El Cambio rounds out another one
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El Cambio and Corey Brown get a win for Darley (Noel Pascoe photo)
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With pleasant weather all day, it was after the last race at City Pacific Doomben on Saturday, May 17 that the skies opened up and a lightning-filled storm put an end to the festivities including the Hoodoo Gurus performance. Nonetheless it was a day of great racing and big winners.
The final winner of the day was El Cambio in the Group 3 Lyndhurst Stud BTC 3YO Classic 1350m overcoming a protest.
On returning to scale Glen Colless, the rider of second placegetter Mr Unforgettable lodged an objection against El Cambio (Corey Brown) being declared the winner, alleging interference over the final 100m.
After taking evidence from all parties and viewing the official film, stewards found that although El Cambio, which was inclined to lay in, did shift in and make contact with Mr Unforgettable, the interference suffered by Mr Unforgettable was not in excess of the margin separating both horses at the finish and therefore dismissed the protest and declared correct weight on the judge's placings.
The $2 race favourite won the race by a half neck ahead of Mr Unforgettable.
Jumping from barrier 12, El Cambio (G3 Commands-Chaparra) drifted to the back of the field before coming to the outside turning into the straight to fight it out for the win.
“We had to do a bit of work,” said trainer Peter Snowden. “Corey was pretty kind to him in the finish. He’s a horse when you really get at him he does find a bit. I was happy.”
Brown agreed the win wasn’t easy. “He’s still got a bit of learning to do. He raced very greenly and sort of ducked and dived the whole way. He toughed it out, I couldn’t really ride him out and had to drag him off the second horse. He’s definitely going places,” he said
Diplomatic Force (Jason Benbow) was third by a neck.
Having worked for the Inghams for nearly 20 years, this was Snowden’s first win in the maroon and white silks of new owner Sheikh Mohammed. “It works for me. Having been there so long you just thought it would have continued forever but it has to come to an end at some stage or another. It could be bigger and better than ever before,” said Snowden.
Picking up prizemoney in every run, El Cambio has earned $569,950 in prizemoney from 10 starts. This includes five wins, four of which were Group races, and four seconds.
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