Favourites sweep all 10 races on Menangle’s Halloween card

Betting favorites achieved a rare clean sweep by winning all 10 races at Menangle on Saturday night during the NSW Breeders Challenge finals meeting. The first eight races went to odds-on favorites, starting with Palladium NZ at $1.45 and concluding with Cormoran Strike NZ at $2.00 in race 10. The sweep encompassed all six Nutrien Equine NSW Breeders Challenge finals along with four supporting events.

Key performances included Loucasso securing trainer-driver Seaton Grima his first Group 1 victory in the three-year-old colts and geldings final, clocking a 1:48.7 mile rate. Double Lou produced the night's fastest mile rate at 1:48.0 to win the Group 3 four-year-old final, while Swayzee won the Club Menangle Battle Of Beersheba FFA by 17.4 meters for trainer Jason Grimson.