59 1:00pm 2 MELBOURNE 2 START Lexus Archer Stakes (Group 3) (Registered Name: Hotham Handicap) (155th of Series) 2500m Of $300,000 and trophies of $3,025. 1st $180,000 and trophies of $3,025, 2nd $54,000, 3rd $27,000, 4th $13,500, 5th $7,500, 6th $6,000, 7th $6,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. Quality. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 2-33.00E Kawtuban (IRE) (07/11/1992) [Good3] Class Record: 2-33.81E Our Smoking Joe (05/11/2005) [Good3] TAB Assessed Odds 1 s3221 Ladies Man (NZ) (5) Allan Sharrock (w) ...........................................Dean Yendall 59 $7.50 2 3L733 Kalapour (IRE) (1) Kris Lees (w) .................................................... Damien Oliver 56 $4.40 3 91187 Athabascan (FR) (3) John O’Shea (w) ...................................... James McDonald 55.5$2.60 4 23614 Mostly Cloudy (IRE) (6) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (wc) .............Tim Clark 54 $4.40 5 52320 United Nations (IRE) (4) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace ............. Jamie Spencer 54 $7 6 75353 Gan Teorainn (IRE) (7) Chris Waller (w) .............................................. Jye McNeil 54 $14 7 22s62 Speak (GB) (2) Michael Moroney ..............................................................Billy Egan 54 $16 FORM SUMMARY LADIES MAN was an impressive winner in the G1 Livamol Classic at Hastings last start. Winning this race will surely boost his confidence for Tuesday’s big race. MOSTLY CLOUDY boasts strong form at this track. ATHABASCAN will be in it for a very long way. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 1 Ladies Man 100 5 United Nations 98 4 Mostly Cloudy 96 3 Athabascan 96 2 Kalapour 94 ARCHER (William Tell (GB) – Maid Of The Oaks) The Sydney champion racehorse Archer was where the Melbourne Cup story began. He came – by ship – from New South Wales to win both the first and the second Melbourne Cups, 1861 and 1862. Trained by Etienne de Mestre, ridden by John ‘Cutts’ Dillon, twice he beat the local hope, Mormon. Today’s race began its long history as the Hotham Handicap in 1869, named to honour Sir Charles Hotham (1806–1855), the controversial Governor of Victoria, in office at the time of the Eureka rebellion at Ballarat. The Hotham, now the Archer, has been a traditional lead-up race to the Melbourne Cup, furnishing many winners.
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