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The crowds were back at Flemington on Saturday, but you could have heard a pin drop in the mounting yard after the longest-priced Group 1 winner in Australian history, Lunar Fox, prevailed in the Australian Guineas at the odds of $301.
Thousands of mouths were open wide all across the course as Lunar Fox put paid to the favourite Tagaloa inside the 200-metre mark then fought off the flying finish of Cherry Tortoni to register a win that few could fathom.
1986 Caulfield Guineas winner Abaridy ($251) had been the titleholder of the longest-priced G1 winner.
The First 4 on the race for Lunar Fox ($3.10), Cherry Tortoni ($10), Tagaloa ($3.50) and Embolism ($81) paid almost $1 million with Tabcorp ($974,376).
Carl Di Iorio
Jockey(s) to watch: Laura Lafferty is yet to ride a city winner but that should change quickly in 2021. The vast majority of her winners, as is the case with most apprentices early in their career, settled top three, but she s won races during December with some intelligent off-pace rides, displaying greater timing and composure. I predict that Damien Oliver will win this season s Melbourne Jockeys Premiership. He s ridden almost enough seconds to complete a minute already this season although his choice of rides will be slightly impacted by the minimum weight in the metropolitan area returning to 54kg.
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