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Shawshank Redemption Fans?

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday October 6

Fans of the movie Shawshank Redemption will no doubt have been following the career of three year-old Hinchinbrook gelding Dufresne quite closely and after missing narrowly at Randwick last Wednesday, he atoned at Rosehill today with an impressive first win.

For anyone sadly unfamiliar with The Shawshank Redemption and the character Andy Dufresne, click here.

Trained by Anthony Cummings and ridden by Jason Collett, Dufresne made full use of barrier one to surge through and lead before kicking clear down the straight to win the 1500m maiden by two and a half lengths as a hot favourite.

Runner-up Antonio Giovanni hit the line well for second and holds an entry for the Group I Victoria Derby.
 



With a win and two seconds from just four starts, Dufresne has banked over $41,000 with the promise of more to come.

Dufresne was a $170,000 Inglis Premier purchase for his trainer from the Yarraman Park draft and runs for Cummings in partnership with Yarraman Park, who also bred him.

Dufresne was bred and sold by Yarraman Park.

He is a half-brother to Group III placed Pleiades and Glissade, the dam of Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Flit, being the fifth winner from five foals to race from Zabeel’s Group III winner Steflara.

 

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Race Result - The Agency Real Estate Mdn Hcp 1500m

Rosehill Track: Good(4) Time: 1:29.71
1
Dufresne
- 3g Hinchinbrook (AUS) x Steflara (AUS) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: A J Cummings Rdr: J R Collett 57.5
2
2.5
Antonio Giovanni
- 3c All Too Hard (AUS) x Kaaptive Empress (AUS) (Kaaptive Edition (NZ))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 57
3
3.0
Black Queen
- 4m Mongolian Khan (AUS) x Meir (NZ) (Volksraad (GB))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tim Clark 56
4
3.4
Caboche
- 3g Vadamos (FR) x Floramour (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J Bowman 56.5
5
3.5
Charity Spirit
- 3f Cable Bay (IRE) x Magrosso (AUS) (Magnus (AUS))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Rachel King 54
6
3.8
Hollywood North
- 3c Vancouver (AUS) x Holy Moly (NZ) (Holy Roman Emperor (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: G Schofield 55.5
7
6.8
How Do You Sleep
- 4g Sebring (AUS) x Vintage Rock (AUS) (Thunder Gulch (USA))
Tnr: Joseph Pride Rdr: J Ford 58
8
9.7
White Glove Test
- 3f So You Think (NZ) x She's Clean (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54
9
11.0
Ocean Shores
- 3g Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Shawnee Girl (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J Parr 56.5
10
13.2
Segal
- 4g Sebring (AUS) x Little Surfer Girl (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: N Rawiller 59
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