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It was another classic finish, with Ceolwulf edging out Pericles.
A thrilling finish 😮💨
A measured ride sees CEOLWULF surge late to capture the Lexus Champions Mile by a nose.
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Hear from the beaten brigade:
Craig Williams (Mr Brightside): “It’s a shame. He wanted to hang out throughout the race so he definitely wasn’t at his best. Most importantly he’s come through the race okay.”
Ben Melham (Pericles): “Terrific run. He was there to win, just got out toughed by a tough bugger on the day.”
Tom Marquand (Lake Forest): “Just hated the ground. We knew he was a top of the ground horse but he’s travelled half way across the world so he wasn’t going to scratch, shame so much rain came.”
Harry Coffey (Steparty): “Travelled well but under full pressure at that level, lost his action in the ground.”
Ethan Brown (Von Hauke): “He didn’t handle the conditions.”
Declan Bates (Pride Of Jenni): “She just hated this heavy track today, a long way out she was sort of dipping and diving underneath me and I just wasn’t able to use that stride to get away, just purely, simply hated the ground, I think.”
Jason Collett (Stefi Magnetica): “She copped a bit of a squeeze early, not really comfortable when the pace went on so to finish where she did, she went very well.”
Damian Lane (Treasurethe Moment): “She ran super. To present as well as she did, in that ground, I thought she really toughed it out. She really struggled with her footing over the last four hundred metres so to run fourth in such a good race, in a testing run race, I thought a really good effort. Just a testing run mile on a heavy track really found her out.”
