On Thursday night Canterbury Park racecourse held one of their thrilling twilight race meetings, with the feature race of the night, the $100 000 Listed Canterbury BMW Classic (1100m) taken out by the Con Karakatsanis-trained News Alert.
Sydney sprinter News Alert ($6) claimed a close victory ahead of the hot pre-race favourite, the Peter Snowden-trained Pinwheel with Kenny’s World ($9) finishing off the trifecta in the sprint.
Four-year-old Pinwheel just missed out on securing his fourth successive victory, but it was a great resurgence to top form for five-year-old News Alert after he was scratched last minute on New Year’s Day from the Carrington Stakes for signs of lameness from a sore heel. News Alert has now won seven of this 25 career starts.
The other highly fancied runner heading into the race was Gai Waterhouse’s Bank Robber, the $3.10 second favourite just missed out on a placing finishing a neck back in fourth after leading in the early stages of the race before carrying the top weight tiered him over the final stages.
2010 Canterbury BMW Classic Results:
Placing |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Margin |
| 1 |
NEWS ALERT |
Con Karakatanis | H. Bowman | – |
| 2 |
PINWHEEL |
Peter Snowden | C. Brown | 0.5 |
| 3 |
KENNY’S WORLD |
Graeme Murry | G. Schofield | 1.8 |
| 4 |
BANK ROBBER |
Gai Waterhouse | B. Shinn | 1.9 |
| 5 |
HADAAF |
Joseph Pr4ide | P. Robl | 2.0 |
| 6 |
ACQUIRED (NZ) |
Gary Portelli | N. Berry | 2.2 |
| 7 |
BUDABAR |
J & G Lee | P. Wells | 2.8 |
| 8 |
HE’S IN DEMAND |
Mark Schmetzer | G. Bucklye | 2.9 |
| Scratched: | ||||
| PINS ON PARADE (NZ) | ||||
