TROUT   [4] 

Briar Wood: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 
Flutter
 
  Scratch City Tycoon,  
but true to the oval form  
its a fine day for sailing hats  
or strutting under phoenix palms.  

Ellerslie revels in dung  
roses, snaffle, silk.  
Gift horse talk.  
Toey. Trust in numbers.  

Or a name.  
Like Manaia.  
Lady Luck with blinkers.  
Licketysplit, Sharivari, Stargazer  

bursting birdcage bars  
molten gold grey white black bay  
blurred fetlock, flank,  
flying colours.  

Home stretch turf hurtling.  
photo finish.  
Maybe breaking even.  
Double or quits.  

Risking it.  
 

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