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Article: Greene Street leads all the way
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- The Press
- Article date:
- November 12, 1997
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WELLINGTON -- Exciting Awapuni three-year-old Greene Street
clinched a start in the $120,000 Bayer Classic (1600m), at Otaki on
November 27, with a brilliant victory on the same course yesterday.
Trainer Noel Eales was in two minds about a Bayer start until his
convincing victory over likely race rivals Flag Lieutenant and
Quality Kingdom over the Bayer distance of 1600m.
Greene Street led throughout in the hands of Bruce Herd and was
never seriously tested in winning by a length in a smart time of
1min
34.85sec.
The Zabeel gelding has always been highly rated by Eales, but
disappointed when ...