53 2:45pm 5 MELBOURNE 5 1100m Tobin Brothers Vain Stakes (Group 3) 1100m Of $200,000 and trophies of $1,600. 1st $120,000 and trophies of $1,600, 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 ThreeYears-Old Colts and Geldings. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-01.73E Here de Angels (06/02/2010) [Good3] Class Record: 1-02.81E Giga Kick (13/08/2022) [Good4] 1 2268s Tornado Valley (2) Ciaron Maher (w) ......................................... Declan Bates 58 2 120s Closer To Free (9) Danny O’Brien (c) .............................................Mark Zahra 58 3 1s6 Hard Kick (5) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (d) .............................................Damian Lane 57 4 221s Big Wigs (7) Phillip & Tommy Stokes (t) .................................. Lachlan Neindorf 56 5 1820s Outspan (3) Michael Freedman (dw) ............................................ Chad Schofield 56 6 41 Almontego (4) Gavin Bedggood ....................................................... Michael Dee 56 7 28s Confederation (1) Chris Waller ...................................................... Ben Melham 56 8 1 Organised Crime (6) Lloyd Kennewell (w) .................................. Ethan Brown 56 9 6s1 Myhro’s Ruler (8) John McArdle (w) ..............................................Jamie Mott 56 FORM SUMMARY CLOSER TO FREE is the colt to beat with the strongest exposed form and proven Group class. HARD KICK should improve sharply off a recent dominant jump-out. BIG WIGS revealed his natural talent last campaign and looks value. OUTSPAN must be included. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 2 Closer To Free 100 4 Big Wigs 96 6 Almontego 93 1 Tornado Valley 90 3 Hard Kick 89 vain CH h (Wilkes - Elated) Vain won 12 races during his career. His best wins were in the Maribyrnong Plate, VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes, Golden Slipper Stakes, Freeway (now Manikato) Stakes, Caulfield Guineas, Craven ‘A’ Stakes (Victoria Racing Club Stakes) and George Adams Handicap (Cantala Stakes). He was trained by Jim Moloney. Vain was chosen as ‘Horse Of The Year’ in the 1969-70 season and had an exceptional career at stud, siring 44 individual Stakes race winners.
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