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    Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 11:59pm
The Australian-bred (I think trained in NZ) Benzini.....winner of the 2016 Group 2 Brisbane Cup (2400m)will be running in the Hong Kong Vase next month.

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IRE 123 * HIGHLAND REEL (IRE) 4 c 126 Aidan O'Brien
FR 118 * SILVERWAVE (FR) 4 c 126 Pascal Bary
GB 117 BIG ORANGE (GB) 5 g 126 Michael Bell
FR 117 * ERUPT (IRE) 4 c 126 Francis-Henri Graffard
JPN 117 SATONO CROWN (JPN) 4 c 126 Noriyuki Hori
HK 116 HELENE HAPPY STAR (IRE) 5 g 126 John Moore
FR 114 GARLINGARI (FR) 5 g 126 Corine Barande-Barbe
FR 114 ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN (IRE) 4 c 126 Alain de Royer Dupré
HK 112 FLAME HERO (NZ) 7 g 126 Peter Ho
NZ 110 BENZINI (AUS) 7 g 126 Adrian Bull
HK 110 EASTERN EXPRESS (IRE) 4 g 126 John Size
HK 108 ANTICIPATION (IRE) 5 g 126 Tony Cruz
JPN 115 * NUOVO RECORD (JPN) 5 m 122 Makoto Saito
JPN 109 SMART LAYER (JPN) 6 m 122 Ryuji Okubo
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If there is a market to run last, I want to be on
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Benzini has an international rating of 110, why is it that high?
Australian racing is only good up to 1400m in terms of world standards when it comes to depth/quality in numbers
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What's the default rating for G2 winners?
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Trained and bred in WA
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What?
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This?
About?
Me?
Lost?
Karl and Susan Kennedy are my heroes
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No need to get upset.

Benzini was a late addition to the field.

Celebrate the story, and the little guy.


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Owner/trainer living the dream.  Nice work.  Pretty sure I backed him when he won the Brisbane Cup.  It was a tough honest win.
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Conceived in Australia, born and raced in NZ, now (as has already been said) allowing the owner/trainer to live the dream.  Thumbs Up
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All the best to them, my prev. reference was in regards to the WA remark
Just got me a tad perplexed
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Benzini - Australian bred, but trained in NZ
Australian racing is only good up to 1400m in terms of world standards when it comes to depth/quality in numbers
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Our's if he wins! ... over rated Kiwi if not.
In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!
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Fair effort to run 6th.
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Outstanding run.


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Much better than I thought he was capable of
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lots of people thought he'd run bad but he ran well.
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Was still beaten a long way. Nothing to be to excited about IMHO
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Interesting if horses like Hartnell, Winx and Jameka would of performed if they ran in the Vase
Australian racing is only good up to 1400m in terms of world standards when it comes to depth/quality in numbers
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So how far was Benzini behind the winner?

What prizemoney for his 6th placing?

Anyone able to post the video?

So many questions...
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I don't know why everyone thought he would run terrible, ran a little better than I had him rated (8th-9th) but the trip was never going to be an issue for him like it was for others, would have been keener to lay Big Orange the place then Benzini if I had to.
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9.8 lengths.

Roughly $55,000.

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Originally posted by BlackKnight BlackKnight wrote:

9.8 lengths.

Roughly $55,000.

Replay


The 9.8 margin from racenet is wrong - 8.5 per the HKJC
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Not disgraced but ran as expected
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Originally posted by Jamal Jamal wrote:

Interesting if horses like Hartnell, Winx and Jameka would of performed if they ran in the Vase


Not really relevant tbh
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Thanks Black Knight.  Star

And Moore didn't appear to go too early for mine.
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Originally posted by Magnolian Khan Magnolian Khan wrote:

Originally posted by Jamal Jamal wrote:

Interesting if horses like Hartnell, Winx and Jameka would of performed if they ran in the Vase


Not really relevant tbh

No, But it is INTERESTING. 
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Rosie Myers very happy with Benzini's run & without 7 laying in on him in straight felt he could've run 3rd. She quipped, "maybe next year"

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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

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Why didn't she protest then? The 7 ran 3rd.
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He’s now trained in Australia , James Bull down at Hamilton (kiwi based in Vic)
Runs in the Lord Reims in adelaide tomorrow enroute to the Cup next Monday
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