Sportingbet.com.au – Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup has come to a close, and on the whole, it was a pretty exciting event, albeit there were not many surprises. The widely watched Blake Shinn was hailed as a superstar of the future when he led Bird of Fire all the way to win Saturday’s Group Two Matriach Stakes at Flemington.
Although the four year old mare posted a dead heat with Miss Badoura at Moonee Valley, Shinn burst forward from gate 15 to win the face in the 2000m feature. The rides, Shinn also won much praise for his masterful ride that saw him winning the race.
Under the pushing of Shunn, Bird of Fire won by a half head to Tan Tat De Lago with the next in line, El Danna another two lengths behind. This race may remind many of last year’s race by Shinn, who won with Peter Moody trained Hidden Strings, who also came out from gate 16 to win an all out race, leading all the way.
Based on her win, Bird Of Fire has doubled her career earnings and do not need to share the spoils this time. Now, the mare has four wins and nine minor placing from her total of 19 starts. Many people found her win deserving, given that she has run so many seconds of which many were due to her bad luck more than anything else.
Finally, the mare has outran her bad luck, and posted a historical win and have won much praise and perhaps relief to many.
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