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With a lot of rain in the week
leading up to the race meeting the two usual jumps in the home straight
for the Hurdle were amended to be one jump a little wider on the track
than is normal but with safety considered first and foremost this was
the best course of action. The did mean that photographers had to
walk a lot further up the track than normal but that in itself presented
the opportunity to take photos of the grandstand an at angle I rarely
get to see on racedays and also a close up shot of the Panasonic
pavilion which is always packed full on the big racedays such as
Adelaide Cup, Super Saturday etc and often used for corporate gatherings
at other times. The jumps jockeys also lined up for an unusual
photo at the jump in the straight. Normally jockeys take their
mounts down to the first fence to 'give them a look' but this day due to
the unusual placement of the jump towards the centre of the track the
jockeys chose this jump to show their mounts and ended up standing there
so I had the chance to take the group photo as seen below. Soon
after the race was on with Yesquire leading from Lord of the Song with
Trenchtown next followed by Zaman and Sultan of Seed in a closely packed
field. Along the back Yesquire led Trenchtown with Lord of the
Song in third with Zaman and Sultan of Speed next. Over the second
last Lord of the Song made his move to take control around the turn from
Yesquire with Zaman running on. Over the last jump Lord of the
Song was well in control but Zaman starting to make a sustained run and
it was a battle in two dwn the straight with Lord of the Song just
holding off the challenge to win with a gap back to Yesquire third from
Sultan of Speed and Trenchtown.
Race 2 was for the 2yos where Night
Breeze led from Portici with saturday Affair back second last.
Around the turn portici headed Night Breeze with Love of Liberty soon
with Wild Journey challenging and it looked like this trio would fight
it out until Saturday Affair burst between runners inside the final 50m
to win impressively from Love of Liberty with Wild Journey third.
In the third race Evenmoreaction
was joined down the straight by Mr Lowndes who looked like he would
surge to victory but Evenmoreaction was not about to give up and came
back again strongly and in the last few strides gained control to win
from Mr Lowndes with Sky Raider third while in the fourth race Pilot's
lane proved too strong in a crowded finished with Conduction trying very
hard in second and Foodeater close up on the outside in third.
Other winners on the day were
Bermondsey who won his second successive race from Gonski Girl while
Prince of Capers and Harmonic made it a race to race double for Tony
McEvoy. In the last race number 17 (the first emegency who only
gained a start after scratchings) Handsome As won from Final Command
with Our Iridium third.
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