Gai Waterhouse-trained filly Hallowell Belle has taken out the $100,000 2012 Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) ahead of Altar and Ever The Same at Rosehill Gardens today.

The three-year-old continued her good start to 2012 which includes consecutive third placings in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes and Surround Stakes.

With regular Waterhouse jockey Tommy Berry in the saddle, she produced an excellent run from the widest barrier in the field to take top honours in today’s Listed event.

Hallowell Belle was the early favourite at bookmaker.com.au when markets opened this week but was left alone by the punters following the barrier draw.

She eventually started the race at $7.00 with Newmarket runner African Pulse the eventual race favourite.

African Pulse was unable to produce the goods despite dropping back in quality after finishing mid-field in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap.

First lady of racing Gai Waterhouse said after the race she would enjoy the night before deciding where to next for Hallowell Belle tomorrow.

The Starcraft filly now has two wins from 12 starts but has placed on nine other occasions.

The run from Hallowell Belle continues a stellar day of racing that saw Ichihara win the Magic Night Stakes in the first of the day before Black Caviar half brother All Too Hard cruised home to win the Pago Pago Stakes.

Up next at Rosehill is the Challenge Stakes that will see Rain Affair return to Sydney to take on Bel Sprinter who will be making his debut in the harbour city.

Later in the day is the feature Group 1 Rosehill Guineas event that will see New Zealand star Silent Achiever in his first run on Australian soil.

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2012 Darby Munro Stakes – Results

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	14	HALLOWELL BELLE	Gai Waterhouse	Tommy Berry	–	14	54kg	$6
2	4	ALTAR	Peter Snowden	Mark Zahra	0.3L	11	56.5kg	$21
3	15	EVER THE SAME	Anthony Cummings	Blake Shinn	0.5L	9	54kg	$8
4	2	AFRICAN PULSE	Michael Moroney	Corey Brown	1.2L	12	57kg	$4.20F
5	9	UNPRETENTIOUS	Nikki Burke	Danny Nikolic	1.3L	8	56kg	$12
6	1	MAHISARA	Paul Messara	Christian Reith	2.3L	13	57.5kg	$51
7	6	SACRED PINS (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2.3L	4	56kg	$7.50
8	12	AEROBATICS	Peter Snowden	Joshua Parr	2.6L	3	55kg	$13
9	5	ANISE	Peter Snowden	Nash Rawiller	2.7L	5	56kg	$6
10	10	KNEELING	John P Thompson	Brenton Avdulla	3.7L	10	55.5kg	$61
11	7	SUBARC	Chris Waller	Dwayne Dunn	4L	7	56kg	$21
12	3	UPSTACKER	Joan Pracey	Michael Rodd	4.5L	2	57kg	$151
13	8	FAMOUS SEAMUS (NZ)	Noel Mayfield-Smith	Ms Robyn Freeman-Key	4.9L	1	56kg	$15
14	13	AL’S MAGIC MISS	David Payne	Nathan Berry	5.5L	6	55kg	$91