Caulfield

65 MELBOURNE 7 4:05pm 7 1100m Widden Victoria Bel Esprit Stakes (Listed) 1100m BEL ESPRIT won his first four career starts as a two-year-old, including the Blue Diamond Preview-Prelude-Blue Diamond 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) 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. Of $140,000 . 1st $84,000, 2nd $25,200, 3rd $12,600, 4th $6,300, 5th $3,500, 6th $2,800, 7th $2,800, 8th $2,800. Prizemoney contribution totaling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. Handicap. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-01.73E Here de Angels (06/02/2010) [Good3] Class Record: 1-01.93E Pippie (22/02/2020) [Good3] 1 1s014 Ancestry (8) Phillip Stokes (wtc) .............................................. Michael Poy 60 2 4505s Reykjavik (1) Lindsey Smith (dw) . .......................................... Dean Yendall 58.5 3 462s2 Lyre (2) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dtc) .......................................... Luke Currie 57.5 4 2s186 Prophet’s Thumb (9) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dc) . .................... Jamie Kah 56.5 5 12761 Sword of Mercy (4) Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra (dwtc) . ....... Damian Lane 56 6 46s34 Humma Humma (11) John McArdle (dwc) ................................... Jamie Mott 55 7 1s00s Rubisaki (12) Patrick Payne (w) . ............................................. Beau Mertens 54.5 8 4220s She Shao Fly (5) Kevin Corstens (w) ............................................. Zac Spain 54.5 9 361s1 Sisstar (7) Tony & Calvin McEvoy (dw) ........................................ William Pike 54 10 s14s3 Alfa Oro (NZ) (6) Matt Laurie (dwc) . ................................. Daniel Stackhouse 54 11 s169s Bumper Blast (NZ) (13) Robert Hickmott (w) .............................. Michael Dee 54 12 62114 Mossman Gorge (3) Matthew Dale (dw) .................................. Daniel Moor 54 13 0s181 Ginger Jones (10) Andrew Noblet (dc) . ................................... Will Price (a) 54 FORM SUMMARY Loved the win of SWORD OF MERCY last start. where she was there to be beaten but kept finding. ANCESTRY has the blistering early speed but lumped with the big weight, he still looks hard to run down. RUBISAKI, PROPHET’S THUMB and LYRE will be strong to the line late. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 7 Rubisaki 100 10 Alfa Oro 98 5 Sword of Mercy 98 1 Ancestry 96 3 Lyre 92