This was a total form reversal by the juvenile filly Stella Di Paco after being beaten by big margins in her first two starts. The filly had been beaten almost twenty-one lengths and then eleven lengths so no surprise she was the rank outside in this Listed event and paid $45. She led and got away with some cheap sectionals then kicked on best the inside to win in 1:14.01 for the 1200m. The inside and on pace bias was rampant at Wanganui all day and going wide for better footing was pointless and detrimental to the chances of any runner. Stella Di Paco was a first stakes win in New Zealand for her sire Paco Boy and a first blacktype for the newly formed training pair of Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards. The runner was also a filly in Miss Fi that race close throughout while the third finisher to emphasis the race bias was Massa Lu that sat second the outer throughout. The best run was the fourth finisher Mr Conductor that would have won but for a nasty check early and settling down a clear last. He ran home hard down the outer and it was totally against the track bias all day and this result in particular so was even more meritorious. Speedy Achiever was strongly supported late and found the line from the back in the manner of a gelding that should strengthen further as a 3yo. The big flop was the hot favourite Hover that jumped inwards badly at the start and cost Mr Conductor the race. Hover was never ever travelling at any stage and was weak the run home. Two visiting fillies in Frazzle and Benoit were beaten out of sight with the former stopping after a wide run, so possibly forgiveable, but the latter was detached by a big amount across the top and never hit out. Hard to trust the result as the track bias today was blatant and this was the slowest run 1200m on the entire day.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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LEEDS
(AUS)
2G I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - SWENTRE (AUS) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA) |
J K RIDDELL | 56.5 | M BRESLIN | 5 |
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DUGAN
(NZ)
2G DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - SNIPZA GOLD (NZ) PINS (AUS) |
H S TINSLEY | 57.0 | J G SARGENT | 3 |
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TESTA SECRET
(AUS)
2F TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - ACACIAN SECRET (CAN) SILVER DEPUTY (CAN) |
L J ALLPRESS | 54.5 | KEVIN GRAY | 6 |
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EXTRA EXPLOSIVE
(NZ)
2F EKRAAR (USA) - EXPLOSIVE (NZ) EXPLODING PROSPECT (USA) |
D M WALSH | 54.5 | ANDREW SCOTT | 2 |
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RIO FORTUNE
(AUS)
2G CAPTAIN RIO (GB) - BAHIRA (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB) |
JAMES MCDONALD | 56.0 | MARK WALKER | 8 |
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ALTERED IMAGE
(NZ)
2G STRATEGIC IMAGE (AUS) - DENTED AMBITION (NZ) DANASINGA (AUS) |
M T COLEMAN | 56.0 | MIKE & PAUL MORONEY | 8 |
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MARTINI RED
(AUS)
2F RED RANSOM (USA) - PERNOD (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS) |
R M NORVALL | 54.5 | ROSS ELLIOT | 10 |
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CHARTREUSE
(NZ)
2F ST. PETERSBURG (AUS) - IMZADI (NZ) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
M J WALKER | 54.5 | GRAEME ROGERSON & STEPHEN AUTRIDGE | 13 |
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FINAL REALITY
(NZ)
2G HOWBADDOUWANTIT (USA) - VIRTUAL REALITY (NZ) JUGULAR (AUS) |
D G BRADLEY | 56.0 | MICHAEL PITMAN | 2 |
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SHEKA
(NZ)
2F SANDTRAP (USA) - LYNSU (NZ) SIR SIAN (NZ) |
MARK DU PLESSIS | 54.5 | J G SARGENT | 9 |
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ECSTATIC
(NZ)
2C SANDTRAP (USA) - STRAIGHT LADY (NZ) STRAIGHT STRIKE (USA) |
P A TAYLOR | 56.0 | B AUTRIDGE | 9 |
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SUN HAWKE
(NZ)
2G DESERT SUN (GB) - SELENA (NZ) TOUCHING WOOD (USA) |
R J HANNAM | 56.0 | P & N HURDLE | 6 |
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MISS COPPELIA
(NZ)
2F TURBULENT DANCER (USA) - RICEL BID (NZ) SPECTACULAR LOVE (USA) |
P A TAYLOR | 54.0 | G SEARLE | 11 |
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KINETIC
(NZ)
2F JETBALL (AUS) - STAR LORE (NZ) WIGANTHORPE (IRE) |
J W WALKER | 54.0 | J J & E RAYNER | 5 |
