| R6 FLEMINGTON | 09 March 1987 |
| Australian Cup G1 3U OPEN ($250,000), 2000m 2:05.60 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 6. BONECRUSHER (NZ) 4yo Gelding | FRANK RITCHIE GARY STEWART | 57.0 $1.44 | |||||||
| PAG ASA (AUS) - IMITATION (NZ) | ||||||||||
| P J Mitchell | 2nd | 1. AT TALAQ (USA) 7yo Horse | C S HAYES MICHAEL CLARKE | 58.0 $3.50 | ||||||
| ROBERTO (USA) - MY NORD (USA) | ||||||||||
| Shiek Hamdan Bin Rasheed Al Maktoum | 3rd | 7. IMA RED MAN (AUS) 4yo Horse | GEORGE HANLON B THOMSON | 57.0 $34.00 | ||||||
| FAMILY OF MAN (AUS) - IMATARE (AUS) | ||||||||||
| K E Robinson | ||||||||||
| 4th | 4. FOXSEAL (NZ) 7yo Gelding | RICK HORE-LACY GREG HALL | 58.0 $21.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 8. SIR LUSTRIOUS (NZ) 4yo Horse | C S HAYES GARY CLARKE | 57.0 $201.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 2. DYNASTY PRINCE (AUS) 5yo Gelding | JYTTE MOLLER B WYATT | 58.0 $201.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 11. TRAVEL LIGHT (NZ) 4yo Mare | N C BEGG R QUINTON | 55.5 $34.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 5. KEEPERS (AUS) 6yo Horse | B J RALPH PETER SHEPHERD | 58.0 $201.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 9. CELTIC HEIR (USA) 5yo Horse | T J HUGHES CRAIG DINN | 56.5 $34.00 | |||||||
| 10th | 3. EYE OF THE SKY (NZ) 5yo Gelding | N C BEGG LEN MAUND | 58.0 $101.00 | |||||||
This was perhaps Bonecrusher's biggest effort to win over At Talaq in the 1987 Australian Cup. Amidst rumours of team riding to beat Bonecrusher somehow like so often he managed to run down Melbourne Cup Winner At Talaq in the final stride to take out his 8th Group 1 victory.
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