Godolphin-raced four-year-old Isaurian scored a very narrow but good win, aided by a very good ride by James McDonald.
He settled in fifth place between runners, got into clear running at the 200m and then kept running on to grab a last-stride win, his fifth in 12 starts and his first at stakes level.
Straturbo had a nice trip behind a quick tempo, racing in third place. He went to the front coming to the 100m, only to be grabbed at the post for second by a very close margin.
In Good Time settled in seventh place on the rails, got along the inner on turning for home and gained a late opening to take third from Keen Array ,who ran on well from back in 11th place for (1.1 lengths) fourth, with the speedy leader Whypeeo finishing fifth, beaten just under two lengths after setting a quick pace.
FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
SP
WT |
|||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
7. ISAURIAN (AUS) 4yo H EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - BYZANTINE (AUS) |
JAMES MCDONALD JAMES CUMMINGS |
$2.11
55.5kg |
||||||||
Godolphin | |||||||||||
2nd |
6. STRATURBO (AUS) 9yo G STRATUM (AUS) - WEEKEND GOSSIP (AUS) |
TIM CLARK TONY GOLLAN |
$41
56kg |
||||||||
Elite Thoroughbreds Racing (Mgr:A Allan)Eastern Dragon(Mgr:P J Yabsley), S M Alder, D Goodwin,P S Michaelides,B Wood , J Lindsay , S Moxey, & G Dougherty | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
3rd |
13. IN GOOD TIME (AUS) 4yo M TIME THIEF (AUS) - TURBO ROSE (AUS) |
RON STEWART TRACEY BARTLEY |
$21
54kg |
||||||||
G M Maher & I'm Your Huckleberry (Mgr: M J Maher) | |||||||||||
4th |
5. KEEN ARRAY (AUS) 6yo G BEL ESPRIT (AUS) - MOOREA (AUS) |
BLAKE SHINN TOBY EDMONDS |
$26
57kg |
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
5th |
9. WHYPEEO (AUS) 4yo G I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - SUNSET BOULEVARD (AUS) |
SAM CLIPPERTON TOBY EDMONDS |
$7.5
54kg |
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
6th |
14. MEET MR TAYLOR (AUS) 4yo G TURFFONTEIN (AUS) - VICTIM OF CHOICE (AUS) |
MARK DU PLESSIS KELLY SCHWEIDA |
$3.5
54kg |
||||||||
7th |
2. MR MARBELLOUZ (AUS) 5yo G LOVE CONQUERS ALL (AUS) - MARBLED (AUS) |
BAYLEE NOTHDURFT KEVIN KEMP |
$9
57.5kg |
||||||||
8th |
8. VOLKOFF (AUS) 7yo M TIME THIEF (AUS) - STORMARAMA (AUS) |
MICHAEL CAHILL B & D GUY |
$81
55kg |
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
9th |
10. PROMPT RETURN (AUS) 6yo G BENETEAU (AUS) - PROMPT (AUS) |
J LLOYD TOBY EDMONDS |
$61
54kg |
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
10th |
3. TARZAN (AUS) 6yo G DRUMBEATS (AUS) - BABINDA BELLE (NZ) |
LUKE TARRANT STUART KENDRICK |
$31
57.5kg |
||||||||
|
|||||||||||
11th |
12. SONY LEGEND (AUS) 8yo G HARD SPUN (USA) - LASERS (AUS) |
R FRADD BRIAN SMITH |
$41
54kg |
||||||||
|