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Durable Durham Town still a top act

Durham Town has spent most of his career doing battle with the country’s top sprinters and he continues to prove more than a match for most of them.

Durham Town winning the Darley Plate
Durham Town winning the Darley Plate Picture: Trish Dunell

The seven-year-old served further notice of that at Ellerslie on Saturday when he thumped his Gr.3 Darley Plate rivals, and not for the first time.

Durham Town beat the Group One winner Vonusti in the 2012 edition, was runner-up the following year and was third 12 months ago.

The seven-year-old also has victories in the Gr.2 Concorde Handicap and the Gr.3 Stewards’ Stakes to his credit.

He has also placed no fewer than five times at the highest level in multiple Railway Stakes and Telegraph appearances for trainers Dean and Donna Logan.

“He’s such an amazing horse and with a good draw, a lighter weight and a top jockey it all worked in our favour,” stable representative Sam Logan said. “He loves being in work and still wants to do it.”

Durham Town went straight to the front on Saturday and when rider Opie Bosson asked him to lengthen stride 250 metres from home the response was immediate.

“There was no way they were going to beat him today,” Bosson said. “All credit to the Logan team, he’s a lovely old horse.”

The Falkirk gelding has now won eight of his 29 starts for a syndicate that includes Donna Logan, former master trainer Jim Gibbs and his wife Ann and former All Black coach John Hart.

Durham Town won easing down by three and a quarter lengths from Shelford with Hannah Mary shading Shezhardtocatch for third money.


NZ Racing News



Ellerslie Saturday, 28th February 2015

5f212y TURF DEAD
NZD $100,000

Darley Plate (G3)

NZD $100,000
Type: OPEN
5f212y TURF DEAD
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. DURHAM TOWN (NZ) 7yo G
FALKIRK (NZ) - DURHAM WALK (NZ)
OPIE BOSSON
DONNA & DEAN LOGAN
$3.2
56kg
P D Collins, Mrs A Gibbs, J A Gibbs Mnzm, J B Hart, Mrs D M Logan & D H Wale

Sales Information

2nd 4. SHELFORD (AUS) 5yo H
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - TAIMANA (NZ)
LEITH INNES
TONY PIKE
$4.3
55kg
Raffles Dancers (Nz) Pty Ltd & Rosemont Stud Pty Ltd
3rd 9. HANNAH MARY (NZ) 5yo M
DUBAWI (IRE) - BURSCAY (AUS)
DANIELLE JOHNSON
PAUL MIRABELLI
$36.6
53kg
P P Mirabelli

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4th 7. SHEZHARDTOCATCH (NZ) 4yo M
ELUSIVE CITY (USA) - PARTY QUEEN (NZ)
R J MYERS
B J WALLACE
$13.7
54kg
5th 8. TREPIDATION (NZ) 6yo M
FALKIRK (NZ) - REBELLIOUS ANGEL (NZ)
MARK DU PLESSIS
CHRIS MCNAB
$3.1
53kg

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6th 2. ANTONIO LOMBARDO (NZ) 6yo G
PINS (AUS) - PETIT VERDOT (NZ)
SAMANTHA COLLETT
PETER MCKAY
$10.3
56kg

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7th 6. MAGIC SHAFT (AUS) 5yo G
SHAFT (AUS) - ADAPTABLE LASS (AUS)
MATTHEW CAMERON
DONALD CASKEY
$16.4
55kg

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8th 5. VINCENT STREET (NZ) 6yo G
DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - IT'S MY SIN (AUS)
MICHAEL COLEMAN
WAYNE HILLIS & SHAUN KESNER
$13.6
55kg

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