81 4:15pm 8 MELBOURNE 8 2000m Tobin Brothers Naturalism Stakes (Group 3) 2000m Of $200,000 and trophies of $1,750. 1st $120,000 and trophies of $1,750, 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. Quality. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 2-00.33E Hang Man (IRE) (03/04/2021) [Good3] Class Record: 2-00.43E Harlem (GB) (23/09/2017) [Good3] 1 708s0 Knight’s Choice (15) John Symons & Sheila Laxon (dw) ...............Blake Shinn 59 2 661s5 Asterix (NZ) (14) Chris Waller (dw) ..................................................... Ben Melham 58.5 3 4s411 Saint George (GB) (20) Ciaron Maher (dwc) .....................................Mark Zahra 58.5 4 16s56 Berkeley Square (19) Dan O’Sullivan (dwc) ............................... Declan Bates 58 5 16s80 Wootton Verni (FR) (6) Chris Waller (dwc) ...............................Craig Williams 58 6 172s9 Campaldino (NZ) (17) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (dw) ........... Jordan Childs 57.5 7 10s9s Onesmoothoperator (USA) (11) Tim Fitzsimmons (d) ..................Luke Nolen 57 8 0s0s0 Okita Soushi (IRE) (9) Ciaron Maher .................................................... Billy Egan 56 9 447s0 River Of Stars (IRE) (16) Chris Waller ...............................................Jye McNeil 56 10 372s0 Soulcombe (GB) (4) Chris Waller (wt) ............................................ Beau Mertens 56 11 8s5s3 Deakin (FR) (2) Phillip & Tommy Stokes (dw) ............................ Lachlan Neindorf 55.5 12 5802s Strictly Business (5) Thomas Carberry (w) ..................................John Allen 55 13 670s0 Valiant King (GB) (3) Chris Waller (dw) ............................................ Michael Dee 55 14 s53s4 Zahrann (IRE) (8) Ciaron Maher (d) .................................................. Ethan Brown 55 15 56s57 Piggyback (1) Ciaron Maher (dw) .....................................................Damian Lane 54 16 10s65 Machine Gun Gracie (13) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (w) .....................Luke Currie 54 17e34s95 Travolta (GB) (12) Chris Waller (dw) ...................................................................... 54.5 18e171s6 Zakouma (7) Grahame Begg (dw) ......................................................William Pike 54 19e91s08 Kings Valley (IRE) (18) Ciaron Maher (dw) ........................................................... 54 20e3s210 Darkbonee (10) Symon Wilde (wt) ................................................ Jamie Melham 54 FORM SUMMARY ZAHRANN peaks out to his proven 2000m range and a strong chance to earn the free ticket into the Caulfield Cup. DEAKIN is building momentum and will relish conditions. WOOTTON VERNI maps for an economical run. SAINT GEORGE remains an omnipresent threat at this level. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 3 Saint George 100 6 Campaldino 97 17 Travolta 93 14 Zahrann 92 11 Deakin 92 Naturalism b- h (Palace Music – Zephyr Souba) Trained by Lee Freedman, Naturalism started 34 times for 12 wins and over $3.2m in prizemoney. His best wins were the 1992 AJC Derby, 1992 Rosehill Guineas and 1993 Caulfield Stakes. He also won a further seven Group races and ran a gallant second in the 1992 Japan Cup.
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