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Double Lou wins Group One NSW Breeders Challenge three-year-old colts and geldings final. Footage from Harness Racing NSW
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00:00First of four Group 1 races, they're ready, the lights on, racing, Jungle Dragon, Path to Greatness and Double Lou, they all came out humming, Double Lou showing any amount of early speeds, gets to the pegs first, Double Lou leads the way around to go, Path to Greatness up on the outside, Jungle Dragon and then Spitfire, Sweet on Lexi is next as he's a Malteser, pokes through on the outer, they were followed then by Walter Warlock, caught out wide, further back in the run then came Sinaloa,
00:29up on the inner as they head into the back is Jettison who's made up plenty of ground and danced with Karma near the rear, 26-6 the first quarter and it's Double Lou, he had a sustained peep there, Bailey McDonough to size up the opposition, 4 metres on his back, he's got Path to Greatness, on the outside punching the breeze is Jungle Dragon, Sweet on Lexi comes up, 3 out now, they were followed further back then by Spitfire, he's a Malteser, drives up in the middle,
00:55they were followed further back then on the inside by Jettison, Sinaloa and then Walter Warlock and danced with Karma, 29-3 and 55-9 for the half as they run down the back straight, the leader is Double Lou and the margins are neck, in second spot on the outside, parked up is Sweet on Lexi, Path to Greatness, the box seat on the leader's back, now 1 out 1 back passing the cages, Jungle Dragon, 3 pegs is Spitfire,
01:20they were followed then by he's a Malteser, 3 back in the running line as they come towards the home turn and they run for Group 1 glory where it's Double Lou, 26-6 the split, leads the way by 4 metres on Sweet on Lexi, nowhere to go, Path to Greatness, he goes full bore on Double Lou and he races away now, it's Double Lou about 6 metres in front of Path to Greatness, down the outside finishing brilliantly is Sinaloa, it's Double Lou with 75 metres to go and it's Group 1 glory,
01:5044-4, Double Lou, 2 good, beats second home in the race, Sinaloa, Sweet on Lexi, he's a Malteser, then Dance with Karma followed by Spitfire, Path to Greatness, further back in the field then came, Jetta Sun, Jungle Dragon, Walter Warlock, they've run around 150 and Bailey McDonough, only a father, 9 days ago, gets another Group 1 in the bag with Double Lou.
02:15Brilliant speed early, brilliant speed early, that was sustained speed all the way, that last half, 54-1 and he's broken the 150, 149.9, 149.9, winner of the race, Double Lou has broken the 150 and that's been a brilliant display of speed, 6th the winner, 8 has run a mighty race for second,
02:444 is third, 4 is third, and that is sweet.
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