Race 3
TAB BENCHMARK 65 Handicap 1400m
BM65
Sunshine Coast
Good 4| Details | Barrier | Wgt | Margin | Time | Progression | Steward comment | Starting price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 57.0kg | - | 1-23.55 | 800m: 7th 400m: 6th | Slow to begin. Laid in under pressure in the straight. | $5 | ||
| 4 | 60.0kg | 0.30 | 1-23.62 | 800m: 3rd 400m: 2nd | Laid out under pressure in the straight. | $9.50 | ||
| 7 | 57.0kg | 0.80 | 1-23.74 | 800m: 8th 400m: 7th | Change of tactics, to be rider further back in the field and was ridden accordingly. Began awkwardly and lost ground. Laid out under pressure in the straight. Fractious in the enclosure prior to the event and when behind the barriers. Connections were advised that a warning would be placed on the horses manners. | $4.40 | ||
| 1 | 58.5kg | 2.10 | 1-23.97 | 800m: 5th 400m: 5th | Over-raced during the early stages. | $7 | ||
| 5 | 56.0kg | 2.90 | 1-24.13 | 800m: 4th 400m: 3rd | - | $3.90 | ||
| 8 | 60.5kg | 3.40 | 1-24.24 | 800m: 1st 400m: 1st | - | $8.50 | ||
| 6 | 55.5kg | 4.40 | 1-24.42 | 800m: 2nd 400m: 4th | - | $8.50 | ||
| 3 | 59.0kg | 18.40 | 1-26.84 | 800m: 6th 400m: 8th | Post race vet examination revealed the horse to have suffered a cardiac arrythmia and had lost the near fore plate. Trainer A Simpson was advised that the gelding would require an ECG, vet certificate and barrier trial prior to racing again. | $51 | ||