79 3:10pm FLEMINGTON 5 MELBOURNE 5 START TAB ONE POOL Matriarch Stakes (Group 2) (41st of Series) 2000m Of $300,000 and trophies of $5,500. 1st $180,000 and trophies of $5,500, 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 Four-Years-Old and Upwards Mares. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-58.73E Makybe Diva (GB) (12/03/2005) [Good3] Class Record: 2-01.15E Atishu (NZ) (05/11/2022) [Good4] TAB Assessed Odds 1 2s608 Panova (18) Chris Waller (dt) ..................................................... James McDonald 59.5 $11 2 80239 Sunset Park (GB) (13) Michael Kent (dwc) ....................................Jamie Melham 58 $31 3 65406 Machine Gun Gracie (9) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (w) .......................Blake Shinn 57 $18 4 5s731 Soverato (NZ) (2) Chris Waller (c) .....................................................Damian Lane 57 $6 5 s2388 Too Darn Discreet (7) Dan O’Sullivan (dwtc) ...............................Mark Zahra 56 $4.80 6 1s474 Private Legacy (16) Gregory Hickman (dw) ................................... Ben Melham 56 $26 7 01s03 Zuleika (5) Todd Pollard (dw) .............................................................William Pike 56 $19 8 s8035 Vivy Air (1) Ciaron Maher (w) ...........................................................Ethan Brown 55 $3.80 9 88s04 You Wahng (11) Kris Lees (w) ............................................................Luke Nolen 55 $34 10 6s085 Jenni’s Meadow (10) Ciaron Maher (t) ......................................... Declan Bates 55 $15 11 88956 Sun Worshipper (4) Matt Kropp (dw) ............................................Luke Currie 55 $51 12 0s927 Sun Gift (NZ) (6) Danny O’Brien (dc) .................................................. Michael Dee 55 $34 13 11s30 Perfect Ten (NZ) (3) Nikki Burke (w) .......................................... Craig Williams 55 $17 14 s6526 Pillow Fight (8) Bjorn Baker (w) ..................................................... Rachel King 55 $19 15 11213 Ocean Bay (NZ) (17) Gavin Bedggood (dw) ............................Daniel Stackhouse 55 $21 16 0s211 Samarelle (NZ) (15) John O’Shea & Tom Charlton (w) ........................ Jye McNeil 55 $23 17e 4s150 Classic Gem (12) Dominic Sutton ........................................................Billy Egan 55 $26 18e 11s23 Superfabulistic (NZ) (14) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (w) ...Jordan Childs 55 $19 FORM SUMMARY SOVERATO was building towards that classy last start win. Staying at 2000m looks to suit and she maps to do no work. OCEAN BAY comes out of the same race and gets a weight swing, she’s drawn poorly but is a danger. VIVY AIR will appreciate coming back to mares grade. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 8 Vivy Air 100 5 Too Darn Discreet 98 1 Panova 95 4 Soverato 90 12 Sun Gift 90 MATRIARCH STAKES A 2000 metre race for mares has long been part of the card for the fourth and final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The race name Matriarch Stakes was first applied in 1995, and the Kilmore and Ballarat Cup winner Magical Storm was victorious. The race name was inspired by the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes, a mile race for mares on the turf in the USA, first run at Hollywood Park in 1981 and later at Del Mar Racetrack, California. Among the best winners of the VRC Matriarch Stakes has been multiple Group 1 winner Lucia Valentina, successful in 2015 before winning the AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick the following year.
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