Winning Horse: D'aguilar (Aus)

6yoG High Chaparral (Ire) - Spina Rosa (Aus)(Redoute's Choice (Aus))

9 starts - 6 wins 1 third $285200

Other Wins

1st Caulfield Schweppes (Bm84) 1400m (2022)

1st Flemington Vrc Member M Kiely Trophy-Bm84 1600m (2021)

1st Sandown-Lakeside Ladbrokes Blended Multi (Bm70) 1400m (2021)

1st Moonee Valley Essendon Mitsubishi (Bm64) 1600m (2018)

1st Donald Pea Co Mdn Plate 1350m (2018) (Debut Run)

Other Placings

3rd Pakenham Cheap As Chips (Bm70) 1200m (2019)

Race Result:

1st: D’Aguilar (B Egan/P Payne) - $3.80F

2nd: Hezashocka (P Moloney/M Price & M Kent Jnr) - $4.60
3rd: No Effort (L King/G Bedggood) - $6

Winning Time: 2:04.41 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Nose x ½ Neck

Winning Trainer: Patrick Payne (no stable representative available for interview)

Winning Jockey: Billy Egan

At the turn: “I honestly didn’t think I was going to get that close to Lachie (King), I thought Patches (Moloney) and I would be getting close to him but I didn’t think we’d be getting past him and then the closer I got I thought ‘I reckon I’ll pick up Lachie but I don’t know if I’ll get past Patches’ but he picked them both up, he’s just such a tough little horse.”

Strong late: “I think it’s just taken him a couple of runs to come to hand actually and I think sometimes it just takes him a little bit, because he’s had issues, to get his confidence and think I can run through the line so just a little bit of confidence for him.”

Upside: “I’m very happy to see him run out a strong 2000m as well. He’s won very well fresh over 1400m and now he’s stepped out to 2000m and won at a strong 2000m as well so I think he might even be able to get a bit further now.”