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Big bonus for Delegance

8th May 2011

AAP - Mark Ryan - Thursday 05 May, 2011

The Russell Cameron-trained Delegance has claimed a huge pay day, picking up $50,000 on top of the first prize and other bonuses for winning the Inglis Bonus 1200 at Warrnambool.

The two-year-old filly, by Delzao, was a $20,000 purchase, was nominated for the Inglis series and picked up the bonus on top of the first prize of $13,850 and the lion's share of $9000 worth of Supervobis bonuses.

Delegance ($7) gave jockey Clare Lindop cause for a belated celebration for her 32nd birthday on Wednesday when she took out the 1200m event by a length from So Swift ($8.50) with Eight Stars ($5) three quarters of a length away third.

The filly is raced by a group including Dean Humphries and his Clanbrooke Racing Syndicate which raced 2007 Victoria Oaks winner Arapaho Miss.

European import Our Rockhampton, owned by a group headed by Loyd Williams and his son Nick, made a winning jumps debut in the Sovereign Resort 0-120 Hurdle (3200m) on the final day of the three-day carnival.

The Galileo five-year-old is one of a handful of jumpers the Williams family has given to trainer Eric Musgrove to prepare.

The gelding was used as a pacemaker in Group One races in England finishing eighth to Conduit in the 2009 King George And Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2400m) at Ascot and eighth to Sea The Stars in the 2009 Irish Champion Stakes (2000m) at Leopardstown.

Having had the benefit of one flat run after a lengthy layoff when 10th to Tarawera over 2400m at Sandown on March 23, Our Rockhampton ($4.20), ridden by Aaron Lynch, toughed it out to defeat Tigeriffic ($3 fav) by a half-length.

Topweight Sallum ($21) was 3-1/4 lengths away third.

Another Williams-owned horse Stillman made his jumping debut running third to Winnersaregrinners in the first division of the maiden hurdle on Tuesday.