1 MAGUIRE (NZ) Jon Collins D Nikolic 10 58
2 HENDERSON BAY (NZ) Neville McBurney B Prebble 11 56
3 THONG CLASSIC Pat Carey R McLeod (a) 13 55.5
4 GREY SONG Tommy Hughes S W Arnold 12 54
5 THE A TRAIN (NZ) Cliff Brown D Oliver 14 54
6 THE SECONDMORTGAGE (NZ) Michael Moroney K McEvoy 1 54
7 FIRETAINE (NZ) Stuart Webb 7 52
8 GOLD LOTTEY Graeme Rogerson Steven King 3 52
9 LESTER THUNDERWING Ken Keys L Currie 6 52
10 MANANG (NZ) Lee Freedman D Gauci 8 52
11 MISS MELISS (NZ) Bart Cummings A Findlay 15 52
12 NATIONAL TREASURE (NZ) Gai Waterhouse J Cassidy 2 52
13 PANTANI (NZ) Robbie Laing P Mertens 5 52
14 REQUIEM Tony McEvoy S Baster 4 52
15 RUM George Hanlon G Childs 9 52

Early selections are National Treasure, Maguire & The A Train.

Thong Classic, The SecongMortage

#12 NATIONAL TREASURE (2)

Gold Lottey.

2 HENDERSON BAY, 12 NATIONAL TREASURE & 14 REQUIEM

Firetaine
Grey Song
Pantani

12 - National Tresure.
8 - Gold Lottey.
6 - The Secondmortgage.

national treasure

Well done dolly007 & TESTAROSSA who both included THE SECONDMORTGAGE in their selections.

BettyBoop with REQUIEM almost pinched it at juicy odds.

Thought the race was run at a farcical pace, which did not suit the true stayers. Difficult form line to follow for CC & MC to come. Also seemed many finishing midfield or worse not fully extended.

The horse to follow was Bart's Miss Meliss who obviously is looking for more ground and was running on at the end. Could be a good bet in longer races and Bart has a high opinion of this one.