97 5:10pm 8 MELBOURNE 8 START TAB Champions Stakes (Group 1) (Registered Name: L.K.S Mackinnon Stakes) (156th of Series) 2000m Of $3,000,000 and trophies of $10,325. 1st $1,800,000 and trophies of $10,325, 2nd $540,000, 3rd $270,000, 4th $135,000, 5th $75,000, 6th $60,000, 7th $60,000, 8th $60,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 4% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Standard Weight for Age. No allowances for apprentices. Track & Class Record: 1-58.73E Makybe Diva (GB) (12/03/2005) [Good3] TAB Assessed Odds 1 s611s Without A Fight (IRE) (10) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dwt) ...........Mark Zahra 59 $11 2 52441 Duke De Sessa (IRE) (5) Ciaron Maher (w) .................................... Harry Coffey 59 $16 3 75s04 Arapaho (FR) (11) Bjorn Baker (dw) ................................................... Ben Melham 59 $41 4 7s803 Nugget (GB) (8) Ciaron Maher (w) ....................................................... Michael Dee 59 $41 5 s3201 Future History (GB) (6) Ciaron Maher (dwt) .......Dylan Browne McMonagle 59 $51 6 s1137 Eliyass (FR) (2) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (dw) ...................... Nash Rawiller 59 $12 7 2s7s5 Docklands (GB) (7) Harry Eustace (w) ............................................ Declan Bates 59 $15 8 s2s62 Royal Champion (IRE) (9) Anthony & Sam Freedman (d) ......... Craig Williams 59 $21 9 95s11 Kingswood (GB) (3) Gavin Bedggood (dw) .......................................... John Allen 59 $34 10 s1511 Via Sistina (IRE) (4) Chris Waller (dwc) .................................... James McDonald 57 $1.65 11 96631 Atishu (NZ) (1) Chris Waller (dwtc) ......................................................... Jye McNeil 57 $8 12 1s515 Deny Knowledge (IRE) (12) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dwc) .......Damian Lane 57 $23 FORM SUMMARY VIA SISTINA stamped herself as a horse for the ages with a historic win in the Cox Plate last start. If she can reproduce that effort they won’t beat her. DUKE DE SESSA is flying and will give her something to chase. ELIYASS back in trip is the forgotten runner. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 10 Via Sistina 100 1 Without A Fight 96 11 Atishu 86 6 Eliyass 83 8 Royal Champion 81 L.K.S. MACKINNON Lauchlan Kenneth Scobie Mackinnon (1861–1935) was one of the most influential chairmen of the Victoria Racing Club in its long history, a committeeman for 26 years from 1909 and Chairman from 1916 until his death, guiding its fortunes as the principal club in Victoria. A solicitor by profession, he bred and raced thoroughbreds, at different times owning Maribyrnong Stud and Chatsworth Park. Kingsburgh won the 1914 Melbourne Cup for him. Woorak won the Epsom at Randwick and became a top Australian stallion. Mackinnon’s conservative views, especially about women in racing, were not universally shared but Victorian racing flourished. The Melbourne Stakes, created in 1869 as a traditional weight-for-age Derby Day lead-up to the Cup, became the Mackinnon in his honour from 1939. In 2016 the race was repositioned as the 2000 metre champion race for the final day of the Carnival.
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