Belmont Classic (LR)
Dark Musket put up a very good staying effort to win. He was a little slow to move and raced mostly in second last place in the ten-horse field to the 600m. He moved up well (wide out) rounding the home turn, put in a good run to challenge nearing the 100m and finished too well to score a narrow but impressive win. Favourite North Ridge travelled well in sixth place, one off the rails before switching out to make his bid on turning for home. He got to a narrow lead inside the 100m but was caught on the post, putting up a good performance in finishing a close second. Settlers Creek raced outside the leader (Fo’ Shizzle), went past that filly on turning for home and looked the winner when clear at the 200m. But he was overhauled nearing the 50m and then held on for a good third.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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PROCEEDWITHCAUTION
(AUS)
3G TRADE FAIR (GB) - KINCHICA (AUS) KING OF KINGS (IRE) |
B KENNEDY | 56.5 | DARREN MCAULIFFE | 7 |
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SUMMAH'S TOUCH
(AUS)
3F BLACKFRIARS (AUS) - HOLLYWOOD TOUCH (AUS) CITIDANCER (IRE) |
BEN PATERSON | 54.5 | ADAM DURRANT | 2 |
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ELUSIVE IMAGE
(AUS)
3G ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - REFLECTED IMAGE (AUS) BLUEBIRD (USA) |
WILLIAM PIKE | 56.5 | GRANT WILLIAMS | 10 |
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MISS TIPSY TOPSY
(AUS)
3F SPINNING WORLD (USA) - RENADAH (AUS) DANEWIN (AUS) |
J WHITING | 54.0 | S R BATES | 3 |
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COHORT
(AUS)
3G SCENIC (IRE) - DARK AMBER (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
P J HARVEY | 56.0 | IVAN HAGGERTY | 3 |
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TAYASU RUN
(AUS)
3F TAYASU TSUYOSHI (JPN) - MILLRUN (AUS) BELELE (AUS) |
S O'DONNELL | 53.5 | BRUCE HYDE | 4 |
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EMPIRE DANCER
(AUS)
3F SECOND EMPIRE (IRE) - BALLET GIRL (AUS) COVETOUS (AUS) |
J WHITING | 53.5 | MICHAEL GRANT | 3 |
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INTOWISHIN
(AUS)
3G SCENIC (IRE) - BEDTIME (AUS) BE MY GUEST (USA) |
P CARBERY | 56.0 | A D MATHEWS | 10 |
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PRICELESS MATT
(AUS)
3G PRICELESSLY (USA) - DANCILLA (AUS) LORD OF THE DANCE (USA) |
JOHN CLAITE | 56.0 | FRED KERSLEY | 1 |
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DEXIAN
(AUS)
3G TRIBU (AUS) - RIPETTA (AUS) HARBOUR TOWN (AUS) |
J WHITING | 55.5 | P H HUMANN | 8 |
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SHOT OF THUNDER
(AUS)
3C THUNDER GULCH (USA) - MY BRILLIANT STAR (AUS) COPPER KINGDOM (USA) |
P KING | 55.5 | DAVID EDWARDS | 2 |
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NOW'S GOOD
(NZ)
3G BIGSTONE (IRE) - HOW ABOUT NOW (AUS) RASCOLNIK (GB) |
J J BROWN | 55.5 | N C PAYNE | 2 |
