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Beau Palomino won the 1972 Hobart Thousand, the last to be run over 540 yards (494 metres) before the distance was changed to 500 metres.
Arvo’s Junior won the 2004 Roy Maidment Memorial, run over 715 metres at Sandown Park, in a race record 42.10, clipping a substantial 34/100ths off the previous best, set by Jedi Lightsabre two years earlier.
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Local hope Trion Scout won the 1971 Hobart Thousand and earned $3,000 first prize money for his owner-trainer Phil Bowden. Trion Scout scored by just over a length from Major Clover and Midnight Cowboy with Victorian star Plunder Road, the winner of Read full article
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