Race Result:
1st: Muramasa (Daniel Moor/Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young) - $4.40F
2nd: Ladies Man (Opie Bosson/Allan Sharrock) - $13
3rd: Duke De Sessa (John Allen/Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) - $4.60
Winning Time: 2:42.26 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 2½L x ½L
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G3 Coongy Cup
G3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes
It's been quite the spring for the son of Deep Impact @busuttin @daniel_moor pic.twitter.com/WpJ1mt7S10
Winning Trainer: Natalie Young
"This means he is qualified for the big race next year. The owners love this horse. I remember being at Inglis and thinking I'd pay $800,000 for him and he was half the price of that.
"I thought he was going to turn into something one day and hopefully it is a Melbourne Cup horse.
"Daniel gave it a peach of a ride. He put him in a fantastic spot.
Why did he go for the price he did: "He was bred to be a million dollar horse and he was the second to last horse in the ring and everyone had gone home.
"He got gelded after he ran in the Derby and had a tieback. He's now won three this preparation.
Steppingstone to next year: "That was the reason why we scratched him from the Bendigo Cup. Just giving him three weeks because sometimes third-up they can put in a flat one especially coming back from a wind op.
"He's got a real turn-of-foot and this race panned out for the goals in a year's time.
"We've just got to keep it together for the Zipping on 2 December so he might do that. Just has to pull up well.
"Another fantastic graduate from Arrowfield. That brand on the side of their shoulder there gives you an extra three or four lengths."
Winning Jockey: Daniel Moor
"It was a little sticky first time out of the straight. I was awkwardly placed and had to bide our time before getting down to the fence.
"He didn't parade well, he didn't go to the start well, the crowd really got him stirred up which is not ideal when you've got to go over a trip.
"I reckon I went 60 metres out of the gates and it was awkward. Once I got down the back, a good jockey - Steven Arnold - says always go to the rail and rest.
"The main thing was to get him to rest and I knew he'd be strong late. He presented a little early because the run presented and I had to go.
"Even though he was having a bit of a wander late he was very good.
"I said to the connections when I trialled him down at Sale a while ago that he was better than Forgot You and they didn't believe me because he didn't really show it at his first prep.
"He would mature with time and the only real hurdle we had was the wind op. If we're effective at the 2600 with a wind operation, that's fantastic.
"We'll raise the bar with him. I'd like him to switch off but he can only win and that's what he's been doing.
'He was good to the line when he was challenged. We weren't sure that he'd run 2600 but we were confident."
Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G3)
| FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
SP
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| 1st |
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9. MURAMASA (AUS) 4yo G DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - OMEI SWORD (AUS) |
DANIEL MOOR TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG |
$4.4
54kg |
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| A Kheir, J A O'Neill, Dr A Terluk, Ms C M Szentkuti, G J Skien, B A Secatore, Mrs R T Secatore, M J Gordon, G Singh, Mrs N K Stuart, S A Lewin, D P Juratowitch, Mrs S H Juratowitch, A Sharp, M B Lee, Busuttin Racing, Cunningham Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, Carty Racing & Ausbred No 1 | |||||||||||
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| 2nd |
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1. LADIES MAN (NZ) 6yo G ZED (NZ) - JUST POLITE (AUS) |
OPIE BOSSON ALLAN SHARROCK |
$13
58kg |
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| Mrs F J O'Leary, H T O'Leary, Mrs L O'Leary, M J O'Leary, A S Sharrock, N H Stanley, Mrs S Stanley, R T Stanley & Mrs K M Stanley | |||||||||||
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| 3rd |
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2. DUKE DE SESSA (IRE) 4yo H LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - DARK CRUSADER (IRE) |
JOHN ALLEN CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE |
$4.6
57.5kg |
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| M J Regan, S E C Duke, M Belford, Mrs L A Belford, J Garvey, Mrs E Garvey, Deg Racing, Halo Racing Services Pty Ltd, Mrs J McKenna, A J Willoughby, C S White, A J Luciano, J M Simmons & Ms S M Fitzgerald | |||||||||||
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| 4th |
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7. REGAL POWER (AUS) 8yo G PIERRO (AUS) - BROADWAY BELLE (AUS) |
MICHAEL DEE JOHN LEEK (JNR) |
$14
54.5kg |
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| 5th |
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5. AMADE (IRE) 9yo G CASAMENTO (IRE) - SHEBA FIVE (USA) |
ZAC SPAIN PHILLIP STOKES |
$9.5
56kg |
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| 6th |
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14. PESTO (GB) 7yo G NEW APPROACH (IRE) - PICKLE (GB) |
JYE MCNEIL M, W & J HAWKES |
$26
54kg |
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| 7th |
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3. KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE) 8yo G SO YOU THINK (NZ) - LAMANKA LASS (USA) |
TIM CLARK G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT |
$21
57.5kg |
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| 8th |
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8. KUKERACHA (NZ) 6yo G NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) - PORTRAIT OF A LADY (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS CHRIS WALLER |
$18
54kg |
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| 9th |
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11. SO DAZZLING (NZ) 4yo M SO YOU THINK (NZ) - DAZZLING LADY (NZ) |
DEAN YENDALL J G SARGENT |
$9.5
54kg |
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| 10th |
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4. LUNCIES (GB) 6yo G IFFRAAJ (GB) - UNDER THE RAINBOW (GB) |
MARK ZAHRA KRIS LEES |
$7.5
57.5kg |
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| 11th |
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6. HEZASHOCKA (NZ) 6yo G SHOCKING (AUS) - SHEZAKIWI (NZ) |
BEAU MERTENS MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR |
$20
55.5kg |
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| 12th |
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12. PORT PHILIP (IRE) 5yo G CAMELOT (GB) - AYMARA (GB) |
KERRIN MCEVOY JULIUS SANDHU |
$41
54kg |
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| 13th |
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10. THIRD REALM (GB) 5yo G SEA THE STARS (IRE) - REEM THREE (GB) |
JAMIE KAH A & S FREEDMAN |
$26
54kg |
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