Sapphire Stakes (G2)
Highly consistent mare Avoid Lightning settled well outside the leader (Fine Mist). She challenged strongly at the 250m, was headed passing the 200m but lifted gamely to score by a halflength, her 11th win from 26 starts to date. Griante settled in third place on the rails from her inside barrier (1). She got an inside run and briefly looked the winner when she took the lead at the 200m and then fought on for second. Fine Bubbles was near last on the rails, got a split on passing the 200m and ran on late for third. Fine Mist led to the home turn before finishing (2.2 lengths) fourth. Peron was last to the 600m and ran on nicely in the closing stages for (2.4 lengths) fifth.
Previous Winners
Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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COSMIC ENDEAVOUR
(AUS)
3F NORTHERN METEOR (AUS) - CREVETTE (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
TOMMY BERRY | 53.0 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 9 |
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ARINOSA
(AUS)
5M DASH FOR CASH (AUS) - AMOROSO (AUS) REVOQUE (IRE) |
B AVDULLA | 57.0 | CHRIS WALLER | 9 |
|
ATLANTIC JEWEL
(AUS)
3F FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - REGARD (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ) |
M RODD | 57.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 9 |
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HURTLE MYRTLE
(AUS)
4M DANE SHADOW (AUS) - RAVENSWOOD (AUS) WOODMAN (USA) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 54.0 | MATTHEW SMITH | 14 |
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RENAISSANCE
(AUS)
4M LONHRO (AUS) - SEANCES (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS) |
J PARR | 54.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 7 |
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COURT
(AUS)
3F ANABAA (USA) - SPLISH (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS) |
G SCHOFIELD | 55.0 | CLARRY CONNERS | 1 |
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BELONG TO MANY
(AUS)
4M BELONG TO ME (USA) - FOIL (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
J WINKS | 55.0 | BARBARA JOSEPH | 12 |
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FIRE SONG
(NZ)
5M SENOR PETE (USA) - DANCE ON FIRE (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB) |
M RODD | 54.0 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 4 |
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COOLROOM CANDIDATE
(AUS)
4M MISTER C (USA) - SWALK (AUS) GODSWALK (USA) |
Z PURTON | 54.0 | KEITH DRYDEN | 12 |
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GLAMOUR PUSS
(NZ)
4M TALE OF THE CAT (USA) - ESCADA (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS) |
STEVEN KING | 58.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 8 |
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RECURRING
(NZ)
4M PENTIRE (GB) - DONNA'S HABIT (NZ) ASHABIT (GB) |
K MCEVOY | 58.0 | GERALD RYAN | 7 |
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FATOON
(AUS)
3F SNAADEE (USA) - ELATED LADY (AUS) VAIN (AUS) |
G CHILDS | 57.0 | CLARRY CONNERS | 6 |
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FAIR EMBRACE
(AUS)
3F STRATEGIC (AUS) - JANELLE AGAIN (NZ) INDIAN ORE (USA) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 57.0 | GRAEME ROGERSON | 4 |
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SPINNING HILL
(AUS)
4M DOLPHIN STREET (FR) - INCLINE (AUS) CENTURY (AUS) |
P PAYNE | 57.5 | G H WALTER | 2 |
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SPINNING HILL
(AUS)
3F DOLPHIN STREET (FR) - INCLINE (AUS) CENTURY (AUS) |
R S DYE | 54.5 | G H WALTER | 14 |