| R8 ASCOT | 22 November 2014 |
| Railway Stakes G1 3U OPEN ($1,015,400), 1600m 1:35.59 | |
| Race Synopsis: Classy WA mare Elite Belle was eased from her wide
barrier (12) and settled back in 13th place on the rails. She stuck
to the rails rounding the home turn, got a split between runners
nearing the 200m, sprinted to the lead at the 100m and went on to
win by good style by almost a length. Another locally-trained mare
Balmont Girl was also well back to the turn, being 12th between
runners on straightening. She switched deep at the 200m and
caught the eye with her late-closing second. The Chris Wallertrained
Moriarty was near last and wide with cover to the home
turn. He went to the centre of the track at the 300m and finished
strongly for a very good third. Smokin’ Joey was seventh, one off
the rails, looked a threat at the 200m and then fought on for fourth,
beaten a length. Favourite The Cleaner led as usual, was steadied
in the early stages but ran along at a strong tempo from 1000m.
He tired under his top weight (58kg) from the 200m to finish ninth
(beaten three lengths) still putting up a game effort at the end of a
very successful preparation. | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 7. ELITE BELLE (AUS) 6yo Mare | GRANT WILLIAMS WILLIAM PIKE | 53.5 $6.00 | |||||||
| CANNY LAD (AUS) - MISSISSIPPI BELLE (AUS) | ||||||||||
| Peters Investments Pty Ltd Syndicate(Mgr: R J & Mrs S L Peters) | 2nd | 9. BALMONT GIRL (AUS) 4yo Mare | PAULA WAGG SHAUN O'DONNELL | 53.0 $9.00 | ||||||
| BALMONT (USA) - POCKET ACES (AUS) | ||||||||||
| C Chua | 3rd | 2. MORIARTY (IRE) 6yo Gelding | CHRIS WALLER NASH RAWILLER | 57.0 $21.00 | ||||||
| CLODOVIL (IRE) - JUSTICE SYSTEM (USA) | ||||||||||
| F W Cook, I Bruce, Mrs C M Cook, J T C Lake, B L Mathieson, J R Pritchard, R Smith, K H Warriner & Werrett Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Mgr: N R J Werrett) | ||||||||||
| 4th | 3. SMOKIN' JOEY (AUS) 7yo Gelding | WEZ HUNTER BEN MELHAM | 56.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 13. FUCHSIA BANDANA (AUS) 4yo Mare | DARREN MCAULIFFE JARRAD NOSKE | 53.0 $12.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 10. BASS STRAIT (NZ) 5yo Gelding | NEVILLE PARNHAM CHRIS PARNHAM | 53.0 $16.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 16. RESPONDENT (AUS) 4yo Gelding | GRANT WILLIAMS BRAD PARNHAM | 53.0 $9.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 8. AMORINO (AUS) 5yo Gelding | GRANT WILLIAMS SHAUN MEERES | 53.0 $26.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 1. THE CLEANER (AUS) 7yo Gelding | MICK BURLES STEVE ARNOLD | 58.0 $5.50 | |||||||
| 10th | 6. IHTSAHYMN (AUS) 4yo Gelding | FRED KERSLEY STEVEN PARNHAM | 54.5 $13.00 | |||||||
| 11th | 4. ALMA'S FURY (AUS) 7yo Gelding | TONY GOLLAN MICHAEL RODD | 55.5 $12.00 | |||||||
| 12th | 11. CHESTER ROAD (AUS) 7yo Gelding | ADAM DURRANT PETER HALL | 53.0 $31.00 | |||||||
| 13th | 15. RANGER (AUS) 8yo Gelding | ADAM DURRANT DOM TOURNEUR | 53.0 $31.00 | |||||||
| 14th | 5. MR MOET (AUS) 7yo Gelding | ADAM DURRANT PAUL HARVEY | 55.5 $9.00 | |||||||
| 15th | 14. PLATINUM ROCKER (AUS) 7yo Mare | SIMON A MILLER PETER KNUCKEY | 53.0 $17.00 | |||||||
| 16th | 12. FANCY FEET (AUS) 5yo Mare | SHANE QUILTY RYAN HILL | 53.0 $101.00 | |||||||
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Elite Belle takes out the 2014 Railway Stakes at Ascot thanks to a cracking ride by William Pike.
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