Win after five near misses

by Andrew O’Toole

Courtesy of NT News

At the sixth time of asking, City Regal finally broke his Darwin duck with an impressive performance in the $30,000 BTC Constructions Sprint, the feature event at Fannie Bay on Melbourne Cup Day.

The five-year-old son of City Place, formerly trained by David Harrison in Western Australia, has been a model of consistency since joining the Tayarn Halter stable in July.

Before Tuesday’s overdue win, he had finished two seconds, two thirds and a fine fifth in the Palmerton Sprint behind Early Crow…

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