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Aryaaf jumps smartly from her outside draw and races like a drunken sailor over the final furlong, but is driven out by Luke Nolen to overhaul Muntaseera and win running away. Marchena takes the bronze medal.
The winner pays $9.40 on S-Tab, meaning the Fictional Fiver is up and away and showing a balance of $47.
That was impressive. Aryaaf was green as grass but got the job done nicely in the first on #MelbourneCup Day.
Still plenty of improvement to come for this @lindsayparkrace filly. pic.twitter.com/NTesVa2UFp
Race one is barely eight minutes away, the Darley Ottowa Stakes for two-year-old fillies. Time was when the day’s proceedings were kicked off by the Cup Day Hurdle. The times, they are most certainly changing. Of the 15 juveniles to face the starter down the Flemington straight, 13 are unraced. For that reason, I’m going to drop a pin on the form guide and place my Fictional Fiver on Aryaaf, No.2 on the card representing the Lindsay Park team.
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