| R5 RANDWICK | 05 March 2016 |
| Canterbury Stakes G1 3U OPEN ($505,000), 1300m 1:15.40 | |
| Race Synopsis: Godolphin’s three-year-old colt Holler put up a very smart performance, recording his first Group One, doing so impressively at weight-for-age level. He was quickly away and went straight to the front. He then ran along at a good pace, got a good break on turning for home and fought back strongly when challenged before going on to score in very good style and in quick time. First Seal enjoyed a good trip in third place on the rails, briefly looked a threat when she challenged along the rails nearing the 200m and then fought on to hold second, just finding the winning colt a bit too smart over this distance. Kermadec raced in fifth, one off the rails, moved up nicely wide rounding the home turn and kept fighting on really well in the straight to take third in a good first-up effort. Happy Clapper remained in second last place in the seven-horse field to the 600m. He improved between runners at the 300m and battled very well for (2.4 lengths) fourth in a promising first-up run. Our Boy Malachi missed the start and then worked in the early stages before racing outside the leader (Holler) until into the home turn. He then tired after his early efforts to finish fifth, beaten just under three lengths in a sound performance. Ecuador was fourth to the home turn before finishing (3.6 lengths) sixth while Criterion was second last on the rails to the home turn and battled in the straight for (5.5 lengths) last in the seven-horse field finding the 1300m trip a bit too short. | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 7. HOLLER (AUS) 3yo Colt | JOHN O'SHEA JAMES MCDONALD | 56.0 $7.50 | |||||||
| COMMANDS (AUS) - SHOUTS (AUS) | ||||||||||
| Godolphin | 2nd | 6. FIRST SEAL (AUS) 4yo Mare | JOHN P THOMPSON BLAKE SHINN | 57.0 $2.75 | ||||||
| FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - EPISODE (AUS) | ||||||||||
| China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: A K Teo) | 3rd | 2. KERMADEC (NZ) 4yo Horse | CHRIS WALLER HUGH BOWMAN | 59.0 $5.00 | ||||||
| TEOFILO (IRE) - HY FUJI (AUS) | ||||||||||
| N Morgan | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5. HAPPY CLAPPER (AUS) 5yo Gelding | PATRICK WEBSTER BRENTON AVDULLA | 59.0 $21.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 3. OUR BOY MALACHI (AUS) 7yo Gelding | M, W & J HAWKES TOMMY BERRY | 59.0 $4.25 | |||||||
| 6th | 4. ECUADOR (NZ) 6yo Gelding | MS GAI WATERHOUSE TIM CLARK | 59.0 $31.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 1. CRITERION (NZ) 5yo Horse | D HAYES & T DABERNIG KERRIN MCEVOY | 59.0 $8.00 | |||||||
The 2016 Canterbury Stakes goes to Holler
Tags: canterbury holler stakes
