105 5:10pm FLEMINGTON 8 MELBOURNE 8 START TAB Champions Stakes (Group 1) (Registered Name: L.K.S Mackinnon Stakes) (157th of Series) 2000m Of $3,000,000 and trophies of $11,500. 1st $1,800,000 and trophies of $11,500, 2nd $540,000, 3rd $270,000, 4th $135,000, 5th $75,000, 6th $60,000, 7th $60,000, 8th $60,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Standard Weight for Age. No allowances for apprentices. Track & Class Record: 1-58.73E Makybe Diva (GB) (12/03/2005) [Good3] TAB Assessed Odds 1 3s545 Tom Kitten (8) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dwt) ............................... Ben Melham 59 $7.50 2 s0695 Light Infantry Man (FR) (3) Ciaron Maher (wtc) ........................ Declan Bates 59 $8.50 3 s0543 Kovalica (NZ) (2) Chris Waller (dw) ....................................................Damian Lane 59 $15 4 93324 Attrition (5) Mitchell Freedman (w) ............................................ Craig Williams 59 $15 5 0s602 Alenquer (FR) (11) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dw) .................................... Jamie Mott 59 $61 6 1s353 Pier (NZ) (6) Darryn & Briar Weatherley (w) ........................................Ethan Brown 59 $11 7 31302 Golden Path (NZ) (4) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (dwt) ........Jordan Childs 59 $21 8 112s6 Point King (IRE) (1) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dwt) ..................Celine Gaudray 59 $51 9 21111 Zambardo (NZ) (9) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (d) .................Jamie Melham 58.5 $26 10 s1331 Via Sistina (IRE) (10) Chris Waller (dwc) .................................. James McDonald 57 $1.60 11 03s37 Benagil (7) Glen Thompson (dw) ....................................................... Michael Dee 56.5 $26 FORM SUMMARY Despite the awkward barrier, star mare VIA SISTINA is in the box seat to go back-to-back in this race after defending her title in the G1 Cox Plate. ATTRITION flying under the radar this prep. Value runner ALENQUER thriving since going to the Hayes stable this prep. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 10 Via Sistina 100 1 Tom Kitten 87 6 Pier 86 4 Attrition 84 7 Golden Path 84 L.K.S. MACKINNON Lauchlan Kenneth Scobie Mackinnon (1861–1935) was one of the most influential chairmen of the Victoria Racing Club in its long history, a committeeman for 26 years from 1909 and Chairman from 1916 until his death, guiding its fortunes as the principal club in Victoria. A solicitor by profession, he bred and raced thoroughbreds, at different times owning Maribyrnong Stud and Chatsworth Park. Kingsburgh won the 1914 Melbourne Cup for him. Woorak won the Epsom at Randwick and became a top Australian stallion. Mackinnon’s conservative views, especially about women in racing, were not universally shared but Victorian racing flourished. The Melbourne Stakes, created in 1869 as a traditional weight-forage Derby Day lead-up to the Cup, became the Mackinnon in his honour from 1939. In 2016, the race was repositioned as the 2000 metre champion race for the final day of the Carnival.
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