| R5 RANDWICK | 27 April 2013 |
| Moet & Chandon 150th Champagne G1 2 OPEN ($405,000), 1600m 1:36.28 | |
| Race Synopsis: Guelph settled past midfield early and was a distant tenth nearing the home turn. She looked for a run in the centre on straightening, switched out passing the 200m where she was giving the leader about six lengths. But she finished very strongly and grabbed a last stride win in impressive style. Fuerza worked across from his wide barrier (12) to lead but raced a bit keenly in blinkers. Jim Cassidy let him stride along from the 800m and the colt turned for home with a six lengths lead. He tired from the 100m, battling on to fight out a photo finish being beaten by the narrowest of margins. Equator, a winner of his only two previous
starts in much weaker company, chased the tearaway leader from the 800m point and fought on particularly well for a close third. Drago was slowly away from his wide barrier (13) and was last to the turn. He got a nice run through passing the 300m, getting to fifth at the 200m then continued to run on well for a close fourth. He looks suited to further and could develop into a very handy stayer. Fast ‘N’ Rocking was a distant seventh on the rails at the 600m and got a good run on straightening, improving to fourth at the 200m then battling on for fifth. Criterion was again slowly away and was near last to the 600m, went very wide at the turn and made a lot of ground for sixth, putting up a very good effort. | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 11. GUELPH (AUS) 2yo Filly | PETER SNOWDEN KERRIN MC EVOY | 54.5 $2.50 | |||||||
| EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - CAMARILLA (AUS) | ||||||||||
| Sheikh Mohammed | 2nd | 4. FUERZA (AUS) 2yo Gelding | BJORN BAKER JIM CASSIDY | 56.5 $26.00 | ||||||
| SNIPPETSON (AUS) - LADY MIN (AUS) | ||||||||||
| M W Hodges, G E Sullivan, B Adams, P H Greatorix, Mrs J M Flannery, P Petrovski, Dr P Chen, Mrs M A Chen & Latcon (Mgr: R D Westbury) | ||||||||||
| Jan 12, 2012 Sydney Classic Yearling Sale, Grose Wold, $32000, BJORN BAKER RACING STABLES, new south wales | 3rd | 8. EQUATOR (AUS) 2yo Gelding | MS GAI WATERHOUSE NASH RAWILLER | 56.5 $21.00 | ||||||
| NORTHERN METEOR (AUS) - SUN MAID (AUS) | ||||||||||
| Ms P M Behsman | ||||||||||
| Jan 12, 2012 Sydney Classic Yearling Sale, Grose Wold, $32000, BJORN BAKER RACING STABLES, new south wales Jan 12, 2012 Gold Coast Yearling Sale 1-5, Meroo Meadow, $140000, Star Thoroughbreds, NSW | ||||||||||
| 4th | 9. DRAGO (AUS) 2yo Gelding | ANTHONY CUMMINGS MICHAEL RODD | 56.5 $21.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 3. FAST 'N' ROCKING (AUS) 2yo Gelding | DAVID A HAYES STEVE ARNOLD | 56.5 $8.50 | |||||||
| 6th | 2. CRITERION (NZ) 2yo Colt | DAVID PAYNE HUGH BOWMAN | 56.5 $5.50 | |||||||
| 7th | 5. CHARLIE BOY (AUS) 2yo Gelding | GERALD RYAN CHRISTIAN REITH | 56.5 $21.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 7. HAVANA (AUS) 2yo Gelding | PAUL MESSARA CRAIG WILLIAMS | 56.5 $41.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 12. SCANDIVA (AUS) 2yo Filly | ANTHONY CUMMINGS PETER ROBL | 54.5 $8.50 | |||||||
| 10th | 10. STAR WARS (NZ) 2yo Gelding | SCOTT ASPERY KATHY O'HARA | 56.5 $151.00 | |||||||
| 11th | 1. RIOCETTO (AUS) 2yo Gelding | NEVILLE & CHRISTOPHER VOIGT BRENTON AVDULLA | 56.5 $21.00 | |||||||
| 12th | 6. CHAMPOLLION (AUS) 2yo Gelding | PETER SNOWDEN BLAKE SHINN | 56.5 $61.00 | |||||||
| 13th | 14. SHAHAD (AUS) 2yo Filly | MS GAI WATERHOUSE TOMMY BERRY | 54.5 $12.00 | |||||||
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