The Valley - Saturday 31st July 2021

33 MELBOURNE 3 1:55pm 3 Brompton Handicap 1600m Of $125,000 . 1st $68,750, 2nd $22,500, 3rd $11,250, 4th $6,250, 5th $3,750, 6th $2,500, 7th $2,500, 8th $2,500, 9th $2,500. Prizemoney contribution totaling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. Handicap. Apprentices can claim. Track Record: 1-34.42E Lubiton (28/10/2017) [Good3] Class Record: 1-34.96E Rangirangdoo (NZ) (24/10/2009) [Good3] 1 1160s Al Galayel (IRE) (5) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (dwtc) ... Matthew Cartwright (a2/51kg) 60 2 1s90s Aktau (GB) (6) Michael Moroney (d) ............................................. Mark Zahra 59 3 72511 No Effort (2) Gavin Bedggood (dw) .................... Carleen Hefel (a3/50kg) 55 4 3s292 Hi Stranger (3) Shane Fliedner (wc) ........................... Damien Thornton 54 5 1131s High Emocean (NZ) (4) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (dw) ... Teodore Nugent (a1.5/49kg) 54 6 45s06 Think We’re Due (9) Andrew Noblet (dwt) .......................... Craig Newitt 54 7 0740s Northwest Passage (8) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (wt) . Alana Kelly (a3/51kg) 54 8 1175s Starcaster (GB) (1) Anthony & Sam Freedman (wt) ................... Jamie Kah 54 9 17151 Falls (NZ) (7) Michael Kent (dw) ........................................... Craig Williams 54 FORM SUMMARY Hard to split NO EFFORT and FALLS who are likely to be battling it out for the early supremacy. They’re both in flying form and should have the fitness edge here. AL GALAYEL and AKTAU generally fly first up and will be targeting quality Group races this campaign. TECHFORM’S TOP 5 4 Hi Stranger 100 3 No Effort 97 1 Al Galayel 95 5 High Emocean 95 2 Aktau 92