The Answer wins the Garrards Horse and Hound Gold Chalice on Hunter Cup night at Melton

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The Answer, driven by Michelle Phillips and trained by Danny Curran, wins the $25,000 Garrards Horse and Hound Gold Chalice (2240m) at Melton on February 3, 2024.  Video courtesy of TrotsVision/Harness Racing Victoria

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00:00 the lead. Race four. Beautiful

00:05 race. The answer began pushing through from the inside gate to lead. It is the answer

00:16 in front of paradigm and tracking through free as a bird behind the leader. Soho Vespalind

00:22 dropped it on the pigs three back as they make their way into the first turn. The answer

00:26 leads paradigm five metres away without cover from inside the back row free as a bird behind

00:31 the leader and Soho Vespalind is three back along the pigs. Slotting into the one one

00:36 as she's a major star and next to the inside is Sarah Tesloy from it's wider gate. Then

00:42 came Bubby to base about six metres behind it to Shazza Love and about ten metres away

00:48 uniquely ideal as last. So it's a fair way off the lead, the favourite. The second favourite

00:52 is in front and goes past the 1600 metres with a five metre lead. 46.1 for the lead

00:58 time and the answer is five metres clear. Second is free as a bird. Then paradigm sitting

01:04 up without cover has put the invitation out there and now taking it up as she's a major

01:09 star is going to make the move to go up to sit outside of the leader and paradigm can

01:13 end up in the one one. And then three back the inside Soho Vespalind from Bubby to base.

01:19 Four back the inside Sarah Tesloy. Second last is Shazza Love and last is uniquely ideal

01:25 and a long way off the lead. Past the 1200 they complete one lap. The answer's had a

01:29 pretty good run. Had to be used up a bit at the start but only for the first 150 to 200

01:34 metres. And with Michelle Phillips led two metres with a lap to go. Second is she's a

01:38 major star. Then in behind them third free as a bird's had a good run. Paradigm fourth

01:43 the outside from Soho Vespalind. Next is Bubby to base. Four back the inside is Sarah Tesloy.

01:50 Second last Shazza Love and the favourite uniquely ideal is going to have to produce

01:54 a big burst. It's 30 metres off the lead and last with 800 metres to go. Second quarter

01:59 in 30.8 and the answer heads into the prides easy feet back straight and led by two metres.

02:05 On its outside she's a major star. Then in behind third free as a bird will await the

02:10 garage sprint lane and fourth the outside is Paradigm. Next is Soho Vespalind from Bubby

02:15 to base and then Sarah Tesloy. Uniquely ideal takes off from last. It's three wide 30 off

02:20 the lead. Last of all is Shazza Love as they pass the 400 metres off the back. And the

02:25 leader is the answer. The answer three metres in front of the stable mates free as a bird

02:30 and she's a major star. Uniquely ideal the widest run of six deep. Coming around the

02:35 final turn though the answer is five metres clear of free as a bird. 28.4 for the third

02:40 quarter. It's the answer in front clear of free as a bird. Uniquely ideal not in it but

02:45 it's all the answer though. 100 left to travel. The question was out there and you've got

02:49 the answer. This is a good filly. She races clear in the last little bit. The win by 10.

02:53 The answer first is beaten free as a bird Soho Vespalind third of photo fourth. Paradigm

02:59 and Sarah Tesloy. They've come away from Bubby to base. Uniquely ideal. Never really looked

03:04 comfortable or in it. Weakening out of it was she's a major star and Shazza Love at

03:09 the end. A slick 27.2 the final quarter at a mile rate of 158.1 for Elderberry Park.

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