Blue Diamond Prelude (F) (G2)
The Lindsay Park-trained filly Catchy remains unbeaten after three starts with a narrow but impressive win here. She was ridden quietly and settled in sixth place, one off the rails, behind a good tempo, before improving (wide) rounding the home turn. She then sprinted quickly, challenged at the 100m and then lifted gamely under pressure to grab a very good win in a photo. Limestone had a good run in third place on the rails. She was held up on straightening, got a split at the 200m, grabbed a narrow lead at the 50m and then fought very well for a close second. Arctic Angel again showed good pace to lead. She then held the lead until passing the 100m and battled back well for third after running a bold race. The Tony McEvoy-trained filly Roomooz was fifth on the rails, eased deeper and into clear running at the 300m and caught the eye running on well, late for (1.8 lengths) fourth in a most promising effort at her second race start. Pandemonium raced outside the leader (Arctic Angel) until into the straight and held on nicely for (2.3 lengths) fifth at her second start and first in Melbourne.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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SAMARA DANCER
(NZ)
2F HINCHINBROOK (AUS) - ENNERDALE (GB) SINGSPIEL (IRE) |
D TOURNEUR | 55.5 | PHILLIP STOKES | 9 |
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FONTITON
(AUS)
2F TURFFONTEIN (AUS) - PERSONAL ENSIGN (AUS) RUBITON (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 55.5 | R W SMERDON | 9 |
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EARTHQUAKE
(AUS)
2F EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - CATACLYSM (AUS) MARAUDING (NZ) |
D J BROWNE | 55.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 5 |
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GUELPH
(AUS)
2F EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - CAMARILLA (AUS) ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) |
K MCEVOY | 55.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 7 |
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SAMAREADY
(AUS)
2F MORE THAN READY (USA) - SAMAR (AUS) SECRET SAVINGS (USA) |
C NEWITT | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 9 |
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ONE LAST DANCE
(AUS)
2F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - ONE WORLD (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
L NOLEN | 55.5 | PETER G MOODY | 11 |
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PSYCHOLOGIST
(AUS)
2F CHOISIR (AUS) - MISS CONCEPTION (AUS) DANZERO (AUS) |
M J ZAHRA | 55.5 | TONY VASIL | 4 |
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ROSTOVA
(AUS)
2F TESTA ROSSA (AUS) - SPACE TALK (AUS) ANABAA (USA) |
STEVEN KING | 55.5 | S J RICHARDS | 8 |
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BELIEVE'N'SUCCEED
(AUS)
2F EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - ARCTIC DRIFT (USA) GONE WEST (USA) |
S BASTER | 55.5 | MARK KAVANAGH | 8 |
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CAMARILLA
(AUS)
2F ELUSIVE QUALITY (USA) - CAMARENA (NZ) DANEHILL (USA) |
B SHINN | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 4 |
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NEDIYM'S GLOW
(AUS)
2F GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) - PALACE GLOW (AUS) PALACE MUSIC (USA) |
N CALLOW | 55.5 | MATHEW ELLERTON | 4 |
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DOUBTING
(AUS)
2F REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - SOVEREIGN RUBY (AUS) SOVEREIGN RED (NZ) |
D NIKOLIC | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 4 |
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ALINGHI
(AUS)
2F ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) - OCEANFAST (AUS) MONDE BLEU (GB) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | D L FREEDMAN | 7 |
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HALIBERY
(AUS)
2F RED RANSOM (USA) - BROWN EYED GIRL (AUS) SIR TRISTRAM (IRE) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.5 | MICK PRICE | 7 |
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BRIEF EMBRACE
(AUS)
2F IRGUN (USA) - TRANQUIL LOVE (AUS) IMPERIAL BARON (AUS) |
K MCEVOY | 55.5 | PETER G MOODY | 7 |
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FAIZA
(AUS)
2F DANEHILL (USA) - EXCELLENT PROSPECT (USA) MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) |
B PREBBLE | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 7 |
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MANNINGTON
(AUS)
2F DANEHILL (USA) - BINT MARSCAY (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS) |
J PATTON | 55.5 | RUSSELL CAMERON | 4 |
