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The evergreen Darren Gauci guided the Bianconi gelding Bianmick to an upset win over a brace of Cups contenders in Friday's $200,000 Group 3 Programmed Property JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley.
It was the third consecutive win and first at stakes level for the Michael Brady-trained gelding who takes his overall record to 9 wins, 1 second and 5 thirds from 28 starts for earnings of $278,919.
"I was desperately looking for cover early and I just couldn't get it," Gauci said. "My horse was pulling pretty hard and he actually took me to them sooner than I would have liked.
"I thought, 'I know I am on a fit horse and I know he can run a strong 2400', so I thought 'catch me if you can'. It doesn't always work out but the horse is going really well and he did a good job."
The son of Swettenham
Stud's underrated Danzig stallion Bianconi (pictured), Bianmick is the only horse Brady
currently trains.
"This is all magic, it's a dream," Brady said
"He's come a long way and we can see the different attitude he has and he's just thriving. It's thrilling for everyone involved."
"He's matured. You can see he is such a happy horse and he likes our environment at home. He's got his special treats that we do with him and he just thrives.
A December foal, Bianmick was due to be consigned to a breeze up sale for two and three-year olds in 2008 but did not go through the ring.
He is the third foal of the winning Citidancer mare Cross Dancer a half-sister to multiple winner Stonnington.
Cross Dancer has a yearling colt by Soldier's Tale (USA) and was bred back to Masterpiece (ARG) last season.
Group 3 - 2040m Class: Quality. Track: Dead. Time: 2:06.66. Sectional Time: 0:35.39 at 600m. Prizemoney: $200,000 - 1st: $120,000 2nd: $36,000 3rd: $18,000. |
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| 1 | 10. Bianmick | Michael Brady | D Gauci (10) |
$21
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54.0 |
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6g Bianconi (USA)
x Cross Dancer
(Citidancer (IRE)
) Not Offered |
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| 2 | 1.8 | 5. Dance With Her | D Brideoake & D Feek | D Dunn (14) |
$10
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55.0 |
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 6m Al Maher
x Dance Hit (NZ)
(Tights (USA)
)Lot 647; 2008 MM Conrad Jupiters Yearling Sale; Vendor - Attunga Stud; Buyer - "Psd $45,000 Res $60,000" |
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| 3 | NS | 3. Ironstein | G A Ryan | B Avdulla (8) |
$26
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56.0 |
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7g Zabeel (NZ)
x Gentle Genius
(Danehill (USA)
) Lot 712; 2007 MM Conrad Jupiters Yearling Sale; Vendor - Strawberry Hill Stud; Buyer - BRIAN JENKINS $250,000 |
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| 4 | 2.2 | 13. Fruehling (IRE) | Anthony Freedman | D Moor (2) |
$8
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54.0 |
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| 5h Azamour (IRE) x Spring Symphony (IRE) (Darshaan (GB) ) | |||||||
| 5 | 2.7 | 9. Sabrage | M D Moroney | K Mc Evoy (4) |
$17
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54.0 |
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| 4h Charge Forward x Galroof (NZ) (Maroof (USA) ) | |||||||
| 6 | 3.1 | 7. Miss Artistic (NZ) | S F Ritchie | C Newitt (1) |
$26
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54.0 |
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| 4m Darci Brahma (NZ) x Artless (Dahar (USA) ) | |||||||
| 7 | 4.1 | 2. Alcopop | Jake Stephens | D Tourneur (12) |
$31
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57.0 |
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| 8g Jeune (GB) x Iota Of Luck (Blevic ) | |||||||
| 8 | 4.6 | 6. Excluded (NZ) | Robert Hickmott | Craig Williams (9) |
$2.38
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54.0 |
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| 5g High Chaparral (Ire) x Cruzeiro (NZ) (Kaapstad (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 9 | 5.6 | 8. King Diamond | P G Moody | L Nolen (11) |
$21
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54.0 |
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| 6g Danewin x Kali Smytzer (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 10 | 6.0 | 1. Precedence (NZ) | J B Cummings | M Rodd (7) |
$6
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58.0 |
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| 7g Zabeel (NZ) x Kowtow (USA) (Shadeed (USA) ) | |||||||
| 11 | 8.3 | 11. Guns At Five (NZ) | P G Moody | V Duric (3) |
$13
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54.0 |
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| 5g Duelled x Accidentallyinlove (NZ) (Cape Cross (IRE) ) | |||||||
| 12 | 10.1 | 4. Moyenne Corniche (GB) | J T Conlan | M Zahra (13) |
$101
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56.0 |
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| 8g Selkirk (USA) x Miss Corniche (GB) (Hernando (FR) ) | |||||||
| 13 | 10.9 | 14. Apprehend | A J Vasil | J Noonan (5) |
$101
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54.0 |
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| 7g Hold That Tiger (USA) x Regal Touch (NZ) (Touching Wood (USA) ) | |||||||
| 14 | 11.7 | 12. Ulundi | P G Carey | R Mc Leod (6) |
$41
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54.0 |
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| 5g Helenus x Willow (Woodman (USA) ) | |||||||
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