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Flemington Race 3 results: Fifty Stars wins Grinders Coffee Roasters Trophy

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6th November, 2018
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Fifty Stars has won Race 3 on Melbourne Cup day at the Flemington Racecourse, beating out Manuel and Haunted over a distance of 1400 metres in the Grinders Coffee Roasters Trophy.

While the earlier heavy rain around Melbourne had forced the race to be delayed and worsened the track from a Good 4 to a Soft 8, the rain had stopped by the start of Race 3 and was the first of the day ran in conditions where visibility was improved.

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Manuel and Crafty Cop were the early leaders throughout the course of the race, and Manuel did a good job against the rail, but was eventually passed in the final 150 metres by Fifty Stars who came through for the win ahead of Manuel, who held on for second place over a fast-finishing Haunted.

Crafty Cop was holding Manuel during the first portion of the race, but fell away badly when the pace went down on the back straight.

Illustrating the still soft and wet nature of the track, it was tough for the horses from behind to get a turn of speed to catch the front-runners as the field blew wide open during the final 300 metres.

Trained by Darren Weir, Fifty Stars has now won three of its past six races at lower levels, with two of the others resulting in a second-placed finish.

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Full results from Grinders Coffee Roasters Trophy

1. Fifty Stars (10)
2. Manuel (2)
3. Haunted (13)
4. Fox Hall (7)
5. Kentucky Breeze (16)
6. Beau Geste (12)
7. Mandela Effect (14)
8. Crafty Cop (5)
9. Qiji Phoenix (15)
10. Masculino (8)
11. Man From Uncle (1)
12. Suncraze (4)
13. Bravo Tango (17)
14. Eclair Calling (9)
15. Princess of Queens (6)
16. Toy Boy (11)

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