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Mick The Miller took out the last running of the Bookmaker’s Trophy (now called the Bold Trease Carnival Cup), over 513 metres at Sandown Park, in 1987. In a close finish Mick The Miller defeated Fletcher Miss by a head with Free Range only a neck away third. The following year the race was run over 716 metres.
Buddy Rich won the 2005 Christmas Gift, run over 520 metres at Wentworth Park, defeating Just Winsome and Oxley Hero. Among the unplaced division were top-class sprinters Paua To Burn and Edie Beauchamp. Buddy Rich ran a race record 29.86, clipping a significant Read full article
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