Caulfield - Saturday 10th October 2026

49 2:00pm 4 MELBOURNE 4 2400m Sportsbet Herbert Power Stakes (Group 2) (131st of Series) 2400m Of $400,000 and trophies of $1,900. 1st $240,000 and trophies of $1,900, 2nd $72,000, 3rd $36,000, 4th $18,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $8,000, 7th $8,000, 8th $8,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 2-25.32E Diatribe (21/10/2000) [Good3] Class Record: NPR-E First running under these conditions & distance 1 0s9s0 Onesmoothoperator (USA) (12) Tim Fitzsimmons (d) .................Mark Zahra 58 2 2s907 Campaldino (NZ) (13) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (dw) ........... Jordan Childs 58 3 36s32 Future History (GB) (3) Gregory Hickman (dw) ............................. Ben Melham 57 4 71s66 Zakouma (9) Grahame Begg (w) ........................................................William Pike 57 5 190s9 Newfoundland (IRE) (4) Shane Jackson (dw) .............................. Declan Bates 57 6 08s09 Knight’s Choice (1) John Symons & Sheila Laxon (w) ...................Blake Shinn 56 7 72s00 Soulcombe (GB) (15) Chris Waller (dwt) ......................................Craig Williams 56 8 s0s00 Okita Soushi (IRE) (2) Ciaron Maher (d) .............................................. Billy Egan 56 9 0s654 Machine Gun Gracie (14) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dw) ...................Luke Currie 56 10 0s802 Sunset Park (GB) (5) Michael Kent (w) ........................................... Ethan Brown 56 11 307s0 Highland Bling (IRE) (7) Phillip & Tommy Stokes (d) ........... Lachlan Neindorf 56 12 12s31 Pinhole (GB) (8) Chris Waller (dw) .............................................. James McDonald 56 13 802s0 Strictly Business (10) Thomas Carberry (w) ................................John Allen 55.5 14 48641 Shockletz (NZ) (11) Ciaron Maher (w) ............................................Harry Coffey 55.5 15 3s658 Suntora (6) Nick Ryan (wt) ....................................................Daniel Stackhouse 55 FORM SUMMARY ZAKOUMA has been building towards these staying distances and should be hitting the line strongly third up. SHOCKLETZ was a comfortable winner last time and is in career best form FUTURE HISTORY can control the race from the front and be tough to get past. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 3 Future History 100 2 Campaldino 98 14 Shockletz 96 4 Zakouma 94 13 Strictly Business 93 herbert power HERBERT POWER was a foundation member and Committeeman of the Club, serving from 1875 to 1916. He was Chairman on three separate occasions and was also Treasurer for many years. He raced numerous horses including Merriwee, winner of the 1899 Melbourne Cup.

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