Pure Champion wins 2014 Windsor Park - Horlicks Plate Group 1 NZ$200,000 at Hastings (NZ) 3yo+, 1600m.

From barrier five, Pure Champion was handily placed from the outset and settled into a clear third from the 1200m mark. Poised to challenge at will inside the 500m, Pure Champion worked to an advantage at the 200m and drove hard over the concluding stages to win well. In an attempt to get in from a wide draw (13).

I Do was trapped out in the early stages before settling one off the rail in seventh at the 800m. Five lengths from the front at the 600m, I Do ranged wide to challenge at the 250m and tried valiantly for her second placing.

Away well before steadying off the pace in eighth on the inner, Soriano worked off the rail passing the 600m, tracked up behind runners and once clear at the 200m she issued a strong challenge for third. Following a nice trip in fourth on the inner.

Sacred Star worked through a tight gap at the 100m to claim fourth ahead of the pacemaker Zonza and Nashville who found the line solidly out of midfield for sixth.