| R8 CAULFIELD | 13 October 2018 |
| Ladbrokes Stakes G1 3U OPEN ($1,002,750), 2000m 2:00.84 | |
| Race Synopsis: In a great result for Godolphin where two of the best performers fought out an exciting finish, Benbatl showed his quality if scoring his third Group 1 success at his Australian debut. He began well, settled in second place, got to the front at the 200m and then dug deep to score a narrow but most impressive win. Blair House, having his second start in this country, settled in fifth place, on the rails, went to third on straightening, challenged at the 200m and the battled strongly for a very good (half head) second. Humidor raced back in ninth place, improved (between runners) at the home turn and kept running on well to take third in a photo. The Cliffsofmoher raced in last place to the home turn and caught the eye with his late-closing (2.6 lengths) fourth in a very promising effort at his first Australian start. D'Argento raced in second last place in the 11-horse field, went wide on straightening and kept running on well for (2.7 lengths) fifth. Night's Watch did well in fighting on for (3.5 lengths) sixth. Homesman worked to lead and then set a good pace from the mid-stages before tiring late for seventh while Unforgotten made good late ground for (3.9 lengths) eighth. | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 1. BENBATL (GB) 4yo Horse | SAEED BIN SUROOR PAT COSGRAVE | 59.0 $9.00 | |||||||
| DUBAWI (IRE) - NAHRAIN (GB) | ||||||||||
| GODOLPHIN | 2nd | 7. BLAIR HOUSE (IRE) 5yo Gelding | C APPLEBY JAMES DOYLE | 59.0 $12.00 | ||||||
| PIVOTAL (GB) - PATRONESS (GB) | ||||||||||
| Godolphin | 3rd | 2. HUMIDOR (NZ) 6yo Gelding | DARREN WEIR DAMIAN LANE | 59.0 $6.00 | ||||||
| TEOFILO (IRE) - ZALIKA (NZ) | ||||||||||
| Jomara Bloodstock Ltd, Steeplechasers Flat, M Krauser, Dr P Goel, Mrs P Adams, B Shannon, T Ginnane, D O'Connor, B Sokolski, Walker Racing & Bloodstock, Royjohn Racing & H Bastone | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5. THE CLIFFSOFMOHER (IRE) 4yo Horse | AIDAN O'BRIEN MARK ZAHRA | 59.0 $17.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 10. D'ARGENTO (AUS) 4yo Horse | CHRIS WALLER JAMES MCDONALD | 58.0 $4.50 | |||||||
| 6th | 8. NIGHT'S WATCH (NZ) 5yo Gelding | DARREN WEIR BEN ALLEN | 59.0 $15.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 6. HOMESMAN (USA) 4yo Gelding | LIAM HOWLEY JORDAN CHILDS | 59.0 $7.50 | |||||||
| 8th | 12. UNFORGOTTEN (AUS) 4yo Mare | CHRIS WALLER MICHAEL WALKER | 56.0 $4.50 | |||||||
| 9th | 4. HARLEM (GB) 6yo Gelding | D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG REGAN BAYLISS | 59.0 $101.00 | |||||||
| 10th | 3. TOSEN BASIL (JPN) 6yo Horse | DARREN WEIR J ALLEN | 59.0 $12.00 | |||||||
| 11th | 11. SEDANZER (AUS) 5yo Mare | G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT STEPHEN BASTER | 57.0 $101.00 | |||||||
Benbatl scored in the Caulfield Stakes
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