Jockey Hugh Bowman called on experience gained from two previous Victoria Derby wins to guide Polanski to victory in the Group One Classic at Flemington on Saturday.
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Bowman said he was worried about the early tempo in the $1.5 million race but his concerns had eased by the half-way point.
“That’s when I thought it was going to need a good horse to beat him, Bowman said.
“I’ve been here before and I said to myself `don’t disappoint the horse, let him gallop’.”
He said Polanski, bought for $4000 by trainer Robbie Laing, was a stronger horse than his two previous Derby winners – Lion Tamer (2010) and Sangster (2011).
“Lion Tamer may have been a bit more brilliant than him but this horse is definitely stronger,” Bowman said.
“My gut feeling is that he is going to get better as he gets older.”
| Race 6 – 3:00PM AAMI Victoria Derby (2500 METRES) |
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| Of $1,500,000.1st $900,000, 2nd $270,000, 3rd $135,000, 4th $67,500, 5th $37,500, 6th $30,000, 7th $30,000, 8th $30,000 GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses.Track Condition: Good 3 Time: 2:38.66 Last 600m: 0:37.09 INTERIM RESULTS |
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| Finish | No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Starting Price | ||
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| 1 | 4 | POLANSKI | Robbie Laing | Hugh Bowman | 1 | 55.5kg | $5.50 | |||
| 2 | 2 | COMPLACENT | Peter Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | 3L | 14 | 55.5kg | $7 | ||
| 3 | 13 | THUNDER FANTASY | Anthony Cummings | Peter Robl | 4.25L | 7 | 55.5kg | $31 | ||
| 4 | 1 | CRITERION (NZ) | David Payne | Craig Williams | 4.45L | 12 | 55.5kg | $11 | ||
| 5 | 10 | TUPAC AMARU | Peter Snowden | Craig Newitt | 6.45L | 8 | 55.5kg | $21 | ||
| 6 | 5 | DRAGO | Anthony Cummings | Damien Oliver | 6.55L | 16 | 55.5kg | $26 | ||
| 7 | 16 | BRING SOMETHING | Ken Keys | Glen Boss | 7.05L | 10 | 55.5kg | $21 | ||
| 8 | 7 | HONEY STEEL’S GOLD | David Hayes | Luke Nolen | 10.3L | 2 | 55.5kg | $71 | ||
| 9 | 14 | SURGING WAVE | David Hayes | Nicholas Hall | 10.4L | 13 | 55.5kg | $21 | ||
| 10 | 15 | FAMECHON | Michael Moroney | Dwayne Dunn | 12.4L | 4 | 55.5kg | $31 | ||
| 11 | 9 | EPIC SAGA | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Chris Symons | 14.15L | 15 | 55.5kg | $51 | ||
| 12 | 6 | SAN DIEGO | Peter Snowden | Steven Arnold | 14.65L | 6 | 55.5kg | $8 | ||
| 13 | 11 | PINSTRIPE LANE (NZ) | John Sadler | Nash Rawiller | 20.65L | 3 | 55.5kg | $21 | ||
| 14 | 3 | SAVVY NATURE (NZ) | John O’Shea | James McDonald | 21.15L | 11 | 55.5kg | $4F | ||
| 15 | 12 | THROW THE KING | John Sadler | Thomas Sadler (a) | 41.15L | 5 | 55.5kg | $101 | ||
| 16 | 8 | TIPS AND BEERS | David Hayes | Brett Prebble | 49.15L | 9 | 55.5kg | $41 | ||
| 18e | EMPIRE ROCK | David Hayes | Daniel Moor | 0 | ||||||
| 17e | CADILLAC MOUNTAIN | Peter G Moody | Daniel Stackhouse | 0 |
