Two big races
The three-year-old Brazen Beau has destroyed a field of the world's best sprinters to win the $1 million Newmarket Handicap in Melbourne.
The elite trio of Lankan Rupee, Terravista and Chautauqua were no match for Chris Waller's exciting colt who was favoured by a weight swing under handicap conditions.
Aided by a cool ride by the great Joao Moreira, Brazen Beau ($5.50) dashed clear inside the final 300 metres and the race was over.
It was one of the closest finishes to an Australian Cup but Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes was completely relaxed about the result.
As Spillway and stablemate Extra Zero went across the finishing line locked together, Hayes and his training partner Tom Dabernig couldn't lose.
After an agonising wait for the owners, the judge gave the decision to Spillway ($13) by a nose from his Lindsay Park stablemate who was sent out one of the outsiders at $101.
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