Punters post-race: Australian Guineas day in review : compar

Punters post-race: Australian Guineas day in review
by James Lamb, Luke Sheehan & David Hocking
Lunar Fox caused a boilover in the Guineas
Image: Getty
Verry Elleegant displayed all of her fighting qualities once again, while Lunar Fox became the longest-priced Australian G1 winner in history with victory in the Guineas.
Star Performer
Verry Elleegant in the Chipping Norton Stakes (Randwick R7)
Her seventh Group One win was a customary tough display as the Caulfield Cup champion staved off a quartet of horses in a five-way go to claim the G1 feature at Randwick. James McDonald had to bustle along the daughter of Zed out of the gates as she was tardy away, and then got going before the corner as she went eye-to-eye with main market rival Colette. To the inside of the Godolphin mare was Waller's other pair Funstar and Kolding, while it looked as though Avilius was going to end his winning drought of 500+ days when he travelled into it beautifully off the backs of Verry Elleegant and Colette. Instead, the Kiwi-bred mare stuck her head out in the middle of them and fought off the challengers under McDonald for her first win since fending off Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck at Caulfield. She has come back in seriously good order and to be doing what she's doing over these shorter trip should sound an ominous warning to her rivals ahead of the Sydney autumn carnival.

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