71 3:40pm 7 MELBOURNE 7 START Lexus Roy Higgins (Listed) (Registered Name: Roy Higgins Quality) (59th of Series) 2600m Of $300,000 and trophies of $1,250. 1st $180,000 and trophies of $1,250, 2nd $54,000, 3rd $27,000, 4th $13,500, 5th $7,500, 6th $6,000, 7th $6,000, 8th $6,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. The winner of this race shall be exempt from ballot for the 2026 Lexus Melbourne Cup Track Record: 2-41.13E Francis of Assisi (IRE) (05/11/2016) [Good3] Class Record: 2-43.17E Goldman (NZ) (25/03/2023) [Good4] TAB Assessed Odds 1 s10s9 Onesmoothoperator (USA) (8) Tim Fitzsimmons ....................... Ben Melham 58.5$8.50 2 s4771 Paradise Storm (FR) (2) Henry Dwyer (w) ....................................... John Allen 58.5$4.60 3 1s566 Whisky On The Hill (GB) (1) Glen Thompson (wc) ........................Damian Lane 57.5$5.50 4 7s005 Ardakan (GB) (9) Ciaron Maher (w) ........................................Thomas Stockdale 56 $51 5 s0s3s Point Nepean (IRE) (7) Shane Jackson (dwt) .................................Beau Mertens 56 $101 6 8s0s4 Desert Hero (GB) (10) Ciaron Maher (w) ....................................... Harry Coffey 56 $5 7 2211s Highland Blaze (6) Shane Jackson (w) ..........................................Tom Madden 56 $41 8 2s433 Steel Run (5) Michael Kent (t) ............................................ Luke Cartwright (a) 56 $19 9 111Fs Noonday Gun (GB) (11) Shane Jackson (w) ................................... Declan Bates 56 $126 10 75s06 Sir Chartwell (FR) (3) Annabel & Rob Archibald (w) .........Daniel Stackhouse 56 $51 11 6s70s Shamarkand (FR) (4) Shane Jackson (w) .....................................Jordan Childs 56 $126 12 s1221 Bright Legend (12) Joanne Mugavin (w) ........................................... Jye McNeil 55 $34 13 21s02 Litzdeel (13) Danny O’Brien (wt) ................................................. Craig Williams 54.5$2.70 FORM SUMMARY LITZDEEL was huge late last start on a day it was hard to do so. She gets to the right trip now third up and looks set to punch her ticket into the Melbourne Cup. Forgive STEEL RUN at Pakenham in a slowly run race, he can bounce back. ONESMOOTHOPERATOR is the class. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 3 Whisky On The Hill 100 13 Litzdeel 96 2 Paradise Storm 96 1 Onesmoothoperator 95 8 Steel Run 88 ROY HIGGINS Roy Henry Higgins MBE (1938–2014) was one of Australia’s greatest riders, winning eleven Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership between 1965 and 1978. Among his career highlights were his twelve winners at the 1972 VRC three-day Autumn Carnival. Five times he rode five winners at a meeting. Roy began riding at Deniliquin, NSW, and retired from the saddle in October 1983 with more than 2500 winners. He won top- class races all over Australia including Melbourne Cups on Light Fingers (1965) and Red Handed (1967). Roy was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Racing Museum. His statue graces Flemington racecourse.
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