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Remarque, the brother of 2018 Golden Slipper winner Estijaab, won comfortably on debut and rose to the second line of betting to emulate his sibling by winning Australia s richest two-year-old race in two months time.
Remarque won two barrier trials before running out a two-length winner of the $125,000 The Agency Real Estate Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Snitzel colt raced on the pace for jockey Tommy Berry and broke clear on straightening, the only obvious fault in his performance was his waywardness inside the final 250 metres when spotting electronic signage boards on the infield.
Trained by John, Michael and Wayne Hawkes, the same partnership who oversaw the Golden Slipper success of Estijaab, Remarque firmed to $9 with Sportsbet for the Golden Slipper at Rosehill on March 20.
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Craig De Faria is eyeing up three straight Taranaki men s open singles titles. He has 25 Taranaki bowls titles to his name across the different formats. (file photo)
West End’s Craig De Faria kept his hopes of a third-straight Taranaki men’s open singles title alive on Sunday – but only just. The highly decorated De Faria, with 25 Taranaki titles to his credit, was in all sorts of bother in his second post section match in the Janko Computers-sponsored event on Sunday evening at West End. He trailed Jayden Ravji (Victoria, Wellington) 12-0, 16-2 and 19-8 at various stages.