Winning Horse: Ammoudi Bay (Aus)

6yoG Starcraft (NZ) - Savalook (NZ)(Savabeel (Aus))

45 starts - 10 wins 5 seconds 3 thirds 9 fourths $332500

Other Wins

1st Home Hill 2022 Battle Of The Bush Qual. 1180m (2022)

1st Mt Perry Hcp 1400m (2021)

1st Warrnambool Kia Hcp 1400m (2021)

1st Terang Callaghan Mtrs J Mckinnon-Bm70 1400m (2021)

1st Ballarat Porter Plant (Bm70) 1400m (2020)

1st Bendigo Bendigo Locksmiths (Bm70) 1400m (2020)

1st Geelong Elephant & Castle Hotel (Bm64) 1340m (2020)

1st Terang Crawley's Terang Hotel (Bm58) 1200m (2019)

1st Terang Terang Co-Op Mdn Plate 1200m (2019)

Other Placings

3rd Thangool Open Hcp 1300m (2022)

3rd Eagle Farm Brc Salutes J Brindley (Bm80) 1600m (2021)

2nd Mackay (Bm70) 1100m (2021)

2nd Yeppoon Open Hcp 1400m (2021)

2nd Bowen We3 Group Hcp 1470m (2021)

2nd Mackay Nhp Electrical Eng. Products 1300m (2021)

3rd Geelong Bet365 St Patrick's Cup (Bm78) 1400m (2020)

2nd Sandown-Hillside Le Pine Funerals (Bm64) 1300m (2020)

Race Result:

1st: Ammoudi Bay (J Stanley/O Cairns) - $2.90F

2nd: V J Day (G Geran/P Webster) - $13
3rd: Kedleston (T Berry/T Austin) - $17

Winning Time: 1:11.86 Last 600m: 35.87

Margins: 1L x 1L

Winning Trainer: Olivia Cairns

“It’s been a big week. It’s a real relief. Magical, magical, great ride.

“I was worried he was going to get stuck behind slow ones but he got out when he wanted to.

“He goes pretty good. He has all this campaign. I was quietly confident but always need luck.”

Previous run - bad luck in running: “The form around him has gone on, too. He’s raced great all campaign.

“We had this (race) in the back of our mind last year and just can’t believe we’ve pulled it off.”

Winning Jockey: Justin Stanley

“It’s a great concept by Racing Queensland. I was lucky enough to win the first one with Olivia as well. I was probably more confident coming into this race.

“He was probably the best horse in the race. He’s been placed here a couple of times and it was going to be if I could keep in touch and not get too far out of my ground then just have a bit of luck coming to the turn and once I got out I was confident.

“You couldn’t have scripted it better. You’ve to plan in your mind how you’d like the race to pan out and it pretty much worked out exactly as I’d hoped. Really happy.”

How they’ll celebrate tonight: “I don’t know how they’ll celebrate but I’ve got to ride 55 (kilos) tomorrow so I’m going really quiet.”

Race Photo (image courtesy of Michael McInally/Racing Queensland)