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Time To Boogie has gone to a new level this preparation, and he was ultra-impressive, winning the Benchmark 72 event over 1200m at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

The gelding showed key attributes, and he smashed the clock with Punter's Intelligence recording 1:08.63 for his overall time, which was approximately six lengths quicker than a direct comparison being the TAB Highway (1200m).

Further, even after adjusting for age, class, additional factors, the race rated extremely well relative to the day and is a form reference to bonus.

Time To Boogie led at an even tempo, showed a sharp turn of foot but kept responding under pressure and pulled away from his rivals in style.

The clock backed up the visual late dominance, with his final 200m split being the meeting's second fastest in 11.28. He is on an upward ratings spiral, and continue to follow him.

Capitol Queen and Atlantic Ocean both were resuming and there runs had sectional merit.

Capitol Queen raced in the inferior ground and was slightly outsprinted, but once she balanced up, she hit the line hard, running 11.30 for her final furlong. She will be fitter for that and has come back well.

After being checked at the start, Atlantic Ocean had too much to do and got too far back in the run.

He had to make a long-wide sustained run and kept coming to the line clocking the race's second-quickest final 600m in 33.33. He will be suited over more ground.

One of the more intriguing races on the day was the opening event for the two-year-olds over 1400m.

The start of Jockey Adam Hyeronimus's treble was him guiding The Little Pumper to back-to-back wins.

The hoop rated the gelding to perfection in front, leading them up at a slow pace and putting the race away between the 600m-200m, recording 22.97 for that section.

Private Legacy appreciated stepping out in trip running 34.16 for her final 600m and can only improve over more ground.

Sound The Siren continues to race without luck, and once overcoming difficulties, he surged to the line and ran the equal race fastest final 200m in 11.43.

The hidden run of the race was Marenaro, who was restrained from a wide draw and got into an impossible position due to the race shape.

He ran all the fastest closing splits, and his final 600m in 33.97 was a length faster than the race's next best. He will only improve with race experience and over more ground.

Tarazal has improved in his second Australian campaign and won the Benchmark 72 over 1600m in style.

He was dominant late, running 11.50 for his final 200m, and has now shown he has the key asset of adaptability.

Stonecoat was honest in defeat and stuck on well after always facing the breeze in a genuine tempo.

It's worth noting Louisville, who was mathematically out of the race in the Benchmark 78 over 1800m.

He got into an awkward position throughout transit due to the wide draw, but to his credit, he kept building to the line and ran the meeting's fifth-quickest final, 200m, in 11.35.

Fastest Final 600m: Salire 32.40

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