At the end of a gruelling 2800 metres at Kyneton races on Friday, four runners went over the line almost together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victory in the BM58 Handicap went to $7 chance Castrofrancaru, having had just one race start since finishing eighth at Mount Gambier on September 11 last year. Two weeks earlier he had won a 3600m Hurdle at Ballarat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The difference between winning and losing at Kyneton was probably the 4kg claim by promising apprentice Emily Posman, which reduced the five-year-old\u2019s weight to 57.5kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 24-year-old Poznan needs one more winner to cut her claim to 3kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was Castrofrancaru\u2019s fifth race win from 16 starts, for stakes approaching $118,000.
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The winner is trained at Pakenham by Mitchell Leek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second place went to topweight and favourite Savvy Valentino, with Clever third and Luckus Plutus fourth, just 0.7 lengths behind the winner.
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Friday\u2019s meeting was the last for Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club in the 2022-2023 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 by Bill West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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