89 5:05pm 8 MELBOURNE 8 START William Newton VC Handicap 1400m Of $130,000. 1st $71,500, 2nd $23,400, 3rd $11,700, 4th $6,500, 5th $3,900, 6th $2,600, 7th $2,600, 8th $2,600, 9th $2,600, 10th $2,600. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. For ThreeYears-Old and Upwards. BenchMark 78 Handicap. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 1-20.60E Lovey (12/12/1992) [Firm2] Class Record: 1-22.79E King Zephyr (25/04/2025) [Good4] TAB Assessed Odds 1 7235s Farhh Flung (GB) (10) Danny O’Brien (w) ...................Dakotah Keane (a3/51kg) 62 $41 2 54557 Modown (15) Charlotte Littlefield (d) .................................................... Jye McNeil 60.5 $34 3 4s131 Everain (8) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dw) ..................................... Declan Bates 60 $6 4 886s3 So Risque (NZ) (18) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dwc) ...... Luke Cartwright (a2/51kg) 59.5 $34 5 1660s Nation’s Call (IRE) (9) Robbie Griffiths (w) ............................ Patrick Moloney 59 $23 6 211s7 Theblade (6) Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes (dw) ...... Ryan Houston (a2/51kg) 59 $8 7 4355s Elsie May (NZ) (19) David Bourne (w) ..............................................Dean Yendall 58.5 $81 8 56113 Mometz (13) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman (d) .... Emily Pozman (a3/54kg) 58.5 $19 9 251s8 Lovelycut (5) Reece Goodwin (dw) ...............................................Beau Mertens 58 $11 10 s1151 Arcandam (12) Daniel Bowman (d) .................................................Fred Kersley 57.5 $14 11 s1131 Cripps (1) Patrick Kearney (d) ............................................................Will Gordon 57.5$3.60 12 s534s Madiyya (NZ) (11) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (d) .........................................Luke Currie 57 $7 13 516s6 Jazz Affair (3) Richard & Chantelle Jolly (d) ................................... Jett Stanley 56.5 $23 14 04214 Star Sirius (2) Richard & Chantelle Jolly (dwt) ...............................Linda Meech 56.5 $23 15 218s7 Prestige Forever (20) Julius Sandhu (w) ........................................................... 56 $17 16 237s0 Enna’s Dream (16) Alex Rae (dw) ..............................Molly Bourke (a2/51.5kg) 55.5 $23 17e 14152 Alero (14) Ciaron Maher (d) ............................................Logan Bates (a1.5/52kg) 57 $6.50 18e 6s746 Capper Thirtynine (7) Nick Ryan (w) ......................................... Rhys McLeod 57 $23 19e s60s9 Epimeles (4) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (c) ............................... Jett Stanley 56.5$8.50 20e 24111 Louis Barthas (IRE) (17) Nick Ryan (dw) ............................................................... 56.5 $11 FORM SUMMARY MADIYYA has caught the eye from the jumpouts and looks suited resuming here. Her form last prep was solid without winning and this trip looks ideal fresh. CRIPPS bolted in last start and draws to get control here. LOVELYCUT is one who’ll appreciate 1400m second up. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 15 Prestige Forever 100 9 Lovelycut 89 3 Everain 88 13 Jazz Affair 88 6 Theblade 88 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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