Race 4
MCGRATH BUDERIM & MOOLOOLABA QTIS Three-Year-Old BENCHMARK 65 Handicap 1400m
3Y BM65
Sunshine Coast
Soft 6| Details | Barrier | Wgt | Margin | Time | Progression | Steward comment | Starting price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 56.5kg | - | 1-26.92 | 800m: 6th 400m: 4th | - | $4 | ||
| 1 | 54.0kg | 2.00 | 800m: 1st 400m: 1st | - | $4.80 | |||
| 7 | 55.0kg | 2.80 | 800m: 7th 400m: 7th | Began awkwardly and lost ground. | $21 | |||
| 2 | 54.0kg | 3.00 | 800m: 3rd 400m: 3rd | Approaching the 100m shifted out under pressure and had to be checked after becoming awkwardly placed at the heels of MISHANI ESPIRIT. | $11 | |||
| 3 | 57.0kg | 3.10 | 800m: 4th 400m: 5th | - | $4.20 | |||
| 4 | 54.0kg | 5.10 | 800m: 2nd 400m: 2nd | - | $31 | |||
| 6 | 54.0kg | 5.40 | 800m: 5th 400m: 6th | On arrival at the barriers the nearside plate was reattached. Slow to begin. | $21 | |||
| 5 | 61.5kg | 6.90 | 800m: 8th 400m: 8th | In the presence of trainer G Doughty, rider D McGillivray was questioned regarding tactics adopted specifically, in the early stages of the event. D McGillivray stated instructions were to settle back in field with cover, however after beginning well and combined with the slow early pace of the race MINTO’S PARADISE was caught three wide and raced ungenerously when being restrained to obtain cover in an attempt to comply with instructions. Stewards advised D McGillivray, in their opinion, he had erred in not allowing the horse to stride forward in the early stages of the event when the pace wa | $3.60 | |||