43 12:25pm 2 MELBOURNE 2 START Ken Cox Handicap Heat 6 of the Mahogany Challenge Series 2000m Of $150,000. 1st $82,500, 2nd $27,000, 3rd $13,500, 4th $7,500, 5th $4,500, 6th $3,000, 7th $3,000, 8th $3,000, 9th $3,000, 10th $3,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. This race carries VOBIS Silver Bonuses of $30,000 for qualified horses. For Three-Years-Old. Quality. Weights Raised: 3.00kg. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 1-58.73E Makybe Diva (GB) (12/03/2005) [Good3] Class Record: 2-01.94E Aztec State (22/06/2024) [Good4] TAB Assessed Odds 1 24211 Decalogue (10) Ciaron Maher (dw) ......................... Jabez Johnstone (a3/50kg) 59 $3 2 01298 Arabian Prince (13) Michael Kent (dw) ..............................................Billy Egan 58.5 $16 3 37s93 Our Chief (19) Danny O’Brien (wc) ...................................................... Jamie Mott 58 $6.50 4 141 Harbour Town (8) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (w) .....................Daniel Stackhouse 57.5$9.50 5 74241 Mahers Landing (NZ) (9) Grahame Begg (dw) .................... Lachlan Neindorf 57 $10 6 1s702 Hard Evidence (FR) (15) Chris Waller (w) ........................................... Jye McNeil 55.5 $18 7 07416 Nihancan (NZ) (16) John Symons & Sheila Laxon (dw) ............ Patrick Moloney 55.5 $51 8 5123 Think Your Amazing (NZ) (4) Matt Cumani (d) ...............................Eoin Walsh 55.5 $14 9 27s31 Colizzi (NZ) (2) David & Coral Feek (w) ............................................. Declan Bates 55 $18 10 212 Kings Reflection (18) Taige Weir (w) ........................................ Harry Coffey 55 $8 11 1s230 Noble Work (12) Michael Trotter ...................................................Adam McCabe 55 $51 12 s6187 Salt Spray (NZ) (11) Chris Waller ..................................................Jordan Childs 55 $26 13 s3124 She’s Got The Cash (NZ) (1) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) . Logan Bates (a1.5/52kg) 55 $12 14 22145 Set Me Free (14) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (d) ................Jackson Radley (a2/53kg) 54 $26 15 0s234 Morisu Ojo (6) Ciaron Maher (w) ..................................................Beau Mertens 54 $51 16e s1269 Soldier Boi (3) Lucinda Boyd .............................. Luke Cartwright (a1.5/51kg) 55 $34 17e 21 Rainsun (5) Mark Walker (w) ....................................................... Craig Williams 55 $9 18e 162 Blindato (17) Andrew Bobbin ................................................................................... 55 $51 19e s7203 Madesian (7) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (d) ..............................Craig Newitt 54.5 $51 FORM SUMMARY HARBOUR TOWN overcame some traffic in the straight to win at Sale, he’ll relish the step to 2000m. DECALOGUE mid-race move proved to be pivotal when winning last start. He maps ideally here and can go on with it. ARABIAN PRINCE can bounce back after runs without luck. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 3 Our Chief 100 8 Think Your Amazing 94 2 Arabian Prince 94 13 She’s Got The Cash 93 14 Set Me Free 92 KEN COX Kenneth Fabian Cox AM (1911–97) was a VRC Committee member 1968–83, serving for ten years as Honorary Treasurer until his retirement. Energetically chairing the VRC’s promotions committee, he was a driving force behind the transformation of the VRC Spring Meeting into ‘the Melbourne Cup Carnival’ as a modern international event. A successful businessman and racehorse owner, he established Stockwell Stud at Diggers Rest in 1958 which revitalised the Victorian thoroughbred breeding industry with such influential sires as Landau and Showdown.
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