The Listed 1000m Open Handicap drew a field lacking any serious depth as outside a handful the rest were not and never have been of this grade. Enzo’s Lad, an Australian bred 5yo gelding, surged home from sixth the inside and once off and through powered between runners to lead 100m out. He went on to win by a length and a quarter in 56.28, which sounds slick but it is not really as the times down the Riccarton chute are bionic and should always be taken with a boulder of salt. The track record for 1000m here is 54.20 to give an idea of how fast they run 800m to 1200m races here. Enzo’s Lad was second up and only a three-win galloper before today so was nowhere near a true Open Handicapper but achieved his first piece of blacktype having failed at this level when a 3yo. Don Carlo was game second after being back and very wide then sweeping up to lead at the 300m and the 4yo has come up well this season. Signify, the only serious sprinter in the field and carrying clear topweight of 60kg ran on gamely for third after being back and wide to the home turn. Morse Code trailed on the inner and led momentarily at the 400m before being headed and wilted a tad to fourth. Kinagat ran on well and was luckless after being seventh wide then ending up last turning for home only to find the line attractively. Mr Typhon his stablemate also ran on okay after being midfield and then held up turning for home while Caramac was not too bad from well back to the 400m. The rest were either outclassed or outpaced or both. Very dubious strength field and if not for Signify in the field it wasn’t of a Listed level as the vast majority of them were not Open Class or anywhere near it. Several of these will back up here on Wednesday at G3 in a stronger line up.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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LADY ZAFIRA
(NZ)
6M IFFRAAJ (GB) - MARY ROBINSON (NZ) LORD BALLINA (AUS) |
MARK DU PLESSIS | 53.0 | JOHN BARY | 5 |
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RED DIRT GIRL
(NZ)
6M ALIGN (AUS) - HARMONICS (NZ) BLETCHENCORE (AUS) |
DONI PRASTIYOU | 53.0 | M MCCANN | 9 |
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SILVER ECLIPSE
(NZ)
4M DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - ZINO BELLE (NZ) SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) |
C W JOHNSON | 53.0 | STEVEN RAMSAY & JULIA RITCHIE | 2 |
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IRISH FLING
(NZ)
5M DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - IRISH BELLE (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ) |
MARK DU PLESSIS | 53.0 | GUY LOWRY & GRANT CULLEN | 4 |
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PRINCESS KATIE
(AUS)
5M BIANCONI (USA) - GO GETTER (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
L J ALLPRESS | 53.0 | KEVIN GRAY | 7 |
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SO ELUSIVE
(NZ)
5M ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - J'LO (NZ) UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA) |
L J ALLPRESS | 53.0 | MICHAEL PITMAN | 2 |
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VINCENT MANGANO
(NZ)
5G NO EXCUSE NEEDED (GB) - RATIONABLE (NZ) HOUSEBUSTER (USA) |
S C SPRATT | 53.5 | PETER MCKAY | 6 |
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COUP ALIGN
(NZ)
4G ALIGN (AUS) - DIAMOND SNIP (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
L J ALLPRESS | 54.0 | MICHAEL PITMAN | 8 |
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OUR UMAGA
(NZ)
8G CENTAINE (AUS) - BOBBY HARRIS (NZ) BLETCHENCORE (AUS) |
KELLY MC CULLOCH | 58.0 | BILL THURLOW | 2 |
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CLIFTON PRINCE
(NZ)
6G VOLKSRAAD (GB) - TRICKERY (NZ) STRAUSSBROOK (AUS) |
L CROPP | 58.0 | PETER MCKAY | 4 |
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GREEN MACHINE
(NZ)
4G GREEN PERFUME (USA) - KANSAS CITY (NZ) WESTERN SYMPHONY (USA) |
M T COLEMAN | 57.0 | M MORONEY & A SCOTT | 10 |
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DOMINATRIX
(AUS)
4M MARAUDING (NZ) - SEVENTEEN SINS (USA) RISEN STAR (USA) |
M J WALKER | 52.0 | P O'SULLIVAN | 6 |
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MILLION STARS
(NZ)
7G FAMOUS STAR (GB) - VAREIN (NZ) SOCCER BOY (JPN) |
T R MOSELEY | 52.0 | G GOBLE | 7 |
