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Stolen Dance wins 2018 Harcourts Thorndon Mile Group 1 NZ$200,000 at Trentham (NZ), 1600m.
A wide draw and wide the entire race were not enough to stop in-foal mare Stolen Dance from taking out an excellent and overdue Group One win here. Drawing widest (11) she settled last and three wide, made a forward move starting the big bend and kept gaining on the leaders past the 800m.
Her momentum saw her handy but four wide just before straightening. Rider Samantha Spratt applied pressure inside the 400m to range up and take over at the 200m where she seemed to flatten then lengthen stride and race away to win impressively by two lengths, her 10th win and $497,825.
While no match for the winner, Watch This Space held on very well after being outside the leader to the turn but never gave up to the line.
Hiflyer tracked the winner wide to the straight and looked a danger at the 200m but found nothing more for a fair third from Savvy Dreams who ran on well from the back to lunge into fourth when the race was over.