Race 1
STRADBROKE CALCUTTA 9 JUNE BENCHMARK 90 Handicap 1625m
BM90
Toowoomba
Soft 6| Details | Barrier | Wgt | Margin | Time | Progression | Steward comment | Starting price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55.5kg | - | 1-40.55 | 800m: 3rd 400m: 5th | Began awkwardly. Laid in when placed under pressure in the home straight. | $2.10 | ||
| 5 | 55.0kg | 0.50 | 800m: 4th 400m: 3rd | - | $15 | |||
| 4 | 54.0kg | 0.60 | 800m: 2nd 400m: 1st | Hung out rounding the home turn and as a result shifted wider on the track. | $4.40 | |||
| 3 | 54.0kg | 1.00 | 800m: 6th 400m: 4th | Began awkwardly. | $5 | |||
| 3 | 54.0kg | 1.00 | 800m: 6th 400m: 4th | - | $5 | |||
| 2 | 54.5kg | 4.30 | 800m: 1st 400m: 2nd | - | $16 | |||
| 6 | 54.0kg | 4.80 | 800m: 5th 400m: 6th | Threw its head in the air shortly after the start and as a result was restrained to a reward position. Jockey J. Byrne could offer no explanation for the below market expectation performance of the gelding which he advised failed to quicken from the 600m. A post-race veterinary examination failed to reveal any significant abnormalities | $9 | |||