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Three
year-old gelding Crystal Reef may never be as talented as his Golden Slipper
winning half-sister Crystal Lily, but he was good enough to win at Cranbourne
on Friday as a well backed favourite.
Having his fourth race start, the Matt Ellerton and Simon Zahra trained son of
Danerich took full advantage of barrier one to scoot through and lead on the
fence before kicking strongly in the straight to win the 1200 maiden by the
best part of a length.
Winning rider Chris Symons was able to get the best from Crystal Reef, who was
beaten into second at Ararat at his previous start as a short priced favourite.
"He was disappointing at Ararat, but he had the blinkers on today," Symons
said.
"He'll keep improving from here."
A homebred for Contract Racing, Crystal Reef is the ninth winner from nine
foals to race for Crystal Snip, who has been an outstanding producer with three
of her winners the stakes-winners Crystal Lily (pictured), Amaethon and Crystal Wit, while another daughter Crystal Sprite is the dam of Group II winner Carrara.
She has a two year-old colt by Hard Spun (USA) called Crystal Web, a yearling
full sister to the ill-fated Crystal Lily and sadly lost another foal by
Stratum this spring.
Class: Maiden. Track: Good. Time: 1:12.86. Prizemoney: $12,000 - 1st: $6,825 2nd: $2,100 3rd: $1,050. |
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| 1 | 3. Crystal Reef | M Ellerton & S Zahra | Chris Symons (1) |
$2.25
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57.0 |
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3g Danerich
x Crystal Snip
(Snippets
) Not Offered |
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| 2 | 0.8 | 6. General Nkwazi | Ms M Croston | P Mertens (11) |
$6.50
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57.0 |
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3c Bel Esprit
x Nkwazi
(Rory's Jester
) Not Offered |
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| 3 | SN | 9. Tackleberry | Ms Allison Sheehan | M J Walker (4) |
$17
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57.0 |
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3g Lago Delight
x Danto
(Danzero
) Not Offered |
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| 4 | 1.8 | 12. Trancing | S B Laming | B Knobel (6) |
$15
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55.0 |
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| 3f Churchill Downs x Mesmerising (Beautiful Crown (USA) ) | |||||||
| 5 | 2.1 | 13. Lucky Sparkle | Heath Conners | Ms T Rodder (8) |
$31
|
55.0 |
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| 3f Bradbury's Luck x Free Sparkle (Paris Prince (USA) ) | |||||||
| 6 | 2.2 | 2. Consul General | P E Fell | D Schmitt (7) |
$10
|
57.0 |
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| 3g Econsul (NZ) x Starlet Miss (Jeune (GB) ) | |||||||
| 7 | 3.0 | 1. Aurum Spirit | R D Griffiths | I Culliver (10) |
$4.25
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57.0 |
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| 3g Bel Esprit x Lakemba Gold (Made Of Gold (USA) ) | |||||||
| 8 | 6.3 | 11. Miss Haydn | J F Moloney | C Newitt (9) |
$11
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55.0 |
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| 3f Exceed And Excel x Light Music (Palace Music (USA) ) | |||||||
| 9 | 8.3 | 7. Pas The Rainbow | G Eurell | J Noonan (12) |
$41
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57.0 |
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| 3g Ne Coupez Pas (USA) x Rainbow Watanga (Rainbows For Life (CAN) ) | |||||||
| 10 | 9.8 | 5. Een Leven | J Leek Jnr | B Rawiller (5) |
$51
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57.0 |
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| 3g Primus x Risette (NZ) (Entrepreneur (GB) ) | |||||||
| 11 | 12.1 | 10. Coogue | C J Davies | J R Todd (3) |
$31
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55.0 |
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| 3f Hold That Tiger (USA) x Magic Plume (Military Plume (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 12 | 14.9 | 8. Syltrist | G Dalziel | Dean Holland (2) |
$26
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57.0 |
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| 3g Kempinsky x Sylvac (Gold Carat (USA) ) | |||||||
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