Flemington

65 1:40pm 3 MELBOURNE 3 START Furphy Sprint (Group 3) (Registered Name: Begonia Belle Stakes) (27th of Series) 1100m Of $200,000 and trophies of $3,125. 1st $120,000 and trophies of $3,125, 2nd $36,000, 3rd $18,000, 4th $9,000, 5th $5,000, 6th $4,000, 7th $4,000, 8th $4,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. For Four-Years-Old and Upwards Mares. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 1-02.15E Loveyamadly (02/03/2013) [Good3] Class Record: 1-02.70E Vain Queen (06/11/2014) [Good3] TAB Assessed Odds 1 3s350 Zapateo (3) James Cummings (dw) .......................................... James McDonald 58 $3.60 2 8s274 Queen Of The Ball (12) Michael Freedman (dw) ....................... Damien Oliver 57 $13 3 s0s25 Aitch Two Oh (6) Richard & Chantelle Jolly (dwc) ...........................Linda Meech 57 $21 4 1s147 Red Card (11) James Cummings (d) ......................................................Tim Clark 56 $8.50 5 7s111 Lempicka (7) Ken & Kasey Keys (dw) .....................................Blaike McDougall 56 $18 6 32s22 Rose Quartz (1) Grahame Begg (dt) .................................................Blake Shinn 55 $5.50 7 s5s46 Willinga Beast (9) Kris Lees (dw) ............................................. Jamie Spencer 55 $12 8 3s242 Hypothetical (8) Anthony & Sam Freedman (dw) ...............................Jamie Kah 55 $12 9 81717 Starlight Scope (4) Pat Carey & Harris Walker (wt) .........Daniel Stackhouse 55 $81 10 11611 Dancing Alone (10) Bryce Heys (dc) ..................................................Billy Egan 55 $5.50 11 92s14 Ghaanati (2) Peter & Paul Snowden (wc) ............................................ John Allen 55 $18 12 2121s South Of Houston (5) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) (dwt) ........ Jye McNeil 55 $15 FORM SUMMARY ZAPATEO has drawn much better today and shouldn’t have to work as hard to get a run. If she can clear the traffic, she’ll be untouchable. RED CARD has a great strike rate at this distance and a shorter trip could be key. HYPOTHETICAL narrowly missed the win last-up. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 1 Zapateo 100 4 Red Card 100 8 Hypothetical 98 10 Dancing Alone 97 6 Rose Quartz 97 BEGONIA BELLE (Court Sentence (GB) - Near Belle) The registered race name remembers the great sprinting mare Begonia Belle, winner of the 1967 Caulfield One Thousand Guineas and Sandown Guineas, the 1969 Moonee Valley Alister Clark Stakes and, at Flemington, the 1968 Lightning Stakes and 1969 Newmarket Handicap. She finished second to Sweet Embrace in the 1967 Golden Slipper at Rosehill, and third to Manihi in the 1968 Newmarket. She was bred and raced by Hilton Nicholas AM, OBE (1925–2918) who was Chairman of the VRC 1982–86 and Chairman of the TAB 1968–84. He stood the sire, Court Sentence, at his Shirley Park Stud, Macedon.

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