Zarafsha lands gamble in great style

ON a night when David Wachman landed his first ever treble, John Oxx ran two in the Group Three Blue Wind Stakes at Cork, the heavily-backed Zarafsha, partnered by Michael Kinane, and Hazarista, ridden by Fran Berry.

Zarafsha ran no sort of race, struggling from early in the straight, while Hazrista, in contrast, put up a fine performance to sweep clear in the closing stages.

English challenger, Felicity, tried to make all but the winner surged past inside the furlong pole to beat the fast-finishing Cache Creek by an easy two lengths.