Race 4
HYNES NEWSAGENCY / W. CAREY & SONS MEATS BENCHMARK 65 Handicap 1100m
BM65
Warwick
Good 4| Details | Barrier | Wgt | Margin | Time | Progression | Steward comment | Starting price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 59.5kg | - | 1-03.98 | 800m: 3rd 400m: 3rd | - | $3.30 | ||
| 8 | 54.0kg | 0.20 | 800m: 2nd 400m: 2nd | - | $11 | |||
| 3 | 59.0kg | 0.70 | 800m: 5th 400m: 5th | Began awkwardly. Forced wider when awkwardly placed at heels over the concluding stages. | $7 | |||
| 5 | 56.5kg | 1.20 | 800m: 1st 400m: 1st | Began awkwardly and lost ground. Z Sprie, rider of SEE FOR YOURSELF, was reprimanded under AR132(7)(a)(ii) for use of the whip on six occasions prior to the 100m, one more than permitted. | $9.50 | |||
| 4 | 58.5kg | 1.50 | 800m: 6th 400m: 6th | Slow to begin. Near the 100m steadied when awkwardly placed at heels and then was shifted wider when MAHA MUSTANG laid out under pressure. | $3.90 | |||
| 6 | 57.5kg | 3.00 | 800m: 7th 400m: 7th | - | $4.40 | |||
| 7 | 57.5kg | 4.50 | 800m: 8th 400m: 8th | S Lacy, rider of HONEY BABY, was fined $300 under AR132(7)(a)(ii) for use of the whip on six occasions prior to the 100m, one more than permitted. | $15 | |||
| 2 | 58.5kg | 9.80 | 800m: 4th 400m: 4th | A post-race veterinary examination of the horse revealed lacerations to the near hind heel and the off fore fetlock, consistent with having been galloped on. | $61 | |||