107 5:00pm 8 MELBOURNE 8 START TAB Empire Rose Stakes (Group 1) (39th of Series) 1600m Of $1,000,000 and trophies of $5,325. 1st $600,000 and trophies of $5,325, 2nd $180,000, 3rd $90,000, 4th $45,000, 5th $25,000, 6th $20,000, 7th $20,000, 8th $20,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards Fillies and Mares. Standard Weight for Age. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-33.49E Scenic Peak (09/11/2002) [Good3] Class Record: 1-34.84E Colette (30/10/2021) [Good4] TAB Assessed Odds 1 0s404 Alcohol Free (IRE) (5) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (dw) ............. Opie Bosson 57 $6.50 2 s2242 Princess Grace (USA) (12) Chris Waller (d) ................................ Jamie Spencer 57 $7.50 3 2s368 Hope In Your Heart (1) Kerry Parker (dw) ........................................Tim Clark 57 $7.50 4 Ps520 Atishu (NZ) (8) Chris Waller (dwt) ............................................... James McDonald 57 $5.50 5 4s407 Hinged (13) Chris Waller (dw) ..............................................................Blake Shinn 57 $23 6 16s03 Foxy Frida (6) Andrew Noblet (dwtc) ...................................................Billy Egan 57 $23 7 4s512 Renaissance Woman (NZ) (14) Bjorn Baker (dw) ...................... Harry Coffey 57 $23 8 41742 Barbie’s Fox (16) Ben, Will & JD Hayes (dw) ...................................Mark Zahra 57 $15 9 s3031 Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (10) Matthew Williams (wt) .....................Dean Yendall 57 $19 10 8s626 Pride Of Jenni (17) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (w) ................ Declan Bates 57 $19 11 s1736 Deny Knowledge (IRE) (7) Michael Kent (dw) .....................................Jamie Kah 57 $41 12 4s421 Life Lessons (NZ) (15) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman (wt) .Daniel Stackhouse 57 $15 13 6s852 Shuffle Dancer (2) Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman (w) ........Luke Nolen 57 $26 14 s4111 Wishlor Lass (11) Symon Wilde (d) ................................................. John Allen 57 $8 15 4s125 Ausbred Flirt (9) Brad Widdup (dw) .............................................. Rachel King 57 $31 16 53s53 More Secrets (4) Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes (w) .............. Damien Oliver 57 $26 17e 213s1 Jennilala (3) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (w) .......................... Jamie Spencer 57 $34 FORM SUMMARY ALCOHOL FREE is a four time Group One winner in the UK and ran her best race last week in The Invitation. Further improvement can gift her a handful of Group One’s. ATISHU was 5th in this race last year before taking out the Matriarch. WISHLOR LASS continues to impress. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 2 Princess Grace 100 14 Wishlor Lass 99 3 Hope In Your Heart 98 9 Wrote To Arataki 94 5 Hinged 93 EMPIRE ROSE (NZ) (Sir Tristram (IRE) – Summer Fleur (NZ)) The big New Zealand mare, daughter of Sir Tristram, had a Melbourne Cup record that few could better. She ran in four Cups for a fifth (1986), second (1987), first (1988) and fifteenth when favourite (1989). She won the 1987 New Zealand Cup and the 1988 Mackinnon Stakes. Trained at Cambridge, New Zealand by Laurie Laxon, she was often ridden in trackwork by the trainer’s then wife Sheila, who in 2001 in her own right trained the mare Ethereal to win the Caulfield–Melbourne Cup double, officially the first woman trainer to win the Melbourne Cup. The Empire Rose Stakes is a Group 1 race for fillies and mares.
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