Eclair Mystic has won the Listed $100,000 Zeditave Stakes over 1200m at Caulfield today in a close run race.

Linked In jumped well and showed early speed to lead the field before fighting down the straight with race favourite Eclair Mystic. The Robert Smerdon trained Eclair Mystic only just managed to pull away and win the Zeditave Stakes from a fast finishing Spirited Eagle and a strong Linked In holding onto third. Spirited Eagle had an impressive run to snatch second from Linked In after being well back coming into the straight. Ridden by jockey Chris Symons, Eclair Mystic won by 0.2 of a length.

Second favourite and Caulfield Guineas winner Anacheeva never threatened and was at the tail of the field for most of the race before finishing 7th.

The next race on the card today at Caulfield for Australia Day racing is Race 6, the Listed John Dillon Stakes over 1400m – see John Dillon Stakes Tips.

Caulfield Race 5 Results – Zeditave Stakes

Finish	No.	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	Margin
1st	4	ECLAIR MYSTIC(4)	Chris Symons	Robert Smerdon	55.5	1-10.69
2nd	5	SPIRITED EAGLE(9)	Clare Lindop	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	55.5	0.2L
3rd	9	LINKED IN(10)	Michael Rodd	Mark Kavanagh	54.0	0.3L
4th	7	SERVANT(3)	Ben Melham	Peter G Moody	55.0	0.6L
5th	8	ROADTRAIN(6)	Damien Oliver	Tony Vasil	54.0	1.4L
6th	3	RUN FOR LEVI(5)	Craig Newitt	John P Thompson	56.5	2.1L
7th	1	ANACHEEVA(7)	Luke Nolen	Peter G Moody	57.5	2.3L
8th	2	HOLLOWLEA(8)	Nicholas Hall	Terry & Karina O’Sullivan	57.5	2.4L
9th	6	MISTER MONEYPENNY(2)	Craig Williams	Shane A Edwards	55.5	8.4L
10th	10	MANNY IS BACK(1)	John Dertilis	Emmanuel Spyrou	54.0	15.4L

Photo courtesy (c) Taron Clarke Photography