Peter Moody trained Manighar has taken out the second of the Group 1 races at Flemington racecourse the $1 million dollar Australian Cup.
Manighar jumped as the third favourite on S-Tab at $5.90 and sat midfield during the run and fought off a strong challenge from the 2011 Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed but was able to kick back on the inside to win by a nose on the line.
Race favourite and the 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain sat second last and made up a lot of ground in the straight to run a very close third and likely to have won the race had it been twenty meters longer.
Race 7 RESULTS 4:00 PM EST Dubai Australian Cup(GROUP 1) 2000m $1,000,000
|
No
|
Horse
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Wg
|
Margin
|
Odds
|
|
|
1st
|
5
|
MANIGHAR(5)
|
Luke Nolen
|
Peter G Moody
|
59.0
|
2-1.22
|
/$7
|
|
2nd
|
9
|
SOUTHERN SPEED(2)
|
Craig Williams
|
Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas
|
57.0
|
0.1L
|
/$8.50
|
|
3rd
|
1
|
AMERICAIN(8)
|
Steven Arnold
|
David Hayes
|
59.0
|
0.4L
|
/$2.40F
|
|
4th
|
6
|
PRECEDENCE(4)
|
Michael Rodd
|
Bart Cummings
|
59.0
|
1.4L
|
/$51
|
|
5th
|
2
|
EFFICIENT(3)
|
Craig Newitt
|
Robert Hickmott
|
59.0
|
2.9L
|
/$31
|
|
6th
|
3
|
PLAYING GOD(1)
|
Steven Parnham
|
Neville Parnham
|
59.0
|
5.9L
|
/$26
|
|
7th
|
4
|
GLASS HARMONIUM(7)
|
Damien Oliver
|
Michael Moroney
|
59.0
|
6.1L
|
/$7.50
|
|
8th
|
8
|
ILLO(6)
|
Kerrin McEvoy
|
Bart Cummings
|
59.0
|
10.1L
|
/$6.50
|
|
Src
|
7
|
LUCAS CRANACH
|
Nash Rawiller
|
Anthony Freedman
|
