77 4:35pm 9 MELBOURNE 9 1200m Darren Gauci Handicap 1200m Of $130,000. 1st $71,500, 2nd $23,400, 3rd $11,700, 4th $6,500, 5th $3,900, 6th $2,600, 7th $2,600, 8th $2,600, 9th $2,600, 10th $2,600. Prizemoney contribution totalling 4% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. BenchMark 84 Handicap. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 1-07.74E Miss Andretti (10/03/2007) [Good3] Class Record: 1-08.47E Boldinho (16/12/2023) [Good3] 1 3740s Cafe Millenium (13) Ben, Will & JD Hayes .....................................Luke Currie 61.5 2 3111s Hard To Cross (NZ) (8) Patrick & Michelle Payne (w) .Ryan Houston (a3/52.5kg) 61 3 0117s Place Of Gold (6) Cliff Brown (dwt) ............................................... Jake Noonan 59 4 730s0 Umgawa (3) Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin (dw) ...................... Jett Stanley 59 5 38221 Prancing Spirit (5) Phillip Stokes (dc) .....................Hannah Edgley (a3/53kg) 58.5 6 6s7s9 Talbragar (14) Julius Sandhu (dw) .............................. Emily Pozman (a3/55kg) 58.5 7 00s17 Miss Icelandic (12) Matt Laurie (dwt) ................................................ Ben Allen 58 8 4s768 Moby Dick (7) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (dw) .............................................. 58 9 8209s Raikoke (4) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (dc) .................................Jye McNeil 58 10 3186s Sassy Boom (10) Danny O’Brien (dt) ............................ Tom Prebble (a2/52.5kg) 57.5 11 1319s Princeofnottingham (1) Patrick & Michelle Payne (dw) .Rose Hammond (a3/50kg) 57 12 7008s Zethus (16) Peter Smith (dw) ...............................................................Teo Nugent 56.5 13 10s12 Hearcomesthestar (17) John Moloney (wt) ............................ Beau Mertens 56 14 14316 Namesake (2) Ciaron Maher (dw) ................................Jaylah Kennedy (a2/52kg) 56 15 61397 Carbonados (NZ) (18) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dw) .......................Celine Gaudray 55.5 16 s1131 Dirty Grin (NZ) (9) Nick Ryan (dw) ........................... Luke Cartwright (a3/51kg) 55.5 17e41513 Chinqui (11) Anthony & Sam Freedman (w) ...................Dakotah Keane (a3/51kg) 55 18es117s Haraldus (15) Anthony & Sam Freedman (d) ...................Logan Bates (a3/52kg) 54 FORM SUMMARY MOBY DICK has shown serious ability in patches and he will appreciate getting back on top of the ground. Harder here but DIRTY GRIN drops 7.5kg from his last start win. PRANCING QUEEN won a similar race last start. HERECOMESTHESTAR a mare in form. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 13 Hearcomesthestar 100 17 Chinqui 96 6 Talbragar 94 5 Prancing Spirit 94 9 Raikoke 94 darren gauci DARREN GAUCI burst onto the racing scene in 1983 as an apprentice, riding a recordbreaking 506 winners in total during his apprenticeship. He claimed the Victorian Jockeys’ Premiership three times during his storied career, claiming 35 Group 1 races including the famous 2001 Caulfield Guineas aboard Lonhro.
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