AURIE’S STAR
The Astrologist winning the 2021 Aurie’s Star Handicap. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos)
winners, Apache Cat, Zipping and Valedictum. Zipping’s follow-up Flemington runs in the spring included a barnstorming fifth in the Turnbull Stakes before finishing fourth behind the dominant Japanese duo of Delta Blues and Pop Rock in the Melbourne Cup. Impressive juvenile All American began his spring in the 2009 Aurie’s Star Handicap when second to Mic Mac down the straight six. He finished third in the 2008 Coolmore Stud Stakes the previous spring but hadn’t won a race since claiming the 2008 Group 3 Skyline Stakes as a two-year-old, a traditional lead-up to the Golden Slipper. That all changed with his upset victory over champion So You Think in the 2009 Cantala Stakes. Others include 2012 Melbourne Cup hero Green Moon kicked off his Australian racing career in the Aurie’s Star Handicap. 2017 Australian Guineas winner Hey Doc returned to win the race before claiming the Group 1 Manikato Stakes at his final run in the spring. This year’s Australian globetrotter, The Astrologist, won the 2021 renewal and has a liking for the Flemington straight. He’s taken on the six-furlong course eleven times for two wins, and five placings including a second-placed finish behind Roch ‘N’ Horse in the 2022 Group 1 Yulong Stud Newmarket Handicap.
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