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Awesome Rock has made up for losing the Australian Cup on protest with a tenacious win in the $2 million Emirates Stakes at Flemington.Sent out an $18 chance in the weight-for-age race, Awesome Rock ran to the front at the 300m and then staved off the placegetters for the fourth and most important win in a 25-start career.Hauraki and Seaburge dead-heated for second.He has been a great horse to me and losing the Australian Cup was hard, jockey Stephen Baster said.He deserved to win a Group One.Despite wild celebrations in the mounting yard after the win, connections were keeping an ear out for the warning siren.There was no loud wailing after Saturdays Flemington 2000m contest giving Awesome Rock and his co-trainer Troy Corstens their first Group One win.Awesome Rock was first past the post in the Group One Australian Cup at Flemington in March, only to have the race taken off him in the stewards room.Ridden by Stephen Baster, Awesome Rock ($18) scored a three-quarter length victory over dead-heaters Hauraki ($9.50) and Seaburge ($17).Hes such a beautiful animal, Corstens said.When we lost the Australian Cup on protest we were desperate to get the Group One he deserves.And the horse has been spot on over the past two weeks since the Cox Plate.Awesome Rock wasnt suited by the wet track when fifth behind champion mare Winx in Cox Plate but the Corstens team knew the firm ground would help the five-year-old on Saturday.Sit back and watch Stephen Basters ride. It was amazing to watch, Corstens said.He kept him out of the wind as long as he could.For Baster it was his 13th win at the highest level and his first since Ferlax won the Australian Guineas at Flemington in 2013.Baster said he didnt know what to expect driving to Flemington on Saturday, but knew the rain had to stay away.He knew he was riding a fit horse which can sprint on a firm track.You didnt get to see that with Winx in the race on the wet track at Moonee Valley, he said.The win was compensation for Baster losing the Australian Cup and he said he got extra satisfaction from having wife Melissa and two young children Izzy and Penny in attendance.But he got an extra kick out of providing Troy Corstens with his first Group One win.Weve been mates for a long time, the 41 year-old said.When I came out of my time Troy and I would drive over to Adelaide together on a Friday night for the races on a Saturday and then drive home again.To find out that was his first Group One as a trainer, its extra special.James McDonald on Hauraki said his charge had run beautifully while Dean Yendall aboard Seaburge described the three-year-olds effort as awesome.Oliver said Vadamos, who ran fourth at $5.50, ran well after leading.Its very difficult for the leaders today, Oliver said. Sammy Baugh Redskins Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. Russ Grimm Redskins Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. https://www.redskinssportsgoods.com/Womens-Derrius-Guice-Inverted-Jersey/ . The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the CFLs championship game. Sam Huff Redskins Jersey . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Derrius Guice Redskins Jersey . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Thunder forward Mitch McGary has been suspended five games without pay for violating the terms of the NBAs anti-drug program.McGarys suspension will begin with the next regular-season game that he is eligible and physically able to play.McGary apologized in a statement released by the team. He played little last season, and left the team for undisclosed personal reasons late in the year.McGary had drug issues in college. He played justt eight games his sophomore season at Michigan after electing to have back surgery, then tested positive for marijuana and faced a suspension, prompting him to enter the 2014 draft.dddddddddddd The Thunder took him in the first round, and general manager Sam Presti said at the time that he was not worried about McGarys past. ' ' '