65 Lead SPEED RATINGS (Horses listed by barrier) Barrier Backmarker Beyond Midfield Midfield Off Speed On Speed Lead 1 Trav 2 Gilded Water 3 Grand Pierro 4 Onesmoothoperator 5 Cleveland 6 Berkshire Breeze 7 Changingoftheguard 8 Scary 9 Athabascan 10 Smokin’ Romans 11 Post Impressionist 12 So You Are 13 Brayden Star 14 Hezashocka Race 7 Ladbrokes Moonee Valley Gold Cup (Group 2) 5 9:15pm 2500m Rail: True Entire Circuit Of $750,000 and trophies of $11,000. 1st $450,000 and $8000 trophy to owner, $1500 trophy to trainer, $1500 trophy to jockey, 2nd $135,000, 3rd $67,500, 4th $33,750, 5th $18,750, 6th $15,000, 7th $15,000, 8th $15,000. Prizemoney contribution totalling 3.5% will be directed to jockey, equine and participant welfare prior to distribution. For Four-Years-Old and Upwards. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. The Winner of this race is ballot exempt into the 2025 Melbourne Cup Track Record: 2-33.55E Deakin (FR) (21/02/2025) [Good3] Class Record: 2-34.37E Ventura Storm (IRE) (27/10/2018) [Good3] No. Last 10 Horse Name Br. Trainer Jockey Wgt Hcp Rtg Techform Jockey Trainer Distance Track 1 07344s7451 Brayden Star (GB) 13 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Craig Williams 57 99 93 17% 13% 2 059417s440 Trav (NZ) 1 Raymond Connors Masa Hashizume 57 94 84 17% 0% 3 60310s7294 Smokin’ Romans (NZ) 10 Ciaron Maher Ben Melham 56.5 105 100 17% 13%• • 4 s7726540s4 Hezashocka (NZ) 14 Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Damian Lane 56.5 99 89 17% 17% 5 05735s840s Onesmoothoperator (USA) 4 Brian Ellison Mark Zahra 56.5 102 87 17% 11%• 6 s460s8s866 Post Impressionist (IRE) 11 Anthony & Sam Freedman Ethan Brown 56.5 97 89 19% 17% 7 3s742s8210 Changingoftheguard (IRE) 7 Kris Lees Jye McNeil 56 106 99 11% 13%• 8 21253s0838 Grand Pierro 3 Jason Warren Zac Spain 56 95 90 11% 11% 9 782959s000 Athabascan (FR) 9 John O’Shea & Tom Charlton Daniel Stackhouse 55 98 91 14% 17% 10 0s80s48s47 Cleveland (IRE) 5 Kris Lees Jye McNeil 55 97 83 11% 13%• • 11 s54248s626 Berkshire Breeze (IRE) 6 Ciaron Maher Michael Dee 55 97 95 12% 13%• 12 10s112s313 Gilded Water (GB) 2 Ciaron Maher Declan Bates 55 92 99 10% 13% 13 52s05s0027 Scary (NZ) 8 Emma-Lee & David Browne Lachlan Neindorf 53 91 94 14% 12% 14 32s8233512 So You Are 12 Stirling Osland Cejay Graham 53 84 93 10% 14% RACE ANALYSIS SMOKIN’ ROMANS and BRAYDEN STAR both excellent in the Herbert Power can be the leading pair which helps here. Going with SMOKIN’ ROMANS who is unbeaten this track/trip and has the big weight turnaround. BERKSHIRE BREEZE can be charging into it late. RESULTS / NOTES 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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