81 4:30pm 7 MELBOURNE 7 START Flt Lt Peter Armytage Handicap 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. For ThreeYears-Old and Upwards. BenchMark 100 Handicap. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 1-58.73E Makybe Diva (GB) (12/03/2005) [Good3] Class Record: 2-01.37E Saint George (GB) (17/01/2026) [Good3] TAB Assessed Odds 1 00s07 Land Legend (FR) (1) Ciaron Maher (d) ........................................... Rhys McLeod 61 $26 2 8070s Smokin’ Romans (NZ) (15) Ciaron Maher (dwtc) .......Dakotah Keane (a3/51kg) 60.5 $71 3 233s0 Etna Rosso (IRE) (7) Chris Waller (w) .................................................. Jye McNeil 60 $71 4 s4420 Plymouth (11) Ben, Will & JD Hayes ...................... Luke Cartwright (a2/51kg) 59 $11 5 s5680 Benagil (14) Glen Thompson (dw) ..................................Logan Bates (a1.5/52kg) 58.5 $21 6 s7501 Too Darn Discreet (4) Dan O’Sullivan (dwt) .............................. Declan Bates 58.5 $11 7 640s7 Berkshire Breeze (IRE) (12) Ciaron Maher (dwt) ............................Luke Currie 58 $18 8 09s30 Mark Twain (NZ) (13) Phillip Stokes (wt) .........................................Will Gordon 58 $23 9 s8s00 Antrim Coast (NZ) (5) Patrick Payne (dw) ....................Holly Durnan (a3/52kg) 53 $201 10 9s896 Chase Your Dreams (NZ) (6) Ben, Will & JD Hayes ..................... Jett Stanley 53 $34 11 11220 Sun Gift (NZ) (8) Danny O’Brien (dc) ................................................Fred Kersley 53 $10 12 8s230 Foujita San (2) Shane Jackson (dw) ..............................................Dean Yendall 53 $13 13 s6211 Bring Forth (NZ) (3) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (dw) .Molly Bourke (a2/51.5kg) 53 $4.20 14 9s646 Jimi Hendrix (IRE) (10) Annabel & Rob Archibald (w) ... Ryan Houston (a2/51kg) 53 $34 15 3s111 Zakouma (9) Grahame Begg (wc) ....................................................Beau Mertens 53 $2.60 FORM SUMMARY ZAKOUMA is a versatile conveyance chasing four straight and looks primed again with the light weight. TOO DARN DISCREET proved too strong at this trip last start and looks hard to beat. BRING FORTH maps well and can be on speed. Look for BENAGIL charging late. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 5 Benagil 100 4 Plymouth 100 3 Etna Rosso 100 7 Berkshire Breeze 99 13 Bring Forth 99 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT PETER ARMYTAGE VRC Chairman (1986–1991), VRC Committee (1978–1994) Flight Lieutenant Peter Armytage (1923–2010) strong advocate of country racing, served with distinction as a young officer during the Second World War. Flying with the RAF as a Lancaster wireless operator and gunner, his plane was shot down in March 1944 and after evading capture he was taken prisoner of war. In 1991 he was awarded the OAM for services to racing.
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