| R6 RANDWICK | 09 March 2019 |
| Canterbury League Club Stakes G1 3U OPEN ($505,000), 1300m 1:14.19 | |
| Race Synopsis: Classy sprinter Trapeze Artist improved on his first-up fourth in the Expressway Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) at Rosehill on February 2 to record his fourth Group 1 victory here. He began well and soon crossed to take the lead. He then set a smart tempo, held a clear advantage shortly after turning for home and was not threatened from that point to win impressively. Shoals was smartly away, settled in fourth place, got to second at the 200m and kept fighting on well to hold that position without troubling the winner. Prompt Response had a nice trip in third place on the rails and did well on holding on to take the minor placing, advancing significantly in class here. Cool Passion raced outside the leader and eventual winner and battled on nicely for (2.5 lengths) fourth. Pierata was last to the home turn and made late ground for (2.7 lengths) fifth, the three-year-old Brutal did well fighting on for (2.9 lengths) sixth while the favourite Kementari raced below his best at his first run back, just battling on in the straight after being in fifth place to finish (3 lengths) last in the seven-horse field. | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 1. TRAPEZE ARTIST (AUS) 4yo Horse | GERALD RYAN BLAKE SHINN | 59.0 $3.75 | |||||||
| SNITZEL (AUS) - TREPPES (AUS) | ||||||||||
| Vieira Racing (Mgr: B Vieira), B Vieira, Mrs S G Vieira, T Vieira, Mrs C Vieira-Choy & J A Choy | 2nd | 5. SHOALS (AUS) 4yo Mare | ANTHONY FREEDMAN TIM CLARK | 57.0 $5.00 | ||||||
| FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - THE BROKEN SHORE (AUS) | ||||||||||
| Pinecliff Racing (Mgr: J B Munz) & Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd (Mgr: J M Messara) | 3rd | 6. PROMPT RESPONSE (AUS) 5yo Mare | CHRIS WALLER BRENTON AVDULLA | 57.0 $41.00 | ||||||
| BENETEAU (AUS) - PROMPT (AUS) | ||||||||||
| R K Hamer & M S Sowerby | ||||||||||
| 4th | 7. COOL PASSION (AUS) 7yo Mare | TONY MCEVOY JASON COLLETT | 57.0 $21.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 2. PIERATA (AUS) 4yo Horse | GREGORY HICKMAN TOMMY BERRY | 59.0 $4.75 | |||||||
| 6th | 8. BRUTAL (NZ) 3yo Colt | M, W & J HAWKES KERRIN MCEVOY | 56.0 $9.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 3. KEMENTARI (AUS) 4yo Gelding | JAMES CUMMINGS JAMES MCDONALD | 59.0 $3.25 | |||||||
Trapeze Artist leads to win the Canterbury Stakes
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