+ Magical Icarus (4-9f), Brigadier Bullet (1-2f), Roxholme Butt (4-7f) and Roman Empire (4-5f) were all beaten.
+ Kevin Boon sent out a 76-1 double including the fastest 630m winner of the year, Headford Maurice (37.55)
+ Carl Perry had a 100% strike rate with Geelo Brezza and the fastest 480 winner of the year, Geelo Blissful
+ Seamus Cahill sent out a short priced double including an eighth win of the year for Droopys Gold
The most exciting race of the Monmore’s Lawrence Jones Memorial meeting though was surely the 835m re-match between Aauamza Breeze and Goldies Hotspur who dead heated in their previous meeting over course and distance. Goldies Hotspur triumphed this time, by a short head.
Unfortunately for both, Droopys Gina (Aza Aza Aza-Droopys Talia, Nov 16) had turned the buckle into a three runner affair with Barrie Draper’s brindle triumphing by a short head.
It was the furthest that the daughter of Aza Aza Aza has competed and her winning time of 51.30 (N) was the fastest time over course and distance since Slick Strauss’s 51.00 in 2017.
