69 4:00pm 8 MELBOURNE 8 1100m Sportsbet Bel Esprit Stakes (Listed) 1100m Of $175,000. 1st $105,000, 2nd $31,500, 3rd $15,750, 4th $7,875, 5th $4,375, 6th $3,500, 7th $3,500, 8th $3,500. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. Handicap. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-01.73E Here de Angels (06/02/2010) [Good3] Class Record: 1-01.74E La Danseuse Rouge (01/06/2024) [Good4 1 20s9s Bellatrix Star (3) Mark Walker (dwc) ............................................Luke Currie 60 2 2s228 Watchme Win (9) Andrew Gluyas (dw) ...............................................Jye McNeil 60 3 86s36 Recommendation (6) Ciaron Maher (dwtc) ........................Thomas Stockdale 58.5 4 26160 Corniche (13) Shawn Mathrick (w) ........................................................Zac Spain 58 5 5s540 Title Fighter (11) Clayton Douglas (dwc) .........................................Jamie Mott 57 6 0s00s Coeur Volante (NZ) (8) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (wt) ............. Jackson Radley (a) 56.5 7 9s070 Marble Nine (7) Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin (dwc) ............ Jett Stanley 56.5 8 400s0 Taunting (12) Andrew Noblet (dw) .................................................. Declan Bates 56.5 9 s4800 Pisanello (4) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dw) ........................................Harry Coffey 55 10 6548s Samangu (2) Grahame Begg (dc) ......................................... Luke Cartwright (a) 54 11 1110s Gin A Tonic (1) Bevan Laming (w) ................................................Logan Bates (a) 54 12 1s8s3 Bustling (10) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (dw) ....................Craig Williams 54 13 27s33 Hearcomesthestar (14) John Moloney (dwc) .......................... Beau Mertens 54 14 411s1 Bazaball Rewarded (5) Kelvin Southey (wt) .................................Teo Nugent 54 FORM SUMMARY BUSTLING made an impressive return to racing and should take plenty of catching here. Has the class edge. BAZABALL REWARDED is in a purple patch of form but faces a tough task here. GIN A TONIC is set to run a big race from a soft draw and cannot be underestimated. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 2 Watchme Win 100 10 Samangu 99 12 Bustling 98 8 Taunting 98 3 Recommendation 97 BEL ESPRIT B h (Royal Academy (USA) – Bespoken) As a two-year-old, Bel Esprit won his first four career starts including the Blue Diamond Preview-Prelude-Blue Diamond Stakes treble. He made a winning return as a three-year-old in the McNeil Stakes before a trio of Group 1 placings in the Manikato, Dubai Racing Club Cup (Rupert Clarke Stakes) and Caulfield Guineas. He’d claim a second Group 1 at his penultimate start in the Doomben 10,000 before embarking on a successful career at stud where he famously sired the immortal Black Caviar.
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