Sale, Friday 26th December, 2008
Race 8 GOLD 1242 SALE CUP FINAL 9:42pm
S/E Group 2 FINAL 650m
These are the unofficial results for race 8.
(Validated and official within 24 hours.)
Place Dog Trainer Box Rug Weight Start Price Hdcp Margin Margin
1 VINTAGE OCTANE D N McDonald 3 3 32.1 $1.70F
2 BURRAWONGA BRETT J Birthisel 4 4 33.0 $12.20 1.25 1.25
3 PURPLE RANGE G M Rounds 1 1 34.0 $10.50 3.50 2.25
4 ASHES PLATINUM P J Galea 8 8 34.3 $7.20 5.25 1.75
5 HALL'S ON FIRE K J Hunt 5 5 33.5 $34.10 7.25 2.00
6 JOOP MUSE R J Hume 2 2 31.3 $5.80 8.00 0.75
7 RUN LIKE ELL L A Hughes 6 6 30.6 $41.80 10.25 2.25
8 UNO JACOB M L Mallia-Magri 7 7 31.8 $16.70 12.25 2.00
R RAPID NEWFIRE P Goold 9
R IMA DRIFTER W A Vassallo 10

Time 37.34 Split 1 6.22 (3) Split 2 16.19 (3) Split 3 25.22 (3)
Win $1.70 Place 1st $1.30 Place 2nd $2.30 Place 3rd $2.30
Quin $11.40 Exa $13.00 Trif $67.60 First 4 $210.00
Run/Dble $4.00 Dly/Dble $3.70 Quad $81.00 . .


Vintage display in Sale Cup
Friday 26th December, 2008

The versatile Vintage Octane justified his hot favourtism when he scored a sensational win in the Group 2 Gold 1242 Sale Cup tonight.

Despite leading all the way and clocking a stunning time of 37.34sec over the 650 metres trip, the Darren McDonald-trained youngster defeated the gallant Burrawonga Brett (James Birthisel) by one and a quarter lengths. The Glenn Rounds-trained Purple Range finished third, a further two and a quarter lengths adrift.

The Sale Cup is Victoria's richest middle distance event, boasting prize money of $30,000 (1st), $8,000 (2nd) and $4,000 (3rd).

Vintage Octane has now had 21 starts for 13 wins and 3 seconds and it will be interesting to see if McDonald tries to transform his versatile star into a stayer.

Whether he is nominated for next month's Group 2 Maidment Memorial (715 metres) series at Sandown Park or not could tell the tale.