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20 January, 2004
Victorian
superstar Sokyola (pictured) is favoured to win Saturday night?s $40,000
APCO Easy Shops Geelong Pacing Cup after drawing favourably in gate three.
Fresh
from his courageous second in the South Australian Cup, the Lance
Justice-trained pacer has the perfect alley to chase an all-the-way victory in
the Group 3 race.
New
Zealand iron-horse and recent Cranbourne Cup winner Mister D G will prove
hardest to topple for ace Kiwi trainer Tim Butt, despite drawing poorly in gate
seven.
In
a field that collectively boasts 220 wins and $3.2 million in stakes, other
runners of note include the past two Geelong Cup winners ? Country Ways (2003)
and Wally Walton (2002).
Reigning Hunter Cup champion Mont Denver Gold,
rejuvenated veteran Jonells Son and glamour girl Sassy Sarah add considerable
depth to the 2570 metre event.
Terang veteran Western Light, who?ll make his 100th
racetrack appearance in the Cup, carries the hopes of a ?local? victory with APCO
Easy Shops founder, Ron Anderson, headlining a group of Bellarine
Peninsula-based owners.
The field for the APCO Easy Shops Geelong Pacing
Cup, to be run at 10pm (AET), is;
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1
|
87012
|
MONT DENVER GOLD
|
B.
ALFORD
|
CHRIS ALFORD
|
C10 M4
|
FT
|
|
2
|
27681
|
JONELLS SON
|
P.
MANNING
|
KERRYN GATH
|
C16 M11
|
FT
|
|
3
|
12912
|
SOKYOLA NZ
|
L.
JUSTICE
|
LANCE JUSTICE
|
C27 M22
|
FT
|
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4
|
76429
|
THE FALL GUY
|
R.
RIDDELL
|
JODI QUINLAN
|
C13 M7
|
FT
|
|
5
|
34439
|
WALLY WALTON
|
M.
GATH
|
MATTHEW GATH
|
C15 M7
|
FT
|
|
6
|
11636
|
DREAMS TO REALITY NZ (1 EM)
|
G.
CRAMP
|
SHAYNE CRAMP (C)
|
C8 M3
|
FT
|
|
7
|
11103
|
MISTER D G NZ
|
T.
BUTT
|
ANTHONY BUTT
|
C11 M6
|
FT
|
|
-----------------Second
Row--------------
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|
|
8
|
10704
|
COUNTRY WAYS NZ
|
B.
HANCOCK
|
BLAKE FITZPATRICK (C)
|
C12 M5
|
FT
|
|
9
|
20550
|
WESTERN LIGHT NZ
|
J.
CLARKE
|
JOHN CLARKE (C)
|
C14 M7
|
FT
|
|
10
|
12461
|
BEL CARDO MASTER NZ
|
G.
DOUGLAS
|
DARYL DOUGLAS
|
C6 M1
|
FT
|
|
11
|
18512
|
SASSY SARAH
|
M.
AZZOPARDI
|
MARIO AZZOPARDI
|
C11 M5
|
FT
|
With
the first of nine races at 6.25pm, the other main attraction will see New
Zealand champion Take A Moment attempt to break Scotch Notch and Lyell Creek?s
Australasian trotting record of 1:55.6 in the Yuruga Bloodstock Time Trial at
8pm.
