45 2:00pm 4 MELBOURNE 4 1400m Quayclean Gothic Stakes (Listed) 1400m Of $200,000 and trophies of $450. 1st $120,000 and trophies of $450, 2nd $36,000, 3rd $18,000, 4th $9,000, 5th $5,000, 6th $4,000, 7th $4,000, 8th $4,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. This race carries a $20,000 Nominator Bonus only for qualified horses. For Three-Years-Old. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-21.07E Hughes (04/04/2026) [Good3] Class Record: 1-22.39E Observer (07/02/2026) [Good4] 1 6s620 Milsons Point (9) Ciaron Maher (w) ................................................... Ben Allen 57 2 1s859 Obambulate (11) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (wt) .......................John Allen 57 3 4s210 Zambales (8) Anthony & Sam Freedman (w) .....................................Damian Lane 56 4 332s1 Star Of Macedon (6) John Symons & Sheila Laxon .......................Blake Shinn 56 5 3s534 Shooting Brake (2) Dominic Sutton ................................................. Billy Egan 56 6 26s19 The Thorncaster (7) Ciaron Maher .................................Jabez Johnstone (a) 56 7 316 Boys Bounce (3) Tony & Calvin McEvoy (w) .......................................Jye McNeil 56 8 13 Aemond (12) Anthony & Sam Freedman (w) .......................................Mark Zahra 56 9 21 Kotahitanga (1) Richard Laming (d) ..............................................Craig Newitt 56 10 21 Yourworstnightmare (15) Jake Stephens (w) ............... Lachlan Neindorf 56 11 41 Zoehrer (14) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (dw) .......................Craig Williams 56 12 9s344 Calamari Ring (4) Ciaron Maher (w) ............................................ Ethan Brown 55.5 13 0s172 I Am Aria (5) Mark Walker (w) ............................................................ Michael Dee 54 14 6s531 Ektifire (10) Anthony & Sam Freedman ............................................. Rachel King 54 15 4s174 Autumn Lover (13) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman ................Luke Nolen 54 FORM SUMMARY CALAMARI RING looks a key danger drawn to enjoy the ultimate trailing run. This looks a winnable race for her. I AM ARIA has the class edge and gets in well at the weights with 54kg. Hard to beat. ZAMBALES has tactical speed and finished strongly last start. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 13 I Am Aria 100 12 Calamari Ring 96 7 Boys Bounce 94 8 Aemond 94 1 Milsons Point 92 gothic B h (Tracery – Sundrilla) Trained by Lou Robertson, Gothic raced between 1926 and 1929, winning eight modern-day Group 1 races. Some of his best performances were at Caulfield while carrying big weights including winning the 1928 Futurity Stakes (63.5kg), 1928 Memsie Stakes (62kg) and finishing third in the 1928 Caulfield Cup carrying 60.5kg.
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