Captain Tom winning the Griffith Pacers Cup
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00:00 back straight. This is the cup. All set. And the green light is there and they're
00:06 away. So they've gone without Wiona Brannick who's missed it by about 70
00:10 meters. And early stages away nicely is Captain Tom on the outside of smoke and
00:15 pocket who's not trying to hold it out. Right up there is my mate Bernie who
00:19 goes up second, smoke and pocket third. And then came Major Collector who's just
00:23 going back. It's three deep. As we see Stravinsky get away from the inside in
00:27 the early part and goes up one out one back and just plants one out there a
00:30 little bit wide and that looked to be a Major Collector as they come into the
00:34 straight. Further back in the field then is the stable mate of Major Collector
00:37 and that is Better Than Love who's three deep. So they're the runners who are
00:40 going forward out wide and putting themselves in the picture. So then we've
00:44 got my mate Bernie in the middle. Stravinsky behind those with also some
00:48 change. Glen Liddy-Alvis taking a while to balance up. Trueville is back about 20
00:53 meters away second last and Wiona Brannick after that mistake in the score
00:57 up is back in last. So Glen Liddy-Alvis is third last just watching it unfold.
01:00 Lead time in 41. They've got around one and three-quarter circuits to go in the
01:04 cup. Into the back straight Ellen Jones with Captain Tom held the front. Let out
01:09 from Better Than Love who worked around the outside into second. Smoke and pocket
01:13 third. Major Collector on the outside fourth. Some change three back the inside
01:17 running fifth. Then my mate Bernie Six being followed by Stravinsky who's in
01:21 the running line. These are the last few look to be staying away from the inside.
01:24 Glen Liddy-Alvis is one of those. Trueville just galloped again but then
01:27 settled is doing a few things wrong towards the end of the field and Wiona
01:31 Brannick is still chasing them. 32 seconds for the first quarter. Into the
01:36 straight they come in the cup and just over a circuit to go and Ellen Jones had
01:39 a look around. Sees to the outside Better Than Love and here's Glen Liddy-Alvis
01:43 now who's starting to work into the race and goes up centerfield but it's Captain
01:48 Tom who continues to lead over Better Than Love. Further back then came Smoke
01:52 and Pocket who's back of the leader running third. Glen Liddy-Alvis is out
01:56 there three deep. Major Collect in the middle. Further back some change behind
02:00 those in turn as they go out of the straight there. We've got to my mate
02:04 Bernie who's back in company with Stravinsky. Glen Liddy-Alvis is on the
02:07 move. Second quarter 32.1. Along the far side it's Captain Tom who led Better
02:13 Than Love on the outside for Shane Horcroft second. Smoke and Pocket back of
02:17 the leader running third. Glen Liddy-Alvis still coming at them. 29.2 was the
02:21 third quarter and it's Captain Tom off the far side. Better Than Love is ranging
02:25 up a neck away. Then Glen Liddy-Alvis, Smoke and Pocket and further back is
02:29 Major Collect running fourth as they come up towards the turn. Some change.
02:33 Stravinsky were further back. It's Captain Tom in the Griffith Cup first to
02:36 turn over Better Than Love. Captain Tom kicks down the outside. Glen Liddy-Alvis
02:41 but Ellen Jones with Captain Tom. She's got the cup all parceled up and it's
02:44 Captain Tom who storms away second. Very close. It looks as though it might be
02:49 Better Than Love. Close up there also was Major Collect and Glen Liddy-Alvis with
02:54 Smoke and Pocket coming through from some change in Trueville. Then came
02:57 Stravinsky. Further back is my mate Bernie and also we own a Braddock towards the
03:02 end. Captain Tom has run them ragged to 1.5 the mile rate and it's an easy one
03:07 for Captain Tom.
03:10 (laughing)