77 5:05pm 8 MELBOURNE 8 START William Newton VC Handicap 1400m Of $65,000. 1st $35,750, 2nd $11,700, 3rd $5,850, 4th $3,250, 5th $1,950, 6th $1,300, 7th $1,300, 8th $1,300, 9th $1,300, 10th $1,300. Prizemoney contribution totalling 4% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. For Three-YearsOld and Upwards. BenchMark 78 Handicap. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 1-20.60E Lovey (12/12/1992) [Firm2] Class Record: NPR-E First running under these conditions & distance TAB Assessed Odds 1 2155s Too Much Caviar (NZ) (18) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (d) ............Jett Stanley 61 $41 2 s340s Bigolino (17) Patrick & Michelle Payne (dw) .....................Logan Bates (a3/52kg) 60.5 $71 3 1319s Princeofnottingham (3) Patrick & Michelle Payne (dw) .Rose Hammond (a3/50kg) 60$101 4 26139 Carbonados (NZ) (15) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dw) ......................Celine Gaudray 59.5 $41 5 3s111 King Zephyr (6) Grahame Begg ....................................................Jordan Childs 59.5$1.70 6 47026 El Rocko (14) John McArdle (dw) ................................................... Harry Coffey 59 $31 7 24104 Georgie Get Mad (GB) (8) Denis Pagan (dwc) ............................... Jake Noonan 59 $71 8 95379 Ocean Beyond (NZ) (11) Simon Ryan (t) .........................Tom Prebble (a3/53kg) 59 $51 9 04013 Russian Meteor (1) Bill Papazaharoudakis (d) ................................ Jamie Mott 59 $19 10 20655 Titan Of Choice (4) Peter Gelagotis (d) ..................... Hannah Edgley (a3/54kg) 58.5 $81 11 6600s Flash Feeling (NZ) (5) Dan O’Sullivan (dwt) ............. Jaylah Kennedy (a2/52kg) 58 $126 12 1148s Otago (NZ) (12) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (c) .............................Mark Zahra 58 $4.40 13 4033s Saban (9) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman (c) ... Luke Cartwright (a3/51kg) 57.5 $23 14 03264 Impending Link (7) Greg Eurell (dw) ................................................Blake Shinn 57 $15 15 s9s35 Pure Alpha (NZ) (10) Chris Waller (dw) ............................................ Ben Melham 57 $7.50 16 18681 Tacito (13) Ben, Will & JD Hayes ..................................................Celine Gaudray 57 $51 17e 98s45 The Shaper (2) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dw) ...................Daniel Stackhouse 56.5 $17 18e s69s0 Hennessy Lad (NZ) (19) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman (w) ........Zac Spain 56 $61 19e 0236s Staunch (16) Matt Laurie (dw) .................................................................................. 56 $51 FORM SUMMARY OTAGO looks a promising type, she has had a year off since tackling group level races but looked fit at recent jump outs and can win resuming. KING ZEPHYR has been working through his grades with easy wins and will be strong late. GEORGIE GET MAD is well placed. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 12 Otago 100 5 King Zephyr 93 8 Ocean Beyond 88 9 Russian Meteor 86 15 Pure Alpha 85 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WILLIAM NEWTON VC Flight Lieutenant William Newton VC (1918–1943) of 22 Squadron RAAF, an accomplished sportsman, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery, repeatedly diving through intense anti-aircraft fire to bomb enemy positions on the north coast of New Guinea. When shot down on 18 March 1943, aged 23, he was captured and ceremonially beheaded. He was one of 20 Australians awarded the VC in the Second World War.
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