Norzita travelled along comfortably in seventh place on the rails. She pushed out approaching the 600m and sprinted quickly to be in second place at the 400m. After a bit of a battle with the runner-up (Longport) she finished too strongly to win well and seems on target for the Australian Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) on Saturday week. Longport had yet another fight with Norzita again coming off second-best as she has on most occasions. She raced outside the leader (She’s A Girl), took the lead at the 300m and fought gamely to the post, being only beaten a long neck. Habibi was eighth one off the rails but seemed to be under a bit of pressure. She was forced very wide at the turn and kept running on quite well to take third, beaten about three lengths and may do better when stepped up to the 2400m of the Oaks. Gondokoro was about ninth on the rails, got a great run at the turn, going to third at the 300m before battling on for fourth just in front of Dear Demi who came from last at the 600m to finish fifth. *ANZ
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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MOSHEEN
(AUS)
3F FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - SUMEHRA (NZ) STRAVINSKY (USA) |
D NIKOLIC | 56.0 | R W SMERDON | 6 |
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MIRJULISA LASS
(AUS)
3F DANASINGA (AUS) - DOL (AUS) DOLPHIN STREET (FR) |
C W BROWN | 56.0 | GREGORY HICKMAN | 3 |
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FAINT PERFUME
(AUS)
3F SHAMARDAL (USA) - ZONA (AUS) ZABEEL (NZ) |
M RODD | 56.0 | BART CUMMINGS | 10 |
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PURPLE
(AUS)
3F COMMANDS (AUS) - LADY VIOLA (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
K MCEVOY | 56.0 | PETER SNOWDEN | 11 |
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HEAVENLY GLOW
(AUS)
3F SPINNING WORLD (USA) - STARSPHERE (AUS) CELSIUS (AUS) |
R THOMPSON | 56.0 | ALLAN DENHAM | 11 |
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|
MISS FINLAND
(AUS)
3F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - FOREST PEARL (USA) WOODMAN (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.0 | D A HAYES | 2 |
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SERENADE ROSE
(AUS)
3F STRAVINSKY (USA) - ROSE OF TRALEE (AUS) SADLER'S WELLS (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 2 |
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HOLLOW BULLET
(AUS)
3F TAYASU TSUYOSHI (JPN) - BEAT THE BULLET (AUS) BITE THE BULLET (USA) |
G BOSS | 55.5 | JOHN MCARDLE | 1 |
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SPECIAL HARMONY
(AUS)
3F SPINNING WORLD (USA) - MAROONED LADY (AUS) MAROONED (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 3 |
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SHOWER OF ROSES
(NZ)
3F ZABEEL (NZ) - MARQUISE (NZ) GOLD AND IVORY (USA) |
C MUNCE | 55.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
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SIXTY SECONDS
(NZ)
3F CENTAINE (AUS) - FIFTEEN REASONS (NZ) SOUND REASON (CAN) |
B YORK | 55.5 | R JAMES | 9 |
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TEMPEST MORN
(AUS)
3F THUNDER GULCH (USA) - PALM BEACH DEB (USA) AKUREYRI (CAN) |
D BEASLEY | 55.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 6 |
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HILL OF GRACE
(NZ)
3F ZABEEL (NZ) - CARMEL VALLEY (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
B PREBBLE | 55.5 | ROBERT PRISCOTT | 1 |
