On Saturday at Moonee Valley racecourse, promising grey gelding Linton took home the $200 000 Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (1600m).
Linton, owned by Lloyd Williams, started as the $3.80 favourite and beat home CS Hayes Stakes winner Take The Rap ($14) by 1 ? lengths with second elect the Peter Snowden-trained Offhanded ($3.90) in third.
Stablemate to the brilliant 2007 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient, Linton has now won two of his three career starts.
The David Hayes-trained Extra Zero drifted to $5 before the race after originally being installed as the second elect, and ran a lacklustre fifth in the Alister Clark.
For more details and result information for the Alister Clark Stakes click here.
The other Group 2 feature held at the meeting was the Sunline Stakes (1600m), which was won by the Pat Hyland-trained Zarita after a skilful ride by jockey Steve Arnold saw the $1.95 favourite defeat Princess Marizza ($21) by a length with Silvercitymiss ($7.50) in third.
For the full results of the 2010 Sunline Stakes click here.
2010 Alister Clark Stakes Results:
Placing |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
| 1 |
LINTON |
Robert Hickmott | Michael Rodd |
| 2 |
TAKE THE RAP (NZ) |
Danny O?Brien | Craig Williams |
| 3 |
OFFHANDED |
Peter Snowden | Mark Zahra |
| 4 |
AT THE HEADS (NZ) |
Danny O?Brien | Nicholas Hall |
| 5 |
EXTRA ZERO |
David Hayes | Brad Rawiller |
| 6 |
COSMOCRAT |
Mick Price | Damien Oliver |
| 7 |
VIKING HERO |
Michael Moroney | Glen Boss |
| 8 |
ERASET |
Danny O?Brien | James Winks |
| 9 |
FULL METAL JACKET |
John Thompson | Steven King |
| 10 |
PROST |
John Thompson | Chris Symons |
