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Electric Impulse collects big Country prize

Electric Impulse has taken out the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final at Flemington.

ELECTRIC IMPULSE winning the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final mber 07, 2024 in Flemington, Australia.
ELECTRIC IMPULSE winning the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final mber 07, 2024 in Flemington, Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

Electric Impulse had to win a $500,000 race twice, once out on the racetrack at Flemington and the second time in the stewards' room. 

The Henry Dwyer-trained Electric Impulse had to overcome the second widest barrier in the capacity field to contest the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) on Tuesday. 

Charging at the leaders in the final stages under Ben Allen, Electric Impulse ($18) scored a short-half-head victory over the $3 favourite Oh Too Good with Torranzino ($6) a head away third. 

Damian Lane, the rider of the runner-up, headed to the stewards' room to view the film of the race before lodging an objection over the 50m. 

After a short deliberation, stewards dismissed the protest. 

Dwyer, who scored with Asfoora at Royal Ascot in a Group 1 sprint in the middle of the year, said the stable was light on for numbers at the Melbourne Cup Carnival this year. 

He had one runner finish midfield on Tuesday before Electric Impulse took out Thursday's $500,000 race at benchmark 80 level, restricted to trainers licensed in Victoria that had not had 15 or more metropolitan winners in the previously completed racing season. 

"We were a little bit light this year and only had two bullets to fire," Dwyer said. 

"The horse on Tuesday ran well, but didn't win, and it was all up to her, and I would have been really, really confident coming here if she had drawn a gate. 

"As it turned out, 18 came out at acceptance time, and we were just gutted, but the way the track's been playing as well, you sort of can't be wide and circling them, so Ben did a lovely job." 

While Dwyer's main stable is at Ballarat, he does have access to the beach at St Leonards on the Bellarine Peninsula which the trainer said had been crucial in the mare's success. 

"She's just obviously a very tough mare, and probably testament to, I suppose, our stables at Ballarat and St Leonards," Dwyer said. 

"We just thought she was probably coming to the end of it about six weeks ago, so we flipped her down to the beach and did a few things different with her down there. 

"Tom (Sadler) and Sarah and Kath, who straps her, they're all from down there, and they've done a wondrous job with her. 

"Tom's been riding her every morning and schooling her over a few logs and stuff down there, and there's just nothing better for these mares with a bit of age on a bit of racing. 

"A change of environment, some beach and some schooling, all that sort of stuff has helped." 


Racing and Sports

Flemington

Thursday, 07th November 2024

6
ET

Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final

WT: 119lbs Type: BM80
1 m TURF GOOD
6

(local)
AUD $503,125
1 m GOOD

Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final

WT: 119lbs Type: BM80
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 7. ELECTRIC IMPULSE (AUS) 5yo M
CABLE BAY (IRE) - STUDIO CITY (AUS)
BEN ALLEN
HENRY DWYER
$17
56.5kg
T Porter, Miss M Porter, Mrs B Porter, Miss J Porter, M Doyle, J Halsall, Y K Ip, P O'Connell, D Morton, D Canny, M Symons, Ms D D'Rose, G Ingram, B Mcavaney, B Singh, Red Lion Hotel, G O H Racing, Beartown 37, Beartown 38 & Kratzie Racing No 52

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2nd 5. OH TOO GOOD (AUS) 5yo M
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) - GOOD OH (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE
KEVIN DAFFY
$3
58kg
Mrs C Daffy, Ms J Daffy, Ms A Daffy, R J Bayliss & B J Bayliss
3rd 12. TORRANZINO (NZ) 5yo G
TARZINO (NZ) - GOLDILICIOUS (NZ)
JAMES MCDONALD
PAUL PREUSKER
$6
55.5kg
P Preusker, B Tucker, J Burke, A Clayton, D Drum, P Johnson, H Lee, L Follett, J MacLeod, N Okely, K Peach, M Tobin, G Tucker, T W Burdett, R Coventry, Bar661 (R D McQueen), SCT Syn (N Blakley), Eromsil (K Daisley) & I-Race (D Wockner)

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4th 14. HIYAAM PROUD (AUS) 4yo G
PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS) - HIYAAM (NZ)
MICHAEL DEE
MATT LAURIE
$7
54.5kg

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5th 6. TITAN OF CHOICE (AUS) 6yo G
EXTREME CHOICE (AUS) - ANY DAY WILL DO (AUS)
KOBY JENNINGS
PETER GELAGOTIS
$41
58kg

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6th 11. HOOAH HAVANA (AUS) 5yo G
WAR CHANT (USA) - MOJITO CITY (AUS)
Fred W Kersley
LINDSEY SMITH
$21
55kg

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7th 8. KAHHOF (AUS) 4yo G
PIERRO (AUS) - STORMCRUSHER (AUS)
MARK ZAHRA
JOHN MOLONEY
$14
56.5kg

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8th 4. MAGARTEN (AUS) 5yo G
MAURICE (JPN) - TIERGARTEN (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
JEROME HUNTER
$19
58kg

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9th 3. EYE OF THE EAGLE (AUS) 5yo G
ALPINE EAGLE (AUS) - TICKLE MY (AUS)
ZAC SPAIN
JOHN MCARDLE
$26
58kg
10th 1. VALOIS (AUS) 4yo G
UNDER THE LOUVRE (AUS) - CENTREPET (AUS)
ETHAN BROWN
CLIFF BROWN
$21
58.5kg

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11th 16. SAN MARINO (AUS) 7yo G
RICH ENUFF (AUS) - HOSTILE WITNESS (AUS)
DANIEL STACKHOUSE
JOHN LEEK (JNR)
$21
54kg

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12th 2. ZAMBORGHINI (AUS) 5yo G
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - LADY JIVAGO (AUS)
JAMIE MOTT
MATT LAURIE
$31
58.5kg

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13th 15. ESKIMO (AUS) 4yo G
SHALAA (IRE) - LINDY LOU (AUS)
NEIL FARLEY
CHARLES CASSAR
$101
54kg

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14th 10. WILLMOTT (AUS) 4yo G
PIERRO (AUS) - KOALA BEAR (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
ARCHIE ALEXANDER
$14
56kg

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15th 9. TEN COMMANDMENTS (AUS) 5yo G
PALENTINO (AUS) - HEARTS AND FLOWERS (AUS)
THOMAS STOCKDALE
PAUL PREUSKER
$51
56kg

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16th 13. CRUZ MISSILE (NZ) 5yo G
SAVABEEL (AUS) - CRUZ CONTROL (NZ)
JOE BOWDITCH
GAVIN BEDGGOOD
$26
54.5kg

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