Recap by phillip woo

Trendy Win sat on the back of the leader from gate one, came one off soon after straightening and took control 150m out for an overdue win following back-to-back seconds. Favourite Goodheart Success settled fore of midfield along the rails, copped a check between runners at the 250m and finished very well with clear running over the final 200m. He was terribly unlucky and will be winning soon. Choice Treasure was ridden along from a wide gate to eventually find the front at the 1,250m, straightened near two lengths on top and grudgingly gave way over the final 100m. Forgive And Forget settled one off the fence in midfield, swung the final bend with one wider out and closed off reasonably well to inject some value into the Quartet. Sugar City bided his time third from the rear along the inside, cornered near four deep and made some ground without menacing. Starting Over came up one-paced over the final 100m. Albiceleste made some ground from near the back without ever looking a threat. First Sight Love was ridden for luck at the tail of the field, was short of room upon straightening until the 200m, then was bumped about 150m out and kept on evenly thereafter.

Racing Incident Report

Race Seven: (511)-CHAMPAGNE HANDICAP - Class 3 - 1650Metres

ALBICELESTE was slow to begin.

From wide barriers, FIRST SIGHT LOVE and SUGAR CITY were shifted across behind runners in the early stages.

Near the 250 Metres, GOODHEART SUCCESS (J Moreira) was badly checked when attempting to improve into tight running between GOLDLAND DANCER which initially shifted in marginally and STARTING OVER (A Suborics) which shifted out.

When GOODHEART SUCCESS was checked, that horse shifted out, resulting in GOLDLAND DANCER being taken out onto FORGIVE AND FORGET which in turn was taken out onto CLASSIC JEWELLERY which was checked and shifted away from the heels of FORGIVE AND FORGET.

AGIAAL, which was following, was badly hampered in consequence and FIRST SIGHT LOVE was inconvenienced.

J Moreira was advised that the Stewards were satisfied there was sufficient room to pursue the run between STARTING OVER and GOLDLAND DANCER and agreed with his assessment that he had not properly established running between GOLDLAND DANCER and STARTING OVER prior to that horse shifting out.

A Suborics was advised that notwithstanding these matters, he should, in similar circumstances, make every endeavour to prevent his mounts from shifting ground.

Passing the 200 Metres, AGIAAL was checked when attempting to improve between ALBICELESTE which was taken out slightly by SUGAR CITY and GOODHEART SUCCESS which shifted in after becoming unbalanced due to an earlier incident.

J Moreira was advised that whilst there were a number of circumstances associated with this incident, principally that the Stewards were satisfied that AGIAAL had not properly established clear running between ALBICELESTE and GOODHEART SUCCESS, nonetheless he should make every endeavour to prevent his mounts from shifting ground wherever possible.

After this, AGIAAL and FIRST SIGHT LOVE raced tight as FIRST SIGHT LOVE shifted in to obtain clear running.

Approaching the 50 Metres, SUGAR CITY was awkwardly placed inside the heels of STARTING OVER.

A Suborics, the rider of the 6th placegetter, STARTING OVER, pleaded guilty to a breach of Rule 100(2) in that he failed to ride his mount out all the way to the end of the race to the satisfaction of the Stewards.

A Suborics was fined a sum of $15,000.

A veterinary inspection of BULLISH BOY and FIRST SIGHT LOVE immediately following the race did not show any significant findings.

TRENDY WIN and GOODHEART SUCCESS were sent for sampling.