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Group 1 Australian Guineas day at Flemington produced more than one unexpected result and while on occasion it left punters scratching their heads, so too connections of beaten runners.
A $301 winner of the feature race meant there was plenty of fallout from the Guineas itself and the stewards were busy, suspending two leading jockeys for careless riding. Read all the information and fallout from a big news day.
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Jockey Brad Parnham: “It was a great run, the pace backed off and then they quickened at the 600m and when that happened he was left flat footed, but really built to the line. He wants more ground than 1400m so he was good.”
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PROFITEER STILL IMPROVING AHEAD OF TODMAN
March 3, 2021 10:34 am
By Conor Walsh
Mick Price says star colt Profiteer has continued to improve ahead of his next test in the Group 2 Todman Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
The two-year-old has been devastatingly brilliant in both starts to date, blowing his rivals away in extremely fast time at Flemington on debut before claiming a stunning 5.3-length victory in the $2 Million Inglis Millennium at Randwick last time out.
As impressive as those performances were, Profiteer will face tougher opposition on paper on Saturday, but Price is confident the colt has taken further steps forward in his month between runs.
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The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr combination will head into Saturday s Group 1 Kennedy Australian Guineas (1600m) with a two-pronged attack, with Cambourne and Ironedge set to take their place in the $1 million feature.
Mark Zahra has been booked to ride Cambourne after his first-up seventh in the C.S. Hayes Stakes, with the stable expecting sharp improvement out to 1600 metres. He has bounced through his run and we are extremely happy with him, Kent Jnr explained. I thought it was a hidden run, he ended up in an awkward spot and is a big, free-flowing horse and they ran quick time in that race.