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A race worthy of the horse that gave the race it's name with a great finish.
Photos all round but in the end the win went to Vadeni, the French raider, by a neck from Mishriff who has to be a good thing beaten, and a head back to Native Trail.
Vadeni under Christophe Soumillon and Native Trail under William Buick were slogging it out over the last 100m when all of a sudden Mishriff under David Egan came like a bolt from the blue and almost snagged it. Mishriff had goofed the start, got blocked a couple of times and got hampered and still managed to produce a great finish which delighted his connections.
Lord North ran well for fourth – just lacking the final punch.
The Sprint saw Michael Appleby's Raasel just get the better of favourite Mitbaahy with Method 12/1 taking home the money for third.