Magic Night Stakes (G2)
Scandiva worked from her wide barrier (10) to race outside the leader (Brilliant Bisc). She moved up strongly to take the lead at the 300m then lasted to win in a photo after tiring in the latter stages after her early efforts. Shahad was third last to the 600m, she eased out wide at the 300m and ran on nicely for late-closing short head second putting up an encouraging effort. Major Conquest had a nice trip in the one out one back position, before moving up three wide at the turn. She then kept battling on well to take third. Vocalise was second last to the turn, made ground along the rails to the 200m, got a split shortly afterwards, late for a sound fourth. Itameri was sixth on the rails to the turn, got into the clear at the 300m and seemed to have every chance before finishing fifth. Favoured runners Bulbula (eighth) was handy on the rails and seemed to have every chance while Assail (seventh) was midfield before going wide at the turn, but failed to run on in the straight. Former Queensland filly Greytfilly, now with Gai Waterhouse, missed the start badly, was tailed off early and did well to beat two runners home, finishing eleventh. A disappointing aspect of the race was the moderate overall time of 1:11.18 for the 1200m. *ANZ
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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ICHIHARA
(AUS)
2F GENERAL NEDIYM (AUS) - CUT A DASH (AUS) WHISKEY ROAD (USA) |
C W BROWN | 55.5 | ALLAN DENHAM | 4 |
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ALTAR
(AUS)
2F COMMANDS (AUS) - HOSANNAH (AUS) OCTAGONAL (NZ) |
J PARR | 55.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 7 |
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WILLOW CREEK
(AUS)
2F TALE OF THE CAT (USA) - RIVER TRIBE (AUS) UMATILLA (NZ) |
L NOLEN | 55.5 | PETER G MOODY | 5 |
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INDIAN OCEAN
(AUS)
2F DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - DASHKOVA (AUS) FASLIYEV (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 55.5 | T R MARTIN | 14 |
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PORTILLO
(AUS)
2F RED RANSOM (USA) - SNOWDRIFT (FR) POLISH PRECEDENT (USA) |
R M QUINN | 55.5 | PETER SNOWDEN | 6 |
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DOWNHILL RACER
(AUS)
2F DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - TRICK SKI (AUS) RORY'S JESTER (AUS) |
J CASSIDY | 55.5 | D A HAYES | 8 |
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GOLD EDITION
(AUS)
2F LION HUNTER (AUS) - GLIMMERS (AUS) SUCCESS EXPRESS (USA) |
G A LYNCH | 55.5 | R E MAUND | 5 |
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MEDIA
(AUS)
2F GILDED TIME (USA) - VALOURINA (AUS) SNIPPETS (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 55.5 | R H THOMSEN | 4 |
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ALIZES
(NZ)
2F RORY'S JESTER (AUS) - LA BARAKA (AUS) EUCLASE (AUS) |
D BEADMAN | 55.5 | TONY MCEVOY | 7 |
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SHAMEKHA
(AUS)
2F SECRET SAVINGS (USA) - LIFETIME STORY (AUS) DON'T SAY HALO (USA) |
J CASSIDY | 55.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 10 |
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VICTORY VEIN
(AUS)
2F MR. HENRYSEE (USA) - PROTECTIVE (AUS) OPERA PRINCE (AUS) |
D BEASLEY | 55.5 | BEDE MURRAY | 5 |
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HOSANNAH
(AUS)
2F OCTAGONAL (NZ) - GENUFLECT (AUS) CROWN JESTER (AUS) |
R M QUINN | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 13 |
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PRESERVE
(AUS)
2F CANNY LAD (AUS) - PEACH (AUS) VAIN (AUS) |
L V CASSIDY | 55.5 | JOHN HAWKES | 4 |
