The Valley

63 Lead SPEED RATINGS (Horses listed by barrier) Barrier Backmarker Beyond Midfield Midfield Off Speed On Speed Lead 1 Athabascan 2 Regal Power 3 Lunar Flare 4 Sheraz 5 Mount Popa 6 El Bodegon 7 Knights Order 8 So Dazzling 9 Cleveland 10 True Marvel 11 Vow And Declare 12 Alenquer 13 Future History 14 Interpretation 15 Fancy Man 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% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. For Four-Years-Old and Upwards. Set Weights plus Penalties. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 2-33.90E Daqiansweet Junior (NZ) (22/01/2022) [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 39s8663s00 Knights Order (IRE) 7 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jordan Childs 58 107 86 14% 25% 2 6s69s00s05 Alenquer (FR) 12 Michael Moroney Damien Oliver 58 110 91 13% 10% 3 1s22460s02 Vow And Declare 11 Danny O’Brien Billy Egan 57 108 100 13% 15% 4 537Ps99118 Athabascan (FR) 1 John O’Shea Damian Lane 56.5 99 87 19% 11% 5 2s858s5861 Fancy Man (IRE) 15 Annabel Neasham Jamie Mott 56.5 99 87 12% 13% 6 9s0050s806 Mount Popa (IRE) 5 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Beau Mertens 56 97 79 14% 14% 7 1154s72121 Future History (GB) 13 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Craig Williams 56 99 92 15% 16%• • 8 6s70s05029 Regal Power 2 John Leek (Jnr) Wiremu Pinn (a) 55 100 86 11% 27% 9 s3s907s009 El Bodegon (IRE) 6 Chris Waller Zac Lloyd (a) 55 109 89 18% 10% 10 302813s808 True Marvel (FR) 10 Matthew Smith Carleen Hefel (a) 55 90 79 11% 12% • 11 72s295s080 Sheraz (FR) 4 Chris Waller Jye McNeil 55 102 82 10% 10%• 12 26s50s4962 Cleveland (IRE) 9 Kris Lees James McDonald 55 102 87 20% 13% 13 6536Ps3259 Interpretation (IRE) 14 Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Blake Shinn 55 95 84 19% 16% 14 2s7931s805 Lunar Flare 3 Grahame Begg Michael Dee 54.5 107 90 15% 20%• • 15 s820200s70 So Dazzling (NZ) 8 John Sargent Dean Yendall 51 88 82 15% 11% RACE ANALYSIS In a race without much speed on paper, Melbourne Cup aspirant FUTURE HISTORY looks well suited. INTERPRETATION is going much better than recent results would suggest. LUNAR FLARE had a return to form last start and she has a great record in this race. RESULTS / NOTES 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

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