMEKHA
(AUS)
4M SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - LIFETIME STORY (AUS) DON'T SAY HALO (USA) |
D BEADMAN | 55.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 2 |
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DILLY DALLY
(AUS)
3F RUBITON (AUS) - FARICCA (AUS) MILLIONAIRE (IRE) |
K MCEVOY | 53.0 | LEON MACDONALD | 5 |
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SPINNING HILL
(AUS)
6M DOLPHIN STREET (FR) - INCLINE (AUS) CENTURY (AUS) |
D BEASLEY | 55.0 | G H WALTER | 11 |
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PHOENIX PARK
(AUS)
4G ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) - BLETCHWYN (AUS) BLETCHINGLY (AUS) |
B YORK | 57.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 11 |
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CENTURY KID
(NZ)
3G CENTAINE (AUS) - ZEFFI (NZ) POMPEII COURT (USA) |
L BEASLEY | 55.5 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 4 |
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SHY HERO
(NZ)
3G LAST TYCOON (IRE) - PRUNOTTO (AUS) PERSIAN HEIGHTS (GB) |
J MORRIS | 56.0 | PATRICK WEBSTER | 5 |
