Race Result:
1st: Pandemic (James Cummings/Damien Oliver) - $2.35F
2nd: Brave Song (Team Snowden/John Allen) - $31
3rd: William Thomas (J Price/D Lane) - $5.50
Winning Time: 1:08.91 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 1¾L x ½ Head
"And the omen of the year is going to win the Christmas Stakes."
— Racing.com (@Racing) December 26, 2020
Pandemic stormed down the outside on the minimum weight to take out the Listed Christmas Stakes .@MelbRacingClub
Winning Jockey: Damien Oliver
"He's a nice promising horse getting in on the minimum weight. James Cummings and the Godolphin team have got a good knack of placing these horses well. That certainly was the case today.
This horse compared to other Godolphon sprinters Oliver has ridden lately: "He's probably a similar type. He's probably not to those two horses' level yet. He's on the way there, he's a nice up-and-coming horse and in these early handicaps before the really good ones (horse) come back, he's got a good rating so he'll be well-placed in those races."
FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
SP
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1st |
9. PANDEMIC (AUS) 4yo G SEPOY (AUS) - CATACLYSM (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER JAMES CUMMINGS |
$2.38
56kg |
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Gangemi Thoroughbreds (Mgr: MJ Gangemi), K Hassan, AA Gomez, APJ (Mgr: P Riky), JL Herkes, JD Rae, S&G Thoroughbreds (Mgr: A Slade), RJ Wade, CH Yeak, Mrs SM White, C Thomas, Mercon Racing (Mgr: D Condidorio), GW McNally, The Gleeson Crew, RP Gartrell, KR Gartrell, SR Fraser, PM Beaman & CP Dakin | |||||||||||
2nd |
4. BRAVE SONG (AUS) 6yo G YOUR SONG (AUS) - BRAVE CHOICE (AUS) |
JOHN ALLEN PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN |
$31
60.5kg |
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Triple Crown Syndications (Mgr: C H Ward), D L King, Mrs M L King, G R Bishop, T J West, A P Gavin, N L Chappell, M Marcellino, K Bissett, S Costanzo, A J Cluning, M Berry, A R Joseph, A K Goodlet, Mrs M M Morley, G F Radloff, V P M Chau & Premier Bull (Mgr: N Vaughan) | |||||||||||
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3rd |
3. WILLIAM THOMAS (AUS) 6yo G NICCONI (AUS) - GIRLS ROCK (AUS) |
DAMIAN LANE J W PRICE |
$5.5
61.5kg |
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Mrs S F Prosser | |||||||||||
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4th |
2. SANSOM (NZ) 4yo G CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) - BRYONY (AUS) |
BEN ALLEN PHILLIP STOKES |
$6.5
61.5kg |
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5th |
1. BLAZEJOWSKI (AUS) 6yo G DASH FOR CASH (AUS) - ELLEXCELL (AUS) |
DAMIEN THORNTON GREG EURELL |
$26
62kg |
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6th |
7. KING OF HASTINGS (AUS) 4yo G ILOVETHISCITY (AUS) - HANDCUT (AUS) |
JYE MCNEIL A & S FREEDMAN |
$6
58kg |
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7th |
6. TAVISAN (NZ) 5yo G TAVISTOCK (NZ) - EVANESCENCE (NZ) |
JAMIE KAH MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR |
$8
59.5kg |
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8th |
5. GUIZOT (IRE) 7yo G TERTULLIAN (USA) - GUANTANA (GER) |
JORDAN CHILDS AARON PURCELL |
$151
60kg |
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9th |
8. MYSTYKO (NZ) 7yo G SAKHEE'S SECRET (GB) - PLAN THE PEACE (NZ) |
DEAN YENDALL T ROGERS |
$26
56.5kg |
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10th |
10. BARBIE'S FOX (AUS) 4yo M FOXWEDGE (AUS) - SO BARBIE SAYS (AUS) |
DANIEL STACKHOUSE LOUISE BONELLA |
$31
56kg |
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