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Racing Victoria
MEDIA GUIDE 2011/2012

Welcome
Racing Victoria Media Guide – 2011/2012
Welcome to the 2011-12 Racing Victoria Media Guide.
This on-line publication is your definitive guide to Victoria’s Spring Racing Carnival which has
been extended from 50 to 65 days in 2011.
Our showpiece racing event now commences with the first Group 1 of the season at Caulfield on
17 September and showcases 112 race meetings through until 20 November.
Included within this Guide is detailed information on key events and racedays throughout the
Carnival and extensive profiles on the sport’s leading jockeys and trainers.
The globalisation of the Carnival was further franked with Americain’s win for France in last
year’s Emirates Melbourne Cup and the international contingent is once again strong in 2011.
Accordingly, the Guide also takes an in-depth look at the international horses and trainers that
are targeting our premier races during the Carnival.
The Media Guide is not just about the Spring Racing Carnival though. It will prove a useful tool
for you all year round.
Included within are honour rolls and statistical data on all Group and Listed races run in Victoria
throughout the season, including extensive profiles of our Group 1 features.
Historical data on premiership winners, the Scobie
Breasley Medal, Australian Racing Hall of Fame and
Racehorse of the Year awards are also contained
within.
We thank you for your support of Victorian racing
and hope that you find this Media Guide an
invaluable tool.
Rob Hines
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
RACING VICTORIA
Contents
SECTION 1
MEDIA INFORMATION
W E L C O M E & C O N T E N T S
Key Contacts 3
Media Accreditation 4
Media Awards 8
SPRING RACING CARNIVAL 2011
Economic Impact Study 9
Attendances 10
Spring Racing Carnival Events Calendar 11
The Internationals 15
Melbourne Racing Club 25
Moonee Valley Racing Club 30
Victoria Racing Club 34
Country Racing Victoria 46
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL OF RACING
Melbourne Festival of Racing 2012 50
Global Sprint Challenge 52
KEY PERSONALITIES
HISTORY
Jockeys 53
Trainers 61
Premierships 68
Medals 72
Australian Racing Hall of Fame 73
RACE DATES
2011 – 2012 Victorian Group & Listed Races 75
2011 – 2012 Racing Calendar 79
SECTION 2
GROUP & LISTED CHRONICLE 2011/2012
Group 1 Records 1
Group 2, Group 3 & Listed 50
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Key Contacts
RACING VICTORIA (RV)
Doug Cross
General Manager – Marketing and Development
T: (03) 9258 4853
M: 0411 646 168
F: (03) 9258 4205
E: d.cross@racingvictoria.net.au
Shaun Kelly
Communications Manager
T: (03) 9258 4252
M: 0417 145 796
F: (03) 9258 4205
E: s.kelly@racingvictoria.net.au
VICTORIA RACING CLUB (VRC)
MEDIA
Emily Morris
Senior PR, Communications and Media Manager
T: (03) 8378 0616
M: 0438 700 297
E: e.morris@vrc.net.au
Marcus Williams
PR Co-ordinator - Racing
T: (03) 8378 0729
M: 0401 000 987
E: m.williams@vrc.net.au
Belinda Meyers
PR Co-ordinator - Fashion
T: (03) 8378 0651
M: 0412 122 532
E: b.meyers@vrc.net.au
VRC MEDIA ACCREDITATION
Georgina Murphy
Media Accreditation Executive – Wrights PR
T: (03) 9690 9911
M: 0411 718 817
E: gmurphy@wrights.com.au
Lauren Zammit
Media Accreditation Manager – Wrights PR
T: (03) 9694 1190
M: 0414 655 142
E: lzammit@wrights.com.au
MELBOURNE RACING CLUB (MRC)
Josh Rodder
Racing and Media Executive
T: (03) 9257 7482
M: 0403 189 340
F: (03) 9257 7212
E: jrodder@mrc.net.au
MOONEE VALLEY RACING CLUB (MVRC)
Leigh Newton
Communications Manager
T: (03) 9373 2268
M: 0419 355 762
F: (03) 9373 2218
E: leigh.newton@mvrc.net.au
COUNTRY RACING VICTORIA (CRV)
Darren Galley
Marketing & Business Development
T: (03) 9258 4292
M: 0438 531 152
F: (03) 9376 5216
E: d.galley@countryracing.com.au
TABCORP
Nicholas Tzaferis
General Manager – Group Corporate Affairs
T: (03) 9868 2529
M: 0400 028 110
F: (03) 9868 2639
E: tzaferisn@tabcorp.com.au
M E D I A I N F O R M A T I O N
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Media Accreditation
MELBOURNE RACING CLUB
CATEGORIES OF ACCREDITATION
2011 Caulfield Spring Racing Carnival Accreditation will be
issued in three categories –
CATEGORY 1 – RACING MEDIA UNRESTRICTED
ACCESS
Admits bearer to the Racecourse, Members’ Reserve and
does admit to Press Room and Mounting Yard area.
Mainstream racing media and feature sports media,
including photographers.
CATEGORY 2 – GENERAL MEDIA RESTRICTED ACCESS
Admits bearer to the Racecourse & Members’ Reserve but
does not admit to Press Room and Mounting Yard area.
Applicable to all non-mainstream racing media. Also
includes non- The Heath Enclosure accredited social and
fashion media, including photographers. No internet access
available.
CATEGORY 3 –FASHION & ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA –
THE HEATH ENCLOSURE
Admits bearer to the Racecourse and The Heath enclosure
only. Strictly limited access available.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications for accreditation should include the names
of ALL PERSONNEL (racing and general news) within your
organization seeking accreditation for the 2011 BMW
Caulfield Cup Carnival. Accreditation will only be issued
to ‘working media’, being those wishing to attend for the
purpose of producing media coverage and this may be
verified with the relevant media outlet.
All applications for accreditation must be signed by a Chief
of Staff, Sports Editor or Executive Producer from the
applicant’s organization.
Application for accreditation is no guarantee of acceptance.
If you are not a VRMA (Victorian Racing Media Association)
Member, you may be required to provide evidence of
previous coverage. Mounting Yard and Press Room access
is strictly limited Category 1 accredited media. Safety
regulations in horse movement areas must be strictly
observed.
Accreditation will apply for all three (3) days of the 2011
BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival.
In signing this document you agree to abide by the
Melbourne Racing Club’s terms and conditions as listed at
www.melbourneracingclub.net.au.
PLEASE DIRECT ALL APPLICATION FORMS AND
ENQUIRIES TO:
Josh Rodder
Racing &Media Executive
Melbourne Racing Club
PO Box 231, Caulfield East, VIC 3145
Tel: +61 3 9257 7482
Fax: +61 3 9257 7212
Mobile: 0403 189 340
Email: jrodder@mrc.net.au
The Melbourne Racing Club reserves the right to accept or
reject any application for media accreditation at its absolute
discretion.
CONDITIONS OF ACCREDITATION
GENERAL
• Media Accreditation will be issued to working media only
• Accreditation passes are not transferable
• Media accreditation must be displayed at all times.
Restricted access areas require official accreditation.
• Directions from Club Personnel and Security staff must be
adhered to at all times.
• Late applications may be declined due to available media
space but will be considered on a case by case basis.
• Media accreditation will not be posted out after Tuesday
4th October and can be collected from the office of the
Melbourne Racing Club after that time.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
• All accredited photographers will need to collect a
photographers vest from the Media Room on race day.
• Photographers must adhere to the procedures and follow
directions in the Mounting Yard for the Group One back-toscale
MOONEE VALLEY RACING CLUB
The 2011 Tatts Cox Plate Media Accreditation Application
Forms need to be completed and should be sent to:
Leigh Newton
Communications Manager
Moonee Valley Racing Club
PO Box 245, MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039
Fax: +61 3 9373 2218
Email: leigh.newton@mvrc.net.au
All applications for accreditation must be fully completed
including all correct names and contact details details. For full
details of MVRC media accreditation terms and conditions
visit mvrc.net.au
Moonee Valley Racing Club reserves the right to accept or
decline any application for media accreditation at the sole
discretion of MVRC.
Applications must be received by no later than Monday,
3 October. Applications received after this date may not be
accepted and will only be considered on an individual needs
basis.
• Media Accreditation will be issued to WORKING MEDIA only.
• Applications received and approved after Friday
October will NOT be posted and must be collected
from the Moonee Valley Racing Club PRIOR to raceday.
• It is strongly recommended to apply early.
• Only media with proper identification will be
admitted to restricted areas of the course.
PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS WILL NOT BE LEFT AT A GATE ON
RACEDAY.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
• All accredited photographers will need to collect a
photographers vest from the Media Room on race day.
• Photographers must adhere to the procedures and
follow directions in the Mounting Yard.
Please see application form on page 7 of this guide.
MEDIA DRESS CODE
The Moonee Valley Racing Club has dress regulations for the
Members’ Enclosure and these dress codes must be adhered
to by all media within the Members’ Enclosure.
DAY MEETINGS
Gentlemen (including 15 & over) are required to wear
a collar and tie, tailored trousers and either a suit coat,
sports coat or blazer. During summer, suit coat, sports
coat or blazer is optional. Ladies are expected to maintain a
suitable standard of dress in keeping with the distinction of
the Members’ Enclosure.
NIGHT MEETINGS
Gentlemen (including 15 & over) are required to wear a
collared shirt (polo shirts not permitted) with tailored
trousers. No tie is required, and suit coat, sports coat or
blazer is optional. Ladies are expected to maintain a suitable
standard of dress in keeping with the distinction of the
Members’ Enclosure.
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Media Accreditation
VICTORIA RACING CLUB
2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival Raceday Accreditation
Personalised Media Accreditation is required to grant you
access to the 2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington
and consists of:
• Personalised accreditation pass, and
• Media lanyard
Media access is ‘restricted’ to certain areas of the
racecourse. This is determined by media status and work
priority, and is also affected by security and Occupational
Health & Safety procedures. Please note that the
administration of Media Accreditation is managed by
Wrights PR. For all Media Accreditation enquiries please
contact Wrights on +61 (0)3 8378 0770.
In 2011, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) will offer nonattending
media ‘virtual’ accreditation. This will allow media
access to VRC media materials, including press releases,
images and text (SMS) updates throughout the Melbourne
Cup Carnival.
Media not attending the Carnival, but wishing to receive
this information, should apply via the online accreditation
system as per attending media accreditation. All accredited
(virtual and attending) media must supply a mobile phone
number and email address.
NON-RACEDAY ACCREDITATION
Flemington will be secured from Monday, 24 October to
Wednesday, 9 November, 2011 (inclusive).
On a Non-Raceday, you will need to display your
accreditation pass to gain access at specific entry points.
Alternatively, you may visit the Flemington Event Operations
Office to receive a ‘Day’ pass. You will be required to show
identification.
If you need to enter the racecourse with a vehicle, you will
be required to visit the Flemington Event Operations Office
to complete the appropriate paperwork prior to admitting
your vehicle.
IMPORTANT: YOU MUST WEAR YOUR LANYARD AND
PERSONALISED ACCREDITATION PASS TO GAIN ENTRY TO
THE RACECOURSE ON A RACEDAY.
MEDIA ACCREDITATION RULES
In applying for and receiving media accreditation you
have accepted the media rules, which will be enforced
on ALL media at Flemington Racecourse during the 2011
Melbourne Cup Carnival. Please note that administration of
media accreditation this year is being managed by Wrights.
All people attending Flemington Racecourse during the
2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival are bound by the Flemington
Conditions of Entry available at www.melbournecup.com/
conditions
Failure to abide by these rules will result in the removal of
all privileges
MEDIA FACILITIES & SERVICES
MEDIA CENTRE
• The Media Centre is located on ground level under The
Grandstand. It’s adjacent to the Raceday & Ticketing
Office in the old Merchandise outlet.
• The Media Services Desk can be found in the Media
Centre inside the course. It is operational from 9.00am
on AAMI Victoria Derby Day, Emirates Melbourne Cup
Day and Crown Oaks Days, and from 10.00am on Emirates
Stakes Day.
• The Media Services Desk will be based in this area and all
media related enquiries should be directed to this office.
VEST COLLECTION
• Approved photographers must collect their vests from the
Media Centre each morning and return them at the end
of the day.
MEDIA CONFERENCES
• A full list of Melbourne Cup Carnival Media Conferences
is included in the Media and Social Events Calendar in this
guide.
• A media conference with the winning connections will be
held in the Media Centre after the presentation for the
Emirates Melbourne Cup only. Access is limited and is by
invitation only. To request access to these events please
contact Marcus Williams (m.williams@vrc.net.au, +61 (0)
401 000 987) from the VRC Media Unit.
STORAGE LOCKERS
Storage lockers are available to store equipment throughout
the day. Please apply at the Media Services Desk in Media
Centre.
RACEDAY RESULTS AND STATISTICS
• The VRC website www.melbournecup.com will be
updated throughout the day with race results and media
releases.
RACING PRESS ROOM
• The Racing Press Room with 38 workstations is located in
the Members’ Enclosure, adjacent to the Mounting Yard.
Phone lines and workstations must be booked in advance,
as part of the application for media accreditation.
• A photocopier and fax machine is available for use by
media. These facilities are strictly for authorised racing
media working to breaking news deadlines.
• The Emirates Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw and the
Emirates Melbourne Cup post-feature race media
conference (invitation only event) will be broadcast live
on television screens in the Racing Press Room.
GENERAL PRESS ROOM
• The General Press Room is located on the first level of
the Lawn Stand. Phone lines and Workstations must be
booked in advance as part of the application for media
accreditation.
• The Emirates Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw and the
Emirates Melbourne Cup post-feature race media
conference (invitation only event) will be broadcast live
on television screens in the General Press Room.
BIRDCAGE PRESS ROOM
• The Birdcage Press Room is located in the Birdcage
Enclosure
TELSTRA SERVICES
• Phone lines and communications services must have been
booked and confirmed by 30 September 2011. Media
should conduct their own checks prior to AAMI Victoria
Derby Day.
WIRELESS ADSL
• Wireless ADSL facilities are available in the press rooms.
Media will not be charged for this service and passwords
aren’t required. Please note wireless enabled computers
are required to access the wireless network.
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Media Accreditation
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Media Accreditation
MEDIA ACCREDITATION FORM
Application for Tatts Cox Plate Day - Saturday 22 nd October 2011
Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Position: _________________________________________________________________________________
Publication/Network: _______________________________________________________________________
Postal Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
Suburb: ____________________________ State: _________ Post Code: __________________________
Telephone (B) ______________________ Mobile: ______________________________________________
Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________
Circulation/Audience: _________________ Frequency: ___________________________________________
Distribution: ________________________ Target Market: ________________________________________
Title and Date of publication/broadcast of a Cox Plate related story from 2010 authored by yourself (only
one required): _____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
2011 Tatts Cox Plate Story Objectives: _________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
This application must be signed by the Chief of Staff, Chief Editor, Production Manager or similar
personnel of relevant media organisations. Application is no guarantee of acceptance.
Signed: ____________________________ Date: ______________________________________________
Name: Phone:
Email Address:
Please send completed form/s to:
Kara Liddicoat
Moonee Valley Racing Club
PO Box 245
MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039
Email: kara.liddicoat@mvrc.net.au
Applications must be received by no later than Monday October 3.
Applications received after this date may not be accepted and will only be considered on an individual
needs basis.
• Media Accreditation will be issued to WORKING MEDIA only.
• Applications received and approved after Monday October 3 rd will NOT be posted and must be
collected from the Moonee Valley Racing Club PRIOR to raceday.
• It is strongly recommended to apply early.
• Only media with proper identification will be admitted to restricted areas of the course.
• PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS WILL NOT BE LEFT AT A GATE ON RACEDAY.
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Media Awards
Caulfield Spring Racing Carnival Media
Awards
The Melbourne Racing Club’s annual Caulfield Spring Racing
Carnival Media Awards have been presented since 1994.
Pertaining to coverage of Caulfield Spring feature racing
and/or associated events from Underwood Stakes Day in
September through to the conclusion of the Caulfield Spring
Racing Carnival in October, these prestigious Awards are
presented in the following categories:
• Television
• Press
• Radio
• Photography
• Internet
PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY
The Awards pertain to published or broadcasted
work in the period commencing on Wednesday,
14 September 2011 and concluding on Monday,
17 October 2011, with the winners to be determined after
entries close on Friday, 21 October 2011.
JUDGES
The judging panel consists of a panel of Melbourne Racing
Club Executives.
AWARD CRITERIA
Content - The content of each media story must be on a
subject relating directly to the Melbourne Racing Club’s
Spring feature racing or associated events. Material must
have been published or broadcasted.
Sponsor’s Reference - Whenever a sponsored race is
mentioned, it will be encouraged that the full race name is
mentioned - i.e. BMW Caulfield Cup.
Coverage - Level of coverage story receives.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M E D I A A W A R D S
Originality - Stories of an original nature and approach are
encouraged.
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES
Award submissions close - 5pm Friday, 21 October 2011
Award submissions must be marked confidential and
forwarded to;
2011 Melbourne Racing Club Spring Media Awards
Attention: Josh Rodder
PO Box 231, Caulfield East Vic 3145
All submissions must be received no later than 5pm on
Friday, 21 October 2011
PRESENTATION FUNCTION
Finalists will be invited to the 2011 Melbourne Racing Club
Spring Media Awards Presentation function at the Hotel
Barkly, St Kilda, on Tuesday 15 November at 12 noon.
For further information, contact Melbourne Racing Club
Media Executive Josh Rodder on (03) 9257 7482 or
0403 189 340.
2011 Tatts Cox Plate Media Awards
Each year, since its inception in 2004, the Moonee Valley
Racing Club stages the prestigious Tatts Cox Plate Media
Awards in appreciation of the invaluable support the
national and international media give the Moonee Valley
Racing Club’s signature race.
These awards recognise media representatives who have
made an outstanding contribution to promote the standing
of the Tatts Cox Plate as one of the best weight-for-age races
in the world.
CATEGORIES
• Best Electronic Coverage / Story
• Best Radio Coverage / Story
• Best Television Coverage / Story
• Best Photograph
• Best Newspaper Coverage / Story
CRITERIA
All stories are judged on overall quality, originality and
placement within a publication, website, bulletin or
program
Entrants are permitted to submit a maximum of three
entries.
Submissions must be forwarded to:
Leigh Newton
2011 Tatts Cox Plate Media Awards
PO Box 245
Moonee Ponds VIC 3039
Racing Victoria Spring Racing Carnival
Media Awards
The annual Racing Victoria Spring Racing Carnival
Media Awards are presented to recognise the efforts of
print, television, radio and on-line reporters as well as
photographers in their coverage of the 2011 Carnival.
Awards will be presented in the following categories:
• Best Newspaper Coverage/Story
• Best Radio Coverage/Story
• Best Television Coverage/Story
• Best On-line Coverage/Story
• Best Social/Fashion Coverage/Story
• Best Photograph
Entries will be considered based on their coverage over
the period of the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival. The
submitted piece must be published or aired between 12
September and 20 November 2011 to be eligible.
Each category winner will receive a $2000 cash prize.
Entries close at 5pm on Wednesday 23 November 2011
and should be mailed, emailed or delivered to Shaun Kelly,
Racing Victoria Communications Manager, 400 Epsom Rd,
Flemington Vic 3031 or s.kelly@racingvictoria.net.au .
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S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 0 - E C O N O M I C I M P A C T S T U D Y
Economic Impact Study
$533.8 MILLION FOR ALL VICTORIANS
Not rain, hail nor the occasional burst of sleet could stop
Victoria’s world-renowned Spring Racing Carnival (SRC)
from another record-breaking contribution to the economy
in 2010.
Racing Victoria commissioned IER Pty. Ltd. to conduct an
economic evaluation of the 2010 Spring Racing Carnival,
following on from similar studies that have been conducted
each year since 1993.
The study found that despite a drought-breaking run of poor
weather, which impacted on attendance on several key race
days, the international and interstate reach of the carnival
continued apace. Coupled with the inclusion of broadcast
commissions and additional wagering revenues it led to a
Gross Economic Benefit for Victoria of $533.8 million.
With the BMW Caulfield Cup at Caulfield, Tatts Cox Plate at
Moonee Valley and Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington
complemented by featured country meetings in all parts of
the state, the benefits of this world class carnival are spread
throughout city and country regions.
The purpose of the IER study is to provide an independent
evaluation of the event’s ability to generate economic
benefits for Victoria, primarily through its attraction of
interstate and international attendees and participants. In
doing so, the report relied on market
research data gathered from a random survey of more
than 6900 individuals at various SRC events, detailed online
interview with more than 1500 attendees and data provided
by racing clubs and Racing Victoria.
ATTENDANCES AT THE SPRING RACING CARNIVAL
The total attendance at the 2010 Carnival was 664,841. This
represented a fall of 7.3% on the attendance at the 2009
Carnival and can be attributed to some abysmal weather,
particularly Caulfield Cup Day which was down 40 per cent
and Derby Day which was down 16.4 per cent. However,
when multiple attendances are removed, the 2010 Carnival
attracted 0.2% more than the number of individuals who
attended in 2009.
ATTENDANCES BY OUT-OF-STATE VISITORS
The ability of the Spring Racing Carnival to attract tourists
to Victoria has been a major driver of the generation
of economic benefits for Victoria. In 2010, there was a
significant increase in interstate attendances with overseas
attendance staying stable. Overall, attendance by out-ofstate
visitors made up more than 23% of total attendances
in 2010. This compares to 13.7 per cent of total attendances
in 2009. There is evidence to suggest that the 150th
celebration of the Melbourne Cup played a big role in the
growth of interstate attendees.
TOURISM IMPACTS
For more than a decade, the SRC has illustrated its
exceptional ability to generated inbound tourism for
Victoria. The Carnival is directly responsible for bringing
more than 65,000 individuals to Victoria. Additionally,
more than 2400 interstate visitors said they extended their
planned length of stay in order to attend the SRC.
The SRC is directly responsible for the following tourism
impacts:-
• Motivating 59,200 interstate and 8,500 overseas
individuals to travel to Victoria in order to attend the
Spring Racing Carnival
• Generating more than $3.1 million in tourist spending on
tourist attractions and activities (or $38.42 per person
during their stay in Victoria)
• Delivering more than 207,000 bed nights in commercial
accommodation throughout Victoria (or approximately 2.9
nights per interstate visitor and 4.2 nights per overseas
visitor)
• Generating more than $28.4 million in accommodation
spending by interstate and overseas visitors (or $136.62
per night)
• Delivering just under $13.9 million spending for the retail
sector (or $184.13 per person during their stay in Victoria)
In total, event motivated visitors from out-of-state
contributed more than $116.3 million in direct spending
as a result of their visit to the SRC, or 40.7% of the total
expenditure generated by the Carnival.
FASHION INDUSTRY IMPACTS
The SRC has been inextricably linked with fashion since
its inception – with a heavy focus placed by customers on
‘what to wear to the races’. This link has strengthened over
the years, with many racegoers buying more than one outfit
over the entire Carnival period.
Racegoers spent more than $40.6 million on fashion items
to wear to the 2010 SRC. This represented a decrease of 5%
on last year. The average spend per person was $114.26,
compared to $127 per person in 2009.
However, it is highly likely that the poor weather
surrounding Derby and Cup days had an adverse impact
on the purchasing habits this year, particularly amongst
Victorian residents.
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The 2010 SRC was responsible for generating a gross
economic benefit of $533.8 million. This represents an
increase of 6.4%, helped by broadcast commissions and
corporate, fixed odds and betting exchange net wagering
revenues being included for the first time.
The SRC was responsible for generating $218.60 million
in induced economic impact on industry. This represents
a 3.7% increase on 2009. Unlike gross economic benefit,
even if the new additions of broadcast commissions and net
wagering revenues were not included for the first time in
2010, the value added would have still risen by 0.1%.
The activities of the SRC continue to sustain significant
levels of employment within Victoria. In 2010, it is
estimated that the additional demand generated by the SRC
was responsible for creating/maintaining more than 3,628
full time equivalent positions.
THE KEY FINDINGS
MEASURE 2010 2009 DIFFERENCE (%)
Total SRC Attendance 664,132 716,768 (-7.3%)
Total Individual Attendees 356,284 355,042 +0.2%
Non Local Attendees 154,225 97,716 +57.8%*
Total Direct Spending $286.66 mil $272.08 mil +5.4%**
Net Wagering Revenue $87.75 mil $35.14 mil +149.7%**
Induced Economic Impact $218.60 mil $210.65 mil +3.8%
Gross Economic Benefit $533.82 mil $501.63 mil +6.4%***
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Attendances
Melbourne Racing Club
CAULFIELD
GUINEAS
THOUSAND
GUINEAS
CAULFIELD
CUP
S P R I N G R A C I N G A T T E N D A N C E S
SANDOWN
CLASSIC MORNINGTON SUBTOTAL
2000 20,310 9,195 45,312 15,809 90,626
2001 19,868 7,815 40,640 14,686 83,009
2002 21,416 8,076 42,015 14,250 85,757
2003 18,373 8,400 46,873 12,433 86,079
2004 20,344 7,423 51,015 11,377 90,159
2005 20,932 8,367 52,009 12,517 93,825
2006 24,344 8,427 47,551 12,996 93,318
2007 23,806 8,583 48,629 11,898 92,916
2008 23,106 8,380 51,328 11,471 94,285
2009 24,582 7,474 43,210 10,041 85,307
2010 23,697 7,088 25,536 1 8,102 9,126 2 73,549
Moonee Valley Racing Club
COX
PLATE
OTHER
MEETINGS SUBTOTAL
2000 34,071 16,415 50,486
2001 38,081 17,686 55,767
2002 38,325 16,088 54,413
2003 30,109 9,195 39,304
2004 32,187 6,007 38,194
2005 33,153 11,036 44,189
2006 34,276 13,788 48,064
2007 34,561 12,151 46,712
2008 34,072 12,012 46,084
2009 32,002 9,319 41,321
2010 31,546 11,856 3 43,402
Victoria Racing Club
TURNBULL
STAKES
DERBY
DAY
MELBOURNE
CUP DAY
OAKS
DAY
STAKES
DAY SUBTOTAL
2000 * 92,581 121,015 96,406 42,311 352,313
2001 16,127 93,029 92,477 101,201 42,759 345,593
2002 16,256 101,898 102,553 103,269 47,593 371,549
2003 17,063 97,059 122,736 101,179 55,793 393,830
2004 18,793 115,542 98,161 110,677 45,734 388,907
2005 20,784 115,660 106,479 100,263 61,382 404,568
2006 21,261 129,069 106,691 104,131 78,158 439,310
2007 21,373 115,705 102,411 95,230 84,067 418,786
2008 22,395 117,776 107,280 89,338 81,652 418,441
2009 20,736 108,178 102,161 80,112 78,478 389,665
2010 15,340 6 90,361 1 110,223 75,088 77,506 368,518
Spring Racing Carnival Attendances
Country Meetings
TOTAL
ATTENDANCE 4
2000 135,322
2001 152,962
2002 142,664
2003 156,525
2004 160,143
2005 187,528
2006 189,961
2007 187,211
2008 199,853
2009 200,475
2010 179,372 5
* The Turnbull Stakes meeting was not considered part of official Spring Racing Carnival figures
VRC MVRC MRC COUNTRY TOTAL
2000 352,313 50,486 90,626 135,322 628,747
2001 345,593 55,767 83,009 152,962 637,331
2002 371,549 54,413 85,757 142,664 654,383
2003 393,830 39,304 86,079 156,525 675,738
2004 388,907 38,194 90,159 160,143 677,403
2005 404,568 44,189 93,825 187,528 730,110
2006 439,310 48,064 93,318 189,961 770,653
2007 418,786 46,712 92,916 187,211 745,625
2008 418,441 46,084 94,285 199,853 758,663
2009 389,665 41,321 85,307 200,475 716,768
2010 368,518 43,402 73,549 179,372 664,841
1. Dramatic drop owing to
unseasonably bad weather.
2. For the first time in 2010
Mornington figures are
included in MRC figures
since the merge between
the two raceclubs. There
was only one meeting at
Mornington (20 Nov) during
the SRC because the 15 Oct
meeting was transferred to
Cranbourne and the 31 Oct
meeting was abandoned due
to weather.
3. Includes 3 night meetings
and 1 day meeting
4. Includes all Victorian country
meetings except Mornington
held during the Spring Racing
Carnival. Picnic racing
figures have been included
only since 2009.
5. For the first time in 2010
Mornington figures have
been excluded from the
country figures because of
the merge with MRC.
6. Meeting moved from
Saturday to Sunday due to
AFL Grand Final replay.
10

Spring Racing Carnival Events Calendar
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1
EVENT DATE EVENT NAME VENUE MEDIA CONTACT START TIME
Tue, 13 Sept Weights Released for Melbourne Cup Flemington Racecourse Mounting Yard Shaun Kelly - 0417 145 796 11am
Wed, 14 Sept Underwood Stakes Barrier Draw & Breakfast Members Dining Room, MCG Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 7.30am
Fri, 16 Sept Spring Racing Carnival Launch Zinc, Federation Square Shaun Kelly - 0417 145 796 10am
Sat, 17 Sept Carnival Preview Day Caulfield Racecourse Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 12 noon
Sat, 17 Sept Echuca Team On the Turf Echuca Racing Club 12 noon
Sun, 18 Sept Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards Palladium Crown Shaun Kelly - 0417 145 796 6.30pm
Wed, 21 Sept Footy Finals Fever Lunch @ Flemington The Atrium, Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 12 noon
Fri, 23 Sept Emirates Stakes Day Fashions on the Field –
Ambassador Casting
Chiquita Room, Flemington Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 9am
Sat, 24 Sept Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day Caulfield Racecourse Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 12 noon
Sat, 24 Sept MJ Bourke Hurdle Raceday Pakenham Racing Club Anthony Millican - 03 5941 1207 12 noon
Sun, 25 Sept Patties Foods Bairnsdale Cup Bairnsdale Racing Club Alanna Pomeroy - 0429 145 095 12 noon
Mon, 26 Sept MVRC Trackwork Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 6am
Tue, 27 Sept Flemington Trackwork Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 6am
Thu, 29 Sept Hatstravagance brought to you by Yellowglen The Atrium, Flemington Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 11am and
6.30pm
Fri, 30 Sept Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Day Stable
Media Call
Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 10.30am
Fri, 30 Sept End of Season Race Day Kyneton Racecourse Mark Graham - 0417 516 714 11am
Fri, 30 Sept Night Racing Season Launch featuring G1
Sportingbet Manikato Stakes
Sat, 1 Oct AFL Grand Final Day featuring the RM
Ansett Classic
Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 5.15pm
Mornington Racecourse Fraser Bayne - 0419 376 644 1pm
Sun, 2 Oct Westfield Doncaster Styling Suite Flemington Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 10.30am
Sun, 2 Oct Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Day
featuring the G1 Turnbull Stakes
Sat, 1 Oct Kioti Daedong & Tractors R US Gunbower
Gold Cup
Flemington Racing: Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987
General: Emily Morris - 0404 844 052
8.30am
Gunbower Racecourse Garry Armstrong - 0429 809 858 12 noon
Sun, 2 Oct K&J Baker Cartage Murtoa Cup Day Murtoa Racecourse Penny Penfold - 0418 124 289 12 noon
Sun, 2 Oct Birregurra Cup Team on the Turf Raceday Colac Turf Club Karen Van Kempen - 0400 557 625 12 noon
Tue, 4 Oct Trainers & Media BBQ Trainers Tower, Infield Caulfield
Racecourse
Tue, 4 Oct The Age Caulfield Guineas Barrier Draw &
Media Conference
The Age, Media House, 655 Collins St,
Melbourne
Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 7am
Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 10.30am
Tue, 4 Oct Mornington midweek racing Mornington Racecourse Fraser Bayne - 0419 376 644 12 noon
Wed, 5 Oct Gold Nugget Race Day Ballarat Racecourse Shane Brennan - 0438 134 301 12 noon
Thu, 6 Oct MVRC Legends Evening for Members Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 TBC
Fri, 7 Oct The Age Caulfield Ladies Luncheon Zinc, Federation Square Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 11.30am
Fri, 7 Oct MVRC Night Racing Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 5.15pm
Sat, 8 Oct The Age Caulfield Guineas Day Caulfield Racecourse Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 11.30am
Sat, 8 Oct Evergreen Turf Guineas Day Pakenham Racecourse Michael Hodge - 0418 325 252 11am
Sat 8, Oct GrainAssist Manangatang Cup Manangatang Racecourse Scott McCallum - 0429 291 892 12 noon
Sun, 9 Oct TAB Cranbourne Cup Day Cranbourne Racecourse Neil Bainbridge - 0409 006 246 11am
Sun, 9 Oct Regional Cups Race Day Kilmore Racecourse Travis Cole - 0400 746 736 12 noon
Wed, 12 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Barrier Draw Fashion & Entertainment Precinct,
Caulfield Racecourse
Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 11am
Wed, 12 Oct Schweppes Thousand Guineas Day Caulfield Racecourse Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 12.30pm
Thu, 13 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Press Conference BMW Melborne, City Rd, Southbank Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 10.30am
Thu, 13 Oct Steeline Gippsland Moe Cup Moe Racecourse David McKinnon - 0408 056 064 11am
Fri, 14 Oct Mornington Race Day Mornington Racecourse Fraser Bayne - 0419 376 644 1pm
Sat, 15 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Day Caulfield Racecourse Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 11.30am
11

Spring Racing Carnival Events Calendar
EVENT DATE EVENT NAME VENUE MEDIA CONTACT START TIME
Sat, 15 Oct Bendigogo Beach Party Race Day Bendigo Racecourse Ian Hart - 0414 431 107 12 noon
Sat, 15 Oct PJA and Blue Pyrennes Avoca Cup Avoca Racecourse Kate Kirkpatrick - 0408 414 660 10am
Sat, 15 Oct Team on the Turf Caulfield Cup Day Races Wodonga Racecourse Brad Thomas - 0430 286 899 11am
Sat, 15 Oct Girls Day Out - Caulfield Cup Day Hamilton Racecourse John Donnelly - 0419 224 402 12 noon
Sat, 15 Oct Cargo Lounge Club’s Raceday at Traralgon Latrobe Valley Racing Club Brendan Blackshaw - 0407 352 399 12 noon
Sun, 16 Oct Darley Seymour Cup Seymour Racecourse Penny Reeve - 0427 007 432 11am
Sun, 16 Oct Millers Civil Contractors & Plant Hire
Horsham Cup
Horsham Racecourse Karen Thomas - 0438 902 131 11am
Tue, 18 Oct Breakfast with the Best Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 6am
Tue, 18 Oct Tatts Cox Plate Barrier Draw Breakfast Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 8am
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 Centrebet Geelong Cup Geelong Racecourse Paul Carroll - 0408 569 171 11am
Thu, 20 Oct Fillies and Mares Day Ballarat Racecourse Lachlan McKenzie - (04) 1789-9221 12 noon
Fri, 21 Oct Tatts Cox Plate Press Conference Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 TBC
Fri, 21 Oct Tatts Cox Plate Ladies' Fashion Luncheon Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 12 noon
Fri, 21 Oct Hats n' Hooves Charity Luncheon Mornington Racecourse Fraser Bayne - 0419 376 644 12 noon
Sat, 22 Oct Tatts Cox Plate Day Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 10am
Sat, 22 Oct Foott Waste Girls Day Out Tatura & Shepparton Racing Club Sam Saracino - 0417 000 835 12 noon
Sat, 22 Oct Cox Plate Day @ Cranbourne Cranbourne Turf Club Neil Bainbridge - 0409 006 246 12 noon
Sat, 22 Oct B & M Macklin St Arnaud Cup St Arnaud Racecourse Marilyn Knights - 0418571478 11am
Sun, 23 Oct Eastcoast Plumbtec Sale Cup Sale Racecourse Wayne Pollock - 0427 660 050 10am
Sun, 23 Oct Sungold Milk Terang Cup Terang Racecourse Karen Van Kempen - 0400 557 625
Mon, 24 Oct Melbourne Cup Carnival Launch TBC Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 11am
Mon, 24 Oct Homecoming of the Emirates Melbourne
Cup Trophy
Tue, 25 Oct Crown Oaks Day Ultimate Style Guide
Launch
Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne on Collins Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 6pm
The Den at The Atlantic, Crown Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 11.30am
Tue, 25 Oct Breakfast with the Stars The Terrace, Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 6am
Wed, 26 Oct AAMI Victoria Derby Day Barrier Draw Carnival Live Site, Crown Riverside Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 12 noon
Wed, 26 Oct Melbourne Cup Carnival Live Site Launch Carnival Live Site, Crown Riverside Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 6.30pm
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 Jayco Bendigo Cup Bendigo Racecourse Ian Hart - 0414 431 107 11am
Thu, 27 Oct Myer Fashions on the Field Media Launch Myer Fashions on the Field Enclosure Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 10.30am
Thu, 27 Oct The Chairman's Dinner (Media
Invitation only)
The Atrium, Flemington Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 6pm
Fri, 28 Oct AAMI Victoria Derby Day Media Conference Carnival Live Site, Crown Riverside Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 11am
Fri, 28 Oct MVRC Night Race Meeting Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 5.15pm
Sat, 29 Oct AAMI Victoria Derby Day Flemington Racecourse Racing: Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987
General: Emily Morris - 0404 844 052
Sat, 29 Oct Emirates Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw The Committee Room, Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 6.30pm
Sat, 29 Oct AAMI Victoria Derby Day Post Race Media
Conference
9.20am
Media Centre Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 3.25pm approx
Sat, 29 Oct CreditCollect Ladies' Day at Traralgon Latrobe Valley Racing Club Brendan Blackshaw - 0407 352 399 12 noon
Sat, 29 Oct Elders Mt Wycheproof Cup Mt Wycheproof Racecourse Sheree Keyte - 0429 291 892 12 noon
Sat, 29 Oct Moyne Shire Derby Day Mortlake Cup Mortlake Racecourse Nicole Herry - 0437 512 919 11am
Sat, 29 Oct Healesville Picnic Racing Healesville Racecourse Michelle Purvis - 0403 200 550 12 noon
Sun, 30 Oct 53rd Annual Racing Fraternity Mass St. Frances Church, Cnr Elizabeth &
Lonsdale Streets
Father Brendon Dillon - 9560 9469 9am
Sun, 30 Oct International Media Conference Werribee International Horse Centre Shaun Kelly - 0417 145 796 TBC
Sun, 30 Oct Prestige Realty Peninsula Cup Mornington Racecourse Fraser Bayne - 0419 376 644 1pm
Sun, 30 Oct Team on the Turf Spring Race Day Kilmore Racecourse Travis Cole - 0400 746 736 11am
Mon, 31 Oct Emirates Melbourne Cup Parade Bourke St Mall (in front of Myer)
Melbourne
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1
Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 12 noon
12

Spring Racing Carnival Events Calendar
EVENT DATE EVENT NAME VENUE MEDIA CONTACT START TIME
Mon, 31 Oct Emirates Melbourne Cup Media Conference Federation Square Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 12.40pm
Mon, 31 Oct Cup Eve Gala Business Dinner (Media
invitation only)
Savoy Ballroom, Grand Hyatt, 123
Collins St Melbourne
Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 7.30pm
Tue, 1 Nov Emirates Melbourne Cup Day Flemington Racecourse Racing: Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987
General: Emily Morris - 0404 844 052
Tue, 1 Nov Emirates Melbourne Cup Post-race Media
Conference
8.20am
The Media Centre, Flemington Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 3.30pm
Tue, 1 Nov Melbourne Cup Day @ Moe Moe Racecourse David McKinnon - 0408 056 064 10am
Tue, 1 Nov Winsec Melbourne Cup Day Racing @
Wangaratta
Wangaratta Racecourse Paul Hoysted - 0407 753 224 10am
Tue, 1 Nov Melbourne Cup Day @ Echuca Echuca Racecourse Garry Armstrong - 0429 809 858 11am
Tue, 1 Nov Melbourne Cup Day at Mildura Mildura Racecourse Scott McCallum - 0429 291 892 11am
Tue, 1 Nov Melbourne Cup Day Races @ Wodonga Wodonga Racecourse Brad Thomas - 0430 286 899 11am
Tue, 1 Nov Mansfield Cup Mansfield Racecourse Kevin McDonald - 0417 690 628 11am
Tue, 1 Nov Dahlsens Melbourne Cup Day Bairnsdale Racecourse Alanna Pomeroy - 0429 145 095 11am
Wed, 2 Nov Emirates Melbourne Cup Winners and
Crown Oaks Day Media Conference
Carnival Live Site, Crown Riverside Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 11am
Wed, 2 Nov VRC Oaks Club Luncheon Crown Palladium Emily Morris - 0404 844 052 12 noon
Wed, 2 Nov NMIT Kyneton Cup NMIT Kyneton Park Mark Graham - 0417 516 714 10am
Thu, 3 Nov Crown Oaks Day Flemington Racecourse Racing: Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987
General: Emily Morris - 0404 844 052
Thu, 3 Nov Pakenham Gazette Oaks Day Pakenham Racecourse Michael Hodge - 0418 325 252 12 noon
Thu, 3 Nov Warrnambool Mazda Oaks Day Warrnambool Racecourse Brad Pole - 5562 2211 12 noon
Fri, 4 Nov Emirates Stakes Eve Media Conference Carnival Live Site, Crown Riverside Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987 11am
Sat, 5 Nov Emirates Stakes Day Flemington Racecourse Racing: Marcus Williams - 0401 000 987
General: Emily Morris - 0404 844 052
Sat, 5 Nov Centrebet Ballan Cup Geelong Racecourse Barry Fitzgerald - 0432 877 439 12 noon
Sat, 5 Nov Balnarring Picnic Races Balnarring Racecourse Neil Heathcote - 0419 359 851 12 noon
Sun, 6 Nov NMIT Ararat Gold Cup Ararat Racecourse Adam Atchison - 0408 564 501 11am
Fri, 11 Nov MVRC Night Racing Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 5.15pm
Sat, 12 Nov Betfair Sandown Guineas Day Betfair Park Josh Rodder - 0403 189 340 12 noon
Sat, 12 Nov Betfair Dunkeld Races featuring the Royal
Mail Hotel William Thomson Dunkeld Cup
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1
9.30am
9.30am
Dunkeld Racecourse Karen Van Kempen - 0400 557 625 11am
Sat, 12 Nov Healesville Picnic Racing Healesville Racecourse Michelle Purvis - 0403 200 550 12 noon
Sun, 13 Nov Ladies Day Geelong Racecourse Paul Carroll - 0408 569 171 12 noon
Sun, 13 Nov Liston Landers Donald Cup Donald Racecourse Penny Penfold - 0418 124 289 12 noon
Fri, 18 Nov Spring Fling - Twilight Meeting Cranbourne Turf Club Neil Bainbridge - 0409 006 246 2pm
Sat, 19 Nov Moonee Valley Day Races Moonee Valley Racecourse Leigh Newton - 0419 355 762 11am
Sat, 19 Nov Mornington Race Day Mornington Racecourse Fraser Bayne - 0419 376 644 12 noon
Sun, 20 Nov Sportsbet.com.au Ballarat Cup Ballarat Racecourse Lachlan McKenzie - 0417 899 221 11am
13

S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 - F L O W E R S O F T H E D A Y
Flowers of the Day
SPRING RACING CARNIVAL 2011
The Spring Racing Carnival is synonymous with fashion and
colour and part of the tradition is the Flowers of the Day
that are worn by racegoers on feature racedays. Racing
Victoria has joined forces with the Melbourne Wholesale
Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market to promote and deliver
the flowers of the 2011 Spring Racing Carnival. Following is
your guide to the signature flowers of each feature raceday
this spring;
For your nearest florist go to
WHITE FREESIA
Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview
Day featuring the G1 Turnbull Stakes
Flemington
Sunday 2 October
LAVENDER
The Age Caulfield Guineas Day
Caulfield
Saturday 8 October
DUTCH BLUE IRIS
Schweppes Thousand
Guineas Day
Caulfield
Wednesday 12 October
WHITE ROSE
BMW Caulfield Cup Day
Caulfield
Saturday 15 October
CECIL BRUNNER ROSE
Tatts Cox Plate Day
Moonee Valley
Saturday 22 October
www.marketfresh.com.au/flowers/home.asp
CORNFLOWER
AAMI Victoria Derby Day
Flemington
Saturday 29 October
YELLOW ROSE
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day
Flemington
Tuesday 1 November
PINK ROSE
Crown Oaks Day
Flemington
Thursday 3 November
RED ROSE
Emirates Stakes Day
Flemington
Saturday 5 November
LEUCADENDRON SAFARI SUNSET
Country Racing Victoria
Spring Racing Carnival
Saturday 17 September –
Sunday 20 November
14

S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – T H E I N T E R N A T I O N A L S
The Internationals
WERRIBEE INTERNATIONAL
HORSE CENTRE (WIHC)
In 2010, Racing Victoria undertook construction of a new,
state-of-the-art International Horse Centre at Werribee
Racecourse which is the only privately owned and operated
quarantine station in Australia.
Located just 32km from Melbourne’s central business
district, the facility has stabling for up to 24 horses in five
separate stable complexes.
Horses serving quarantine at the Werribee International
Horse Centre will have access to:
Werribee Racecourse – Course Proper
• Grass racetrack 1728 metres in circumference
• Straight is 300 metres, width is 23 metres
• Access to the entire track
PRE-EXPORT AND POST-ARRIVAL
QUARANTINE
The pre-export and post-arrival quarantine information
described below is based on current requirements and is
subject to change.
Connections wishing to participate in the Spring Racing
Carnival should contact Racing Victoria regarding the
specific quarantine requirements which apply at the
relevant time to the importation of their horses into
Australia.
Prior to travelling to Australia, horses from approved
countries must serve a minimum 14 days pre-export
quarantine (PEQ) in approved premises.
The premises must meet Australian Government Standards
and be inspected and formally approved by the veterinary
administration of the exporting country.
Horses travelling to Australia must also comply with
proscribed Equine Influenza (EI) vaccination schedules.
Depending on the country of export, flight schedules and
travel arrangements of other competitors, international
horses competing in feature Group 1 races during the 2010
Spring Racing Carnival should expect to commence PEQ
around the following dates:
BMW Caulfield Cup – Between Sunday 4 and Thursday 8
September 2011
Tatts Cox Plate – Between Sunday 11 and Thursday 15
September 2011
Emirates Melbourne Cup – Between Sunday 18 and
Thursday 22 September 2011
PERIOD OF TIME TO BE SERVED
IN QUARANTINE
All visiting horses must serve a minimum of 14 nights in
post-arrival quarantine (PAQ) before they will be permitted
to leave the centre for external training or racing purposes
(emergency situations excepted).
Time served in quarantine can occasionally be affected by
the arrival time of other horses.
If horses serving PAQ have originated from different PEQ
locations they may be required to spend a minimum of 21
nights in PAQ.
Comparison Of Major International - Group 1 Turf Races & Prizemoney Levels
PRIZEMONEY
$USD*
RACE DISTANCE
(METRES)
CONDITIONS RACECOURSE COUNTRY
$6,482,704 Emirates Melbourne Cup 3200 3+ Open Flemington AUSTRALIA
$6,136,239 Japan Cup 2400 3+ Open Tokyo JAPAN
$5,719,126 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2400 3+ C & F Longchamp FRANCE
$5,000,000 Dubai Duty Free 1800 3+ Open Meydan UAE
$5,000,000 Nakheel Dubai Sheema Classic 2400 4+ Open Meydan UAE
$4,474,348 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) 2500 3+ Open Nakayama JAPAN
$3,739,848 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) 2400 3, C & F Tokyo JAPAN
$3,660,450 AAMI Golden Slipper 1200 2, Open Rosehill AUSTRALIA
$3,238,147 Takarazuka Kinen 2200 3+ Open Hanshin JAPAN
$3,238,147 Tenno Sho (Spring) 3200 4+ Open Kyoto JAPAN
$3,238,147 Tenno Sho (Autumn) 2000 3+ Open Tokyo JAPAN
$3,189,880 Tatts Cox Plate 2040 3+ Open Moonee Valley AUSTRALIA
$3,000,000 Emirates Airline Breeders Cup Turf 2414 3+ Open Churchill Downs US
$2,771,389 BMW Caulfield Cup 2400 3+ Open Caulfield AUSTRALIA
$2,573,388 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup 2000 3+ Open Sha Tin HONG KONG
$2,378,784 Singapore Airlines International Cup 2000 3+ Open Kranji SINGAPORE
$2,144,938 Prix du Jockey-Club (French Derby) 2100 3, C & F Chantilly FRANCE
$2,058,785 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby 2000 4+ Open Sha Tin HONG KONG
$2,058,785 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile 1600 3+ Open Sha Tin HONG KONG
$2,039,637 The Investec Derby 2424 3, C & F Epsom UK
*Prizemoney figures converted to $USD at the conversion rate on 8 April, 2011.
15

T R A I N E R S
LUCA CUMANI
DATE OF BIRTH – 7 April 1949
Born into a famous racing family in Italy in 1949, Cumani’s
mother was a leading amateur jockey and his father a
champion trainer but they wanted him to study medicine and
he moved to the UK in the mid 60s to improve his English.
Instead of studying, Cumani went to work for trainer Henry
Cecil where he spent 10 years. Worked for various trainers
before taking out his own licence and setting up stables at
Bedford House at Newmarket in 1976. His career highlights
include two Epsom Derbies with Kahyasi (1988) and High Rise
(1998) and he has travelled his horses extensively, coming to
Australia for the first time in 2006. Cumani has had to settle
for second place in the Melbourne Cup with Purple Moon in
2007 and Bauer in 2008 which has made him all the more
determined to win Australia’s great race.
ALAIN DE ROYER-DUPRE
DATE OF BIRTH – 24 September 1944
Alain de Royer Dupre is one of the premier horsemen in
France and has been the principal trainer for the Aga Khan
for several decades. The son of National Stud Director
Jacques de Royer, Alain started his training career in the west
of France before moving to Chantilly in the early 1980s at the
request of Aga Khan to take over from the master Francois
Mathet. He made an immediate impact on the Spring
Carnival with his first runner, Americain, winning the 2010
Geelong Cup before going on to claim Emirates Melbourne
Cup glory. Some of the stars he has trained to feature race
success in France include Darshaan (French Derby), Zarkava
(Arc de Triomphe), Daylami (French Guinees), Dalkhani
(Arc de Triomphe) and Pride (Grand Prix de Saint Cloud).
Pride is one of several horses to excel on the international
scene for Alain with victories in the Hong Kong Cup and
Champion Stakes (UK). Other international success stories
include Lashkari (Breeders Cup Turf) and Daryakana
(Hong Kong Vase).
MIKEL DELZANGLES
DATE OF BIRTH – 26 January 1971
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – T H E I N T E R N A T I O N A L S
International Profiles
Mikel Delzangles will be aiming to follow in the footsteps
of his former boss when he attends his first Spring Racing
Carnival in 2011. The French trainer spent 10 years as
an assistant to countryman Alain de Royer-Dupre, who
prepared Americain to win last year’s Emirates Melbourne
Cup, before branching out on his own just after the turn of
the millennium. Prior to that he had a stint in Britain with
the late Jimmy Fitzgerald. Delzangles has since established
himself as one of the world’s top young horsemen, the
measure of how highly he is regarded being rammed home
in January 2008 when he was given 10 horses to train for
the Aga Khan. Delzangles scored his breakthrough win when
Chineur claimed the 2005 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot,
but his biggest success came when Makfi scored an upset
win in last year’s 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
BRIAN ELLISON
DATE OF BIRTH – 28 June 1952
Brian Ellison turned his attention to horse racing after
realising his boyhood dream of being a professional
footballer wouldn’t come true. Set his sights on becoming
a jockey and at the age of 15 left school to pursue a riding
career. He rode his first winner – Ponder Rock at Hexham – at
just his second race ride, at the age of just 17, but his riding
career didn’t reach any great heights. He continued to ride
until the age of 39 – after which he had already taken out his
trainer’s licence – and trained at Malton in North Yorkshire
and then Lanchester in Durham before returning to Malton in
2000. Ellison has previously brought horses to Australia with
no luck. In 2005 Carte Diamond impaled itself on a metal
stake in a trackwork accident and returned after making a
miraculous recovery but was ruled out of the Melbourne Cup
on veterinary advice. Bay Story, another Ellison runner, had
to be put down after breaking a leg in the 2006 Lavazza Long
Black.
JESSICA HARRINGTON
DATE OF BIRTH – 25 February 1947
Harrington started out as predominantly a trainer of jumpers,
but the last decade has seen her become firmly established
as one of the top dual-purpose trainers in Ireland. In
recent years Jessica has made significant impact on the flat,
including a career-best season in 2010 when her 30 winners
doubled her previous best haul. Included in that was a
maiden Group 1 win with Pathfork in the Vincent O’Brien
National Stakes.
MARK JOHNSTON
DATE OF BIRTH – 10 October 1959
Born in Scotland, Johnston’s interest in racing via his father’s
ownership of horses and he knew from 14 that he wanted
to be a trainer, but not before he successfully completed
a degree in veterinary science. Johnston was granted a
trainer’s licence in 1987, when based at Lincolnshire, and
prepared his first winner, Hinari Video, that year. Johnston
moved to Middleham the next year and within six years had
prepared a century of winners, a feat he has achieved for the
past 17 seasons. In 2009 he became the first flat trainer to
send out more than 200 winners, a feat he also managed last
year. Has trained stars including Shamardal, Mister Baileys
and Attraction, but is best known to Australian race fans as
the trainer of Double Trigger, who started favourite but could
manage only 17th in the 1995 Melbourne Cup.
Luca Cumani
Alain de Royer-Dupre
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T R A I N E R S ( C O N T )
DAVID LANIGAN
DATE OF BIRTH – 16 February 1975
Lanigan has only been a trainer in his own right since 2007,
but has produced improved results each season including 22
winners at an 18 percent strike rate in 2010. Lanigan, whose
parents Bob and Deidre operate the respected Tullamaine
Castle Stud in Tipperary, Ireland, learned the trade from
some of the most respected horsemen in the world. His
introduction came as a schoolboy when he would ride work
for Vincent O’Brien, John Oxx and Edward O’Grady and after
completing a degree in agriculture and land management,
Lanigan spent five years at Jones’ Walmac International in
America where he worked with famed stallions including
Alleged and Nureyev. In November 2002 Lanigan became
assistant trainer to Henry Cecil, having a hand in fine
performances by Oaks winner Light Shift among others.
JOHN MOORE
DATE OF BIRTH – 17 March 1950
The son of legendary jockey and inaugural Australian Racing
Hall of Fame inductee George Moore, John Moore has been
involved in Hong Kong racing since the professional era
began in 1971. He began training in 1985, before which he
held the position of assistant trainer to his late father. In
2007 he prepared a Group 1 double thanks to Viva Pataca in
the QEII Cup and Able One in the Champions Mile and won
the same two races with the same two horses three years
later. Moore was the first trainer to prepare 1000 winners in
Hong Kong and has been the leader in prizemoney won for
the past six seasons. His total prize money of HK$106 million
won in 2010/11 raised his career total to HK$998.9 million.
Last season he regained the Trainers’ Championship he last
held in 1994/95 by edging out Tony Cruz and claim the sixth
HK champion trainer’s title of his illustrious career. The 74
winners he saddled in 2010/11, highlighted by the success
of Xtension in the Champions Mile, brought his career total
to 1211.
SIR MICHAEL STOUTE
DATE OF BIRTH – 22 October 1945
Born in Barbados, Sir Michael Stoute is the son of the
former Chief of Police in his homeland and was a regular
at his local racecourse, Garrison Savannah, from an early
age. He moved to Britain in 1965 where he spent time with
Pat Rohan, Doug Smith and Tom Jones before setting up his
own stables in 1972. He didn’t have to wait long for his first
winner with Sandal winning at Newmarket on April 28 of
that year. He has gone on to establish a reputation as one
of the world’s best trainers with wins in features including
the Breeders Cup Turf four times (Pilsudki 1996, Kalanisi
2000, Conduit 2008/09), two Japan Cups (Singspeil 1996,
Pilsudski 1997) and a Dubai World Cup (Singspiel, 1997)
along with 14 English Classics, including five 2000 Guineas
and four English Derbys (one with Shergar). He was the only
trainer in the 20th century to win a Classic in five successive
seasons and has been champion trainer 10 times. In 1998
he was knighted for services to tourism in Barbados.
SAEED BIN SUROOR
DATE OF BIRTH – 16 November 1968
A former policeman in Dubai before Sheik Mohammed, the
founder of the Godolphin stables, gave him 30 horses to
train in 1992. He was appointed head trainer of Godolphin
in 1995. The impact of Godolphin on the international stage
has been huge and along the way Saeed has won the British
trainers’ premiership four times. Saeed and Godolphin had
their first Australian runners in 1998, but had to wait 10
years for their breakthrough feature race victory with All
The Good in the 2008 Caulfield Cup. Saeed has trained four
Melbourne Cup placegetters, the most recent 2009 runnerup
Crime Scene.
MARK TOMPKINS
DATE OF BIRTH – 7 April 1951
Mark Tompkins has been training at Flint Cottage Stables
since 1979, but cut his teeth as an assistant to Walter
Wharton at Melton Mowbray and Ryan Jarvis in Newmarket
before branching out on his own. He has since prepared
almost 1000 winners with Group success dating all the way
back to 1987. His biggest win came via Bob’s Return in the
1993 Group 1 St Leger, but it would be Group 2 Yorkshire
Cup winner Franklins Gardens that Australian racing
fans would associate with Tompkins. Franklins Gardens
contested the 2005 Melbourne Cup, but failed to beat
a runner home. Tompkins is also an accomplished Hunt
trainer, having won the Bula Hurdle twice.
John Moore
Saeed bin Suroor
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AMERICAIN
B h 7yrs (Dynaformer (USA) – America (USA))
Country – France
Trainer – Alain De Royer-Dupre
29 starts – 9 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds
The reigning Emirates Melbourne Cup champion, Americain
defeated one of the strongest cup fields in recent memory
when he came with a barnstorming run to take last year’s
race after a similarly impressive victory in the Geelong Cup.
Trained in France by Alain de Royer-Dupre and regularly
ridden by leading European rider Gerald Mosse, Americain
is owned by Australians Gerry Ryan and Kevin Bamford.
Following his Melbourne Cup victory last year Americain was
placed third in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase at the Hong Kong
International meeting in December 2010, before running
four times this year with his best performance being a win in
the Listed Prix De Reux at Deauville in France in August. At
his most recent European run Americain finished an unlucky
10th in the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay, a race he won in 2010.
Arrives in Melbourne on 24 September and will contest
either the Tatts Cox Plate or BMW Caulfield Cup en route to
this year’s Melbourne Cup.
BAUER
Gr g 9yrs (Halling (USA) – Dali’s Grey)
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Luca Cumani
23 starts – 7 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third
Bauer is returning to Australia for the third time in his career
after being beaten by the Bart Cummings trained Viewed in
one of the closest Melbourne Cup finishes in history in 2008.
Unfortunately the little grey gelding has suffered repeated
injuries since that career highlight and has raced just four
times since the 2008 cup. Owned by an Australian syndicate
managed by former Australian cricketer Simon O’Donnell and
businessman Terry Henderson, Bauer is a last start winner of
the Old Borough Cup over 2800m at Haydock in September,
his first win since the 2008 Geelong Cup. A horse blessed
with a good turn of foot over staying distances, Bauer can
make his presence felt again in Melbourne despite his age.
Arrives on 24 September and may chase another win in the
Geelong Cup in a bid to qualify for the Melbourne Cup.
BEAR HERO
Br c 3yrs (General Nediym – Windfall)
Country – Hong Kong
Trainer – David Ferraris
4 starts – 3 wins, 1 second
Bear Hero was crowned Hong Kong’s best “Griffin” last
season, an award given to the best performed two year old
horse in the jurisdiction. Bred in Australia by Baramul Stud and
sold to Hong Kong owners as a yearling for $140,000 at the
2010 Magic Millions Sale, Bear Hero was undefeated in three
starts at two. He resumed with a good second on the opening
day of the Hong Kong season on 11 September and possesses
great speed. He became the first Griffin in seven years to win
at Class 3 level last season and is a much anticipated tourist
for this year’s Spring Carnival. Prepared by leading Hong Kong
trainer David Ferraris, Bear Hero will be set for the Group 1
Coolmore Stud Stakes over 1200m at Flemington on Victoria
Derby Day and will become the first international horse ever
to contest that event. Arrives on 27 September.
BOB LE BEAU
Br g 5-y-o (Big Bad Bob (IRE) — Shine Silently (IRE))
Country – Ireland
Trainer – Mrs Jessica Harrington
16 starts – 6 wins, 5 seconds, 1 third
A consistent stayer that has graduated to Group class racing
this season in Ireland, winning the Listed Martin Moloney
Stakes at Limerick in June this year. Australians will have
seen this improving stayer earlier this year when he chased
gallantly behind dual Cox Plate winner So You Think in
the Group 3 Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh. He has
improved late in the season in Ireland and was last seen at
Group 3 level in the Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown when
finishing a close third to in-form mare Sense Of Purpose.
His trainer is yet to confirm if he will make the trip to
Melbourne.
CAVALRYMAN
B h 6yrs (Halling (USA) — Silversword (FR))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Saeed Bin Suroor
20 starts – 4 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds
Part of the European based string of global stable
Godolphin, Cavalryman is a very well-travelled galloper
having contested races in Great Britain, Italy, Germany,
France, and Dubai during his career. Cavalryman was a top
class three year old and won the prestigious Grand Prix de
Paris at Longchamp in 2009 before finishing third behind
the brilliant Sea The Stars in France’s most famous race, the
Pre De L’Arc De Triomphe. Cavalryman has enjoyed mixed
success this year with his best performance being a second
placing at Listed level behind Jukebox Jury at Newmarket.
Godolphin has been placed in four Melbourne Cups and are
eager to claim their first win.
DANGEROUS MIDGE
B h 6yrs (Lion Heart (USA) — Adored Slew (USA))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Brian Meehan
12 starts – 6 wins, 1 third
A gifted middle distance type that extended to 2400m last
year with great effect, winning the Group 3 Arc Trial at
Newbury before heading to America where he claimed the
Group 1 $1million Breeder’s Cup Turf at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Brian Meehan then sent the horse to Dubai in March
this year for the rich Dubai World Cup but the horse ran
well below his best and has not been seen since. Dangerous
Midge is a highly talented horse when racing at his best and
he will be a force to be reckoned with if he makes the trip to
Australia this spring.
Americain
Bauer
Cavalryman
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DELEGATOR
B h 6yrs (Dansili (GB) — Indian Love Bird (GB))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Saeed Bin Suroor
17 starts – 4 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third
Formerly trained by Brian Meehan, Delegator joined
the Godolphin team in 2009 following brave runner-up
performances in the Group 1 St James’ Palace Stakes at
Royal Ascot and the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Since joining Godolphin Delegator has been Group 1 placed
over 1600m, and won the Group 2 Duke Of York Stakes at
York in May this year before two recent failures in strong
races. The six year old is effective at a high level from
1200m to 1600. He’s nominated for the Patinack Farm
Classic, but would be just as capable in the Emirates Stakes
if he travels to Australia.
DRUNKEN SAILOR
B g 7yrs (Tendulkar (USA) — Ronni Pancake (GB))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Luca Cumani
40 starts – 11 wins, 9 seconds, 4 thirds
A highly touted stayer that is making his second journey
to Australia after failing in two runs in Melbourne last
year. Luca Cumani has always held a good opinion of this
stayer which showed its best form with two impressive
wins in England this year, the latest when winning the
Group 3 Glorious Stakes at Goodwood. Although clearly
talented, Drunken Sailor is not without his quirks and he
ran well below his best form when third at Listed level at
his last European run. If he produces his best form Drunken
Sailor will make his presence felt this spring. Arrives on 24
September and is being set for the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup
double.
DUNADEN
B h 6yrs (Nicobar (GB) — La Marlia (FR))
Country – France
Trainer – Mikel Delzangles
18 starts – 4 wins, 6 seconds, 3 thirds
A progressive stayer from France with some impressive
form this season including an eye-catching Group 3 win
at Longchamp. Dunaden has a very strong turn of foot
and is capable of running impressive late splits from
back in the field. He failed in the Prix Kergorlay when he
was not suited by a muddling tempo, but trainer Mikel
Delzangles confirmed shortly afterwards that the horse
would definitely make the trip to Melbourne this spring.
Dunaden is owned by Qatari Royal Sheikh Fahad Al Thani’s
Pearl Bloodstock and he will be Sheikh Fahad’s first runner
in Australia. He’ll also be the first runner for Delzangles, a
former pupil of last year’s Melbourne Cup winning trainer
Alain de Royer Dupre. Arrives on 24 September and may
follow a similar path to the Melbourne Cup as Americain via
the Geelong Cup.
ILLO
B h 6yo (Tertullian (USA) — Iora (GER))
Country – Germany
Trainer – Bart Cummings
10 starts – 3 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third
Has been purchased by Australian owner Richard Pegum
who also owns shares in leading spring contenders
December Draw and My Kingdom Of Fife and will be trained
by the Cups King Bart Cummings. A lightly raced six year
old with solid form in Germany, Illo has won at Group 3 and
Listed level at Cologne in 2011 and has a progressive profile.
If successful in this year’s Melbourne Cup, Illo will become
the second imported stayer to win the race for Cummings
after American import Kingston Rule won the race in 1990,
and will become Cummings’ 13th Melbourne Cup winner.
Arrives on 24 September.
FOX HUNT
Ch g 5yo (Dubawi (IRE) — Kiltubber (IRE))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Mark Johnston
15 starts – 5 wins, 4 seconds
Has hit his best form in Britain this year with two excellent
handicap wins during the Epsom and Royal Ascot meetings,
before running close up in the Group 2 Goodwood Cup
and the rich Ebor Handicap when he raced without luck.
He then took the German St Leger at Dortmund, earning
an 0.5 kg penalty to 53.5 kg for the Melbourne Cup. Fox
Hunt is owned by the Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan
Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, a poet who publishes his
work under the name Fazza, and a gold medal winner in
Equestrian at the Asian Games. Fox Hunt, a stablemate to
Jukebox Jury, handles all conditions and is still capable of
improving. He’s a more than handy second string for trainer
Mark Johnston.
JUKEBOX JURY
Gr h 6yrs (Montjeu (IRE) — Mare Aux Fees (GB))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Mark Johnston
21 starts – 9 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds
Dead-heated last start in the Group 1 Irish St Leger after
defeating 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain, and
other spring carnival imports Manighar, Red Cadeaux and
Dunaden in the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay in France in August.
One of two entrants in this year’s Melbourne Cup for
Mark Johnston, Jukebox Jury is an extremely consistent
performer at Group level in Europe throughout the past
four seasons. Jukebox Jury won at Group 2 level as a three
year old and has won to that level at least once each
season since then. With the Melbourne Cup now a target,
Australian interests have acquired 50% of the gallant frontrunner
who is unbeaten at 2400 metres and is the form
stayer of the European summer.
Delegator
Drunken Sailor
Fox Hunt
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LOST IN THE MOMENT
B h 5yrs (Danehill Dancer (IRE) — Streetcar (IRE))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Saeed Bin Suroor
16 starts – 4 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third
The third and perhaps most promising of the three
Godolphin runners this spring, Lost In The Moment is yet
to reach his peak despite racing in good form throughout
the European summer. Lost In The Moment was beaten as
favourite in the Ebor Handicap at York at his most recent
European run, but prior to that effort had finished second in
the Group 2 Goodwood Cup. The horse is adaptable and can
be ridden on or off the pace and that flexibility will come in
handy in Australia. Similar profile to some of Godolphin’s
previous Melbourne Cup placegetters and looms as the
global giant’s leading Cup contender in 2011.
LUCAS CRANACH
B h 5yo (Mamool (IRE) — Lots Of Love (GER))
Country – Germany
Trainer – Anthony Freedman
7 starts – 4 wins, 1 second
Trained in Dusseldorf by Sascha Smrczek before being
purchased by Newcastle based company Australian
Bloodstock and transferred to Anthony Freedman, Lucas
Cranach has one of the more interesting backgrounds of
this year’s international runners. His sire Mamool started
favourite in the 2003 Melbourne Cup and ran last, but
returned in 2004 and finished 7th, beaten by Makybe Diva
on both occasions. Lucas Cranach possesses an incredible
finishing sprint and regularly comes from seemingly
impossible positions to win his races. Hall of Fame trainer
and 5-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Lee Freedman
has overseen the European preparation for brother
Anthony, who will assume control of training duties prior to
the horse’s run in either the Caulfield Cup or Geelong Cup.
Arrives on 24 September.
MANIGHAR
Gr g 6yrs (Linamix (FR) — Mintly Fresh (USA))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Luca Cumani
19 starts – 6 wins, 3 seconds, 3 thirds
Making his second trip to Australia having finished 5th
behind Descarado in the 2010 Caulfield Cup and 7th in the
Melbourne Cup at his next start, Manighar is racing in good
form in Europe this season. Owned by Simon O’Donnell
and Terry Henderson’s OTI Racing syndicate, along with
American businessman and US Ambassador to Finland
the Honourable Earle Mack. Manighar performs best on
rain affected tracks and his connections will be hoping for
another wet spring this year. The horse ran a brave race
when finishing fourth in the prestigious Ascot Gold Cup
during this year’s Royal Ascot meeting. He then finished a
brave third to Jukebox Jury in the Prix Kergorlay in his final
appearance in France. Arrives on 24 September and will
tackle the Cups double.
MEEZNAH
B m 5yrs (Dynaformer (USA) — String Quartet (IRE))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – David Lanigan
13 starts – 3 wins, 1 second, 4 thirds
Talented USA-bred mare that is raced by members of the
Dubai Racing Club Committee. Her trainer David Lanigan
has held a licence for just four seasons having previously
worked in Kentucky for the famous Walmac International
breeding and racing operation, and then as an assistant
trainer for Sir Henry Cecil. A strong athletic mare, she
enjoyed a career highlight when a comfortable winner of
the Group 2 Park Hill Stakes over 2800m at Doncaster in
September. Carries the same form line as Eastern Aria did
12 months ago, that horse producing an eye-catching run in
the Queens Cup at Flemington after being balloted from the
Melbourne Cup. Trip down under not yet confirmed.
MIGHTY HIGH
B g 5yrs (Peintre Celebre (USA) — Bernimixa (FR))
Country – Hong Kong
Trainer – J Moore
14 starts – 5 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds
Bred and originally raced in France before being sold to
Hong Kong where he has raced for two seasons under
the tutelage of John Moore. Has raced six times at Group
level in Hong Kong this season and has not missed a place,
winning the Group 1 Champions and Chater Cup in May
over 2400m. Champion jockey Darren Beadman declared
that this horse would be perfect for the Melbourne Cup
after his most recent success and he will make the trip to
Australia to ride him throughout the Spring Carnival. Mighty
High arrived in Australia on 6 September and will contest
the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
MODUN
Br g 5yrs (King´s Best (USA) — Olympienne (IRE))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Saeed Bin Suroor
8 starts – 3 wins, 3 seconds
Burst into the Melbourne Cup calculations with an
outstanding win in the Group 3 September Stakes at
Kempton in September. Very lightly raced but is clearly a
talented stayer in the making and a sharp turn of foot will
stand him in good stead if making the trip to Australia this
spring. Formerly trained by Sir Michael Stoute, he was
being pursued as a potential purchase for Australian-based
owners, until Godolphin stepped in and he joined the Saeed
Bin Suroor stable. Modun has been booked to arrive in mid-
October for this year’s Spring Carnival.
Lost In The Moment
Manighar
Meeznah
Mighty High
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MOYENNE CORNICHE
Ch g 7yrs (Selkirk (USA) — Miss Corniche)
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Brian Ellison
25 starts – 2 wins, 6 seconds, 3 thirds
Was hardly mentioned as a Melbourne Cup contender
until successful in the time-honoured Ebor Handicap and
prior to that victory his best effort was a third placing in a
Listed race at Hamilton in Scotland. Trainer Brian Ellison
has travelled to Australia twice previously but both times
his trip has ended with heartbreak. Stayer Bay Story broke
down and had to be destroyed during a race at Flemington
on Cup Day, while Carte Diamond was impaled on a fence
during track work at Flemington on another occasion,
forcing his withdrawal from the Melbourne Cup. Moyenne
Corniche and stablemate Saptapadi arrive in Melbourne on
24 September, both needing to perform in a lead-up race to
secure a Melbourne Cup start.
RED CADEAUX
Ch g 6yrs (Cadeaux Genereux — Artisia (IRE))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Ed Dunlop
23 starts – 5 wins, 5 seconds, 2 thirds
Worked into Spring Carnival calculations with a huge nine
length win in this year’s Group 3 Curragh Cup, a race won
by Vintage Crop prior to his success in the 1993 Melbourne
Cup. Formerly a consistent handicap stayer, Red Cadeaux
has improved considerably this season when stepping into
Group race company and won a Listed race at Hamburg
prior to his Curragh Cup victory. At his final European start
he finished strongly into third place in the Group 1 Irish St
Leger behind dead-heaters Jukebox Jury and Duncan. His
trainer Ed Dunlop has not raced horses in Australia before
but he has raced with success in Asia with Hong Kong Cup
and QEII Cup winner Snow Fairy. Dunlop is yet to confirm
whether Red Cadeaux will make the trip to Australia.
SAHARA SUN
B h 5yrs (Milt´s Overture (USA) — Dalaika (CHI))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Luca Cumani
12 starts – 3 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds
One of the more interesting visitors this spring. Sahara
Sun is a Group 2 winner in Chile over 2000m, and finished
runner-up in the Chilean Derby over 2400m early in 2011.
The horse was purchased earlier this year on behalf of Simon
O’Donnell and Terry Henderson’s OTI Racing Syndicate with a
view to running in the Cox Plate. Luca Cumani has taken over
the training of the horse and although unplaced at his only
UK appearance in September, he worked to the line nicely.
Nominated for all the Spring majors, he will be the first
Chilean horse to compete during the Spring Racing Carnival.
Arrives in Australia on 24 September.
SAPTAPADI
Ch g 6yrs (Indian Ridge — Olympienne (IRE))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Brian Ellison
12 starts – 1 win, 2 seconds, 1 third
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Purchased out of Sir Michael Stoute’s yard at the end of
2010. Saptapadi ran a brave race when 5th in the Ebor
Handicap behind stablemate Moyenne Corniche, but is
yet to qualify for the Melbourne Cup and will need to win
his way into the race through the Geelong or Moonee
Valley Cups. Trainer Brian Ellison has travelled to Australia
twice previously but both times his trip has ended with
heartbreak. Stayer Bay Story broke down and had to be
destroyed during a race at Flemington on Cup day, while
Carte Diamond was impaled on a fence during track work
at Flemington on another occasion, forcing his withdrawal
from the Melbourne Cup. Arrives on 24 September.
SENSE OF PURPOSE
Ch m 5yrs (Galileo (IRE) — Super Gift (IRE))
Country – Ireland
Trainer – D K Weld
15 starts – 4 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third
An improving mare trained by the trailblazing Irish maestro
Dermott Weld who became the first international trainer to
win the Melbourne Cup when Vintage Crop was successful
in 1993. Sense Of Purpose has won three of her six races
this season including the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes at
Leopardstown in early August. Finished a distant last behind
fellow Melbourne Cup entrant Meeznah in the Group 2
Park Hill Stakes in September, putting in doubt her plans to
travel down under. If one man can turn around her fortunes
though its Weld so must be respected if she arrives in
Melbourne.
SILVER GRECIAN
Gr g 4yrs (Haafhd (GB) – Regrette Rain (GB))
Country – Hong Kong
Trainer – John Moore
12 starts – 4 wins, 1 third
Hong Kong miler that originally raced in Britain where he
won a Group 2 as a three year old before being purchased
by clients of ex-pat Australian trainer John Moore. Has
struggled to show his best English form so far in Hong Kong,
but struck a blow in July when an impressive winner of a
Class 1 handicap at Sha Tin. Moore has confirmed that he
will set the horse for the Group 1 Rupert Clarke Stakes at
Caulfield and the Group 1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington.
Silver Grecian arrived in Melbourne on 6 September.
TED SPREAD
B g 5yrs (Beat Hollow — Highbrook (USA))
Country – United Kingdom
Trainer – Mark Tompkins
13 starts – 2 wins, 1 second, 1 third
Known for his good form on rain affected ground, Ted
Spread has been an inconsistent performer in Europe this
year. The horse’s best performances have come at Group 2
level this season, twice running 4th at that level in England
and France. A career best performance came during his
three year old season when successful in the Group 3
Chester Vase over 2400m. Trainer Mark Tompkins has
trained from the Flint Cottage Stables at Newmarket since
1979 and has been Chairman of the Newmarket Trainers
Federation since 1997. Tompkins is yet to confirm whether
Ted Spread will make the trip to Melbourne this spring.
Moyenne Corniche
Red Cadeaux
Sahara Sun
Saptapadi
Silver Grecian
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Emirates Melbourne Cup
YEAR HORSE ORIGIN TRAINER JOCKEY WEIGHT PLACING SP
2010 Americain FR Alain de Royer Dupre Gerald Mosse 54.5kg 1st $13
Holberg UAE Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 53.5kg 7th $21
Manighar UK Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 54kg 8th $26
Illustrious Blue UK William Knight Glen Boss 55kg 9th $51
Mr Medici HK Peter Ho Darren Beadman 55kg 10th $61
Tokai Trick JPN Kenji Nonaka Shinji Fujita 54.5kg 12th $91
Campanologist UAE Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 56kg 16th $71
Profound Beauty IRE Dermot Weld Pat Smullen 54kg 17th $31
2009 Crime Scene UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 53kg 2nd $41
Mourilyan SAF Herman Brown Glyn Schofield 54.5kg 3rd $21
Munsef UK Ian Williams Zac Purton 53kg 12th $51
Basaltico UK Luca Cumani Danny Nikolic 51.5kg 18th $26
Warringah* UK Chris Waller /
Sir Michael Stoute
Damien Oliver 52.5kg 23rd $31
2008 Bauer UK Luca Cumani Corey Brown 52kg 2nd $21
Profound Beauty IRE Dermot K Weld Glen Boss 51.5kg 5th $9
Mad Rush UK Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 53.5kg 7th $5.50
Varevees FR Richard Gibson Craig Williams 51.5kg 14th $101
Septimus IRE Aidan O’Brien Johnny Murtagh 58.5kg 18th $7
Alessandro Volta IRE Aidan O’Brien Wayne Lordan 50.5kg 20th $41
Honolulu IRE Aidan O’Brien Colm O’Donoghue 54.5kg 21st $21
2007 Purple Moon UK Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 53.5kg 2nd $5.50
Mahler IRE Aidan O’Brien Stephen Baster 50.5kg 3rd $10
Tungsten Strike UK Amanda Perrett Darryll Holland 54kg 21st $31
2006 Delta Blues JPN Katsuhiko Sumii Yasunari Iwata 56kg 1st $18
Pop Rock JPN Katsuhiko Sumii Damien Oliver 53kg 2nd $6EF
Land ‘N Stars UK Jamie Poulton John Egan 53kg 5th $201
Yeats IRE Aidan O’Brien Kieren Fallon 59kg 7th $6.50
Glistening UK Luca Cumani Scott Seamer 51kg 10th $81
Geordieland UK Jamie Osborne Frankie Dettori 54kg 18th $16
2005 Vinnie Roe IRE Dermot K Weld Patrick Smullen 58kg 8th $16
Eye Popper JPN Izumi Shimizu Shinji Fujita 54kg 12th $6
Greys Inn SAF Mike De Kock Weichong Marwing 56.5kg 17th $81
Distinction UK Sir Michael Stoute Mick Kinane 56.5kg 19th $26
Franklins Gardens UK Mark Tompkins Darryll Holland 54.5kg 24th $201
2004 Vinnie Roe IRE Dermot K Weld Patrick Smullen 58kg 2nd $6
Distinction UK Sir Michael Stoute Darren Beadman 54kg 6th $13
Mamool UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 57kg 7th $26
Razkalla UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 55kg 9th $41
Media Puzzle IRE Dermot K Weld Damien Oliver 55.5kg 12th $21
2003 Jardines Lookout UK Alan Jarvis Darryll Holland 55.5kg 3rd $41
Hugs Dancer UK James Given Dean McKeown 52kg 9th $16
Holy Orders UK Willie Mullins David Condon 53kg 17th $31
Millstreet UK Saeed Bin Suroor Patrick Payne 54.5kg 21st $31
Mamool UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 55.5kg 23rd $6.50F
*International horse that made its debut for Australian trainer in the race
Americain (2010)
Crime Scene (2009)
Bauer (2008)
Purple Moon (2007)
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International Starters
Emirates Melbourne Cup CONTINUED
YEAR HORSE ORIGIN TRAINER JOCKEY WEIGHT PLACING SP
2002 Media Puzzle IRE Dermot K Weld Damien Oliver 52.5kg 1st $6.50
Beekeeper UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 53kg 3rd $9
Vinnie Roe IRE Dermot K Weld Patrick Smullen 59kg 4th $5.50
Jardines Lookout UK Alan Jarvis Patrick Payne 56kg 7th $31
Daliapour UK Sir Michael Stoute Mick Kinane 55.5kg 16th $31
Pugin UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 53.5kg 18th $8.50
Hatha Anna UK Saeed Bin Suroor Richard Hills 54kg 20th $40
Helene Vitality HK David Hayes Gerald Mosse 54.5kg 21st $41
2001 Give The Slip UK Saeed Bin Suroor Richard Hills 55kg 2nd $31
Persian Punch UK David Elsworth Richard Quinn 57.5kg 3rd $13
Marienbard UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 55kg 7th $17
Caitano GER Andreas Schutz Johnny Murtagh 55kg 13th $51
2000 Arctic Owl UK James Fanshawe David Harrison 56.5kg 5th 14-1
Enzeli IRE John Oxx Greg Hall 57kg 15th 15-1
Lightning Arrow UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 53kg 17th 20-1
Far Cry UK Martin Pipe Kevin Darley 57kg 21st 8-1
1999 Central Park UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 57.5kg 2nd 50-1
Travelmate UK James Fanshawe David Harrison 52.5kg 5th 9-1
Yavana’s Pace UK Mark Johnston Richard Hughes 53.5kg 12th 30-1
1998 Persian Punch UK David Elsworth Richard Quinn 56.5kg 3rd 12-1
Taufan’s Melody UK Lady Herries Patrick Payne 56kg 4th 20-1
Yorkshire UK Paul Cole Danny Nikolic 52.5kg 5th 33-1
1998 Faithful Son UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori 58kg 7th 13-2
Sheer Danzig UK Robert Armstrong Damien Oliver 54kg 12th 20-1
Peak of Perfection SING Malcolm Thwaites Saimee Jumaat 53kg 17th 330-1
Three Crowns SING Malcolm Thwaites Simon Price 53.5kg PU 125-1
1997 Harbour Dues UK Lady Herries Raymond Cochrane 53.5kg 4th 40-1
Arabian Story UK Lord Huntingdon Frankie Dettori 53.5kg 6th 25-1
1996 Grey Shot UK Ian Balding Pat Eddery 55kg 7th 25-1
Oscar Schindler IRE Kevin Prendergast Mick Kinane 56.5kg 15th 4-1F
Court of Honour UK Peter Chapple-Hyam Simon Marshall 56.5kg 20th 25-1
1995 Vintage Crop IRE Dermot K Weld Mick Kinane 59kg 3rd 8-1
Double Trigger UK Mark Johnston Jason Weaver 60.5kg 17th 7-2F
1994 Vintage Crop IRE Dermot K Weld Mick Kinane 60kg 7th 5-1F
River Verdon HK David Hill John Marshall 57kg 20th 80-1
Cliveden Gail IRE Dermot K Weld Willie Carson 49kg 22nd 10-1
Quick Ransom UK Mark Johnston Brent Thomson 53kg 23rd 7-1
1993 Vintage Crop IRE Dermot K Weld Mick Kinane 55.5kg 1st 14-1
Drum Taps UK Lord Huntingdon Frankie Dettori 58.5kg 9th
Delta Blues (2006)
Media Puzzle (2002 & 2004)
Vintage Crop (1993-95)
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International Starters
BMW Caulfield Cup
YEAR HORSE HORSE ORIGIN TRAINER JOCKEY WEIGHT PLACING SP
2010 Manighar UK Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 54kg 5th $15
Mr Medici HK Peter Ho Gerald Mosse 55kg 6th $17
Tokai Trick JPN Kenji Nonaka Shinji Fujita 54.5kg 12th $81
2009 Kirklees UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 56kg 7th $9.50
Cima De Triomphe UK Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 55.5kg 13th $9.50
2008 All The Good UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 54.5kg 1st $41
Mad Rush UK Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 55kg 4th $11
2007 Purple Moon UK Luca Cumani Kerrin McEvoy 53.5kg 6th $21
2006 Delta Blues JPN Katsuhiko Sumii Nash Rawiller 56kg 3rd $81
Pop Rock JPN Katsuhiko Sumii Damien Oliver 53kg 7th $13
Land ‘N Stars UK Jamie Poulton Nick Ryan 53kg 18th $101
2005 Eye Popper JPN Izumi Shimizu Shinji Fujita 54kg 2nd $41
Carte Diamond UK Brian Ellison Weichong Marwing 53kg 9th $31
Razkalla UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 55kg 16th $51
2003 Hugs Dancer UK James Given Dean McKeown 52.5kg 7th $51
In Time’s Eye IRE Dermot K Weld Damien Oliver 55.5kg 10th $9
2002 Beekeeper UK Saeed Bin Suroor Kerrin McEvoy 53kg 6th $10
Helene Vitality HK David Hayes Dwayne Dunn 54.5kg 12th $17
2000 Mont Rocher FR John Hammond John Marshall 53.5kg 11th 8-1
All The Way UK Saeed Bin Suroor Greg Hall 55.5kg 16th 40-1
1998 Taufan’s Melody UK Lady Herries Raymond Cochrane 53.5kg 1st 66-1
Faithful Son UK Saeed Bin Suroor Damien Oliver 58kg 4th 8-1
Tatts Cox Plate
YEAR HORSE ORIGIN TRAINER JOCKEY WEIGHT PLACING SP
2010 Luen Yat Forever Macau Pou Choi Dwayne Dunn WFA 10th $101
2006 Grey Swallow* IRE Dale Sutton /
Dermot Weld
Steven King WFA 12th $11
2005 Super Kid HK John Moore Nash Rawiller WFA 7th $19
Greys Inn SA Mike De Kock Weichong Marwing WFA 10th $26
Tosen Dandy JPN Hideyuki Mori Minoru Yoshida WFA 11th $201
2004 Elegant Fashion HK David Hayes Gerald Mosse WFA 9th $9
Paolini GER Andreas Wohler Eduardo Pedroza WFA 10th $31
2003 Paraca SA Andrew Balding Nash Rawiller WFA 8th $61
2002 Grandera UK Saeed Bin Suroor Frankie Dettori WFA 3rd $9
2001 Silvano GER Andreas Wohler Andreas Suborics WFA 4th $7
Caitano GER Andreas Schutz Andrasch Starke WFA 7th $81
1999 Make No Mistake IRE Dermot K Weld Patrick Smullen WFA 8th 15-1
*International horse that made its debut for Australian trainer in the race
All The Good (2008)
Taufan’s Melody (1998)
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Melbourne Racing Club
A Brief History
The Melbourne Racing Club will conduct over 80 race
meetings in season 2011/12 across its three racing venues
– Caulfield, Mornington Racing Club and Betfair Park – a
fixture allocation that accounts for more than 50% of all
metropolitan racing in Melbourne.
Caulfield and Mornington Racecourse are also busy and
successful training centres, home to a monthly average of
over 500 and 320 thoroughbreds respectively. Betfair Park’s
unique configuration creates two separate racing circuits –
the Hillside and Lakeside tracks.
Today’s diverse Club is very different from the one which
originated with the establishment in October 1875 of the
Victoria Amateur Turf Club by a group of keen horseman
seeking opportunities for non-professional riders.
Dowling Forest Racecourse in Ballarat was the location
for the first VATC race meeting on Friday, 24 March 1876.
Soon after, the fledgling Club searched for a new home and
secured a Crown grant for the site at Caulfield Racecourse
in Melbourne, which had become sparingly used since first
being used for thoroughbred racing in 1859.
The first VATC race meeting at Caulfield was conducted on 5
August 1876, closely resembling the Club’s inaugural fixture
at Ballarat.
The Club soon phased out the programming of amateur
events and by 1879 had introduced the Caulfield Cup into its
Autumn schedule. In 1881, the Caulfield Cup was switched
to the Spring and has grown in the ensuing years to become
an iconic event on the Australian racing calendar.
In 1963, the original Melbourne Racing Club was
incorporated into the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, which
continued to operate under the VATC name.
Two years later the Club opened its second racing venue
– Sandown Racecourse – the only new metropolitan track
constructed in the 20th century in Australia.
On 1 January 2002 the VATC revived the dormant
Melbourne Racing Club name under which it operates
today. Under a sponsorship arrangement announced in
November 2008, Sandown Racecourse was renamed Betfair
Park for the term of the agreement.
In June 2010, the Members of the Melbourne Racing Club
and the Mornington Racing Club voted in a favour of a
merger to combine the two Clubs. The Mornington Racing
Club is regarded as the premier non-metropolitan racing
club and brings a rich history of over 100 years at the
current Mornington venue. The merged Club in effect has
created a ‘Super Club’ in the world of Thoroughbred Racing.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Fraser Bayne
General Manager Commercial
Marketing and Racing
Tel: (03) 9257 7207
Fax: (03) 9257 7212
Mobile: 0419 376 644
Email: fbayne@mrc.net.au
Josh Rodder
Racing and Media Executive
Tel: (03) 9257 7482
Fax: (03) 9257 7212
Mobile: 0403 189 340
Email: jrodder@mrc.net.au
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M R C
Alasdair Robertson
Chief Executive
Caulfield Fashion and Social
Ambassador
The Melbourne Racing Club is proud to announce its
Fashion and Social Ambassador for the 2011 BMW Caulfield
Cup Carnival: Channel 9 presenter and Olympic gold
medalist, Giaan Rooney. A regular on the racing circuit,
Giaan exemplifies true Spring Racing style. Her natural
beauty, polished appearance, professional experience
and brilliant smile make her the perfect candidate for the
Fashion and Social Ambassador of this year’s Carnival. Add
to this her camera-ready ability to nail an interview on
either side of the mic with no more than a minute’s notice
and her affinity with a wide range of people, Giaan was the
natural choice.
As Ambassador, Giaan will host events, interview
race-goers, fashion designers, jockeys and Melbourne
personalities and be available for interviews on all things
Spring Racing at Caulfield. She will be the glamour girl of the
BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival, and the star of many photo
shoots and media events.
“I’m thrilled to represent the Melbourne Racing Club,”
Giaan Rooney commented. “I love the races, and I’m so
excited about the prospect of being involved in the lead up
to and throughout the Carnival.”
A household name since at 15 years old, she won gold in
the 100m backstroke final at the 1998 Commonwealth
Games. She earned the country’s love when she took out
two silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. But it is
the Olympic gold she won and Australian record she broke
in 2004 as lead swimmer in the 4 x 100m medley, of which
Giaan is most proud. Giaan joined Channel 9 in 2006 and
has since been a friendly face in lounge rooms Australia
wide ever since. Her presenting portfolio now spans a
variety of roles including on What’s Good For You, Getaway
and Postcards. Reporting and commentating at the World
Swimming Championships, co-hosting on Wide World of
Sports, hosting on Battlefronts and presenting the weather
on Today are just some of the myriad of experiences Giaan
has under her vintage belt.
With a broad knowledge of sports, a passion for Melbourne
and a quintessential ‘classic style’, there is no doubt that
Giaan will knock the fascinators off all those whose paths
she crosses in the lead up to and throughout the 2011 BMW
Caulfield Cup Carnival.
For more information, or to organize an interview or
photoshoot with Giaan Rooney, please contact
Camilla Speirs or Jacqui Loftus-Hills at Style Counsel:
camilla@stylecounsel.com.au; 03 8506 1641;
jacqui@stylecounsel.com.au; 03 8506 1630
Jason Kerr
General Manager – Racecourses
Tim Bailey
Sandown Racecourse Manager
Melbourne Racing Club
PO Box 231
Caulfield East, VIC 3145
Telephone: (03) 9257 7200
www.melbourneracingclub.net.au
www.caulfieldcupcarnival.com.au
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Melbourne Racing Club
Chadstone Fashion Stakes
The Chadstone Fashion Stakes is a premiere fashion
competition that forms part of the ever-stylish BMW
Caulfield Cup Carnival. This year the event will be broken
into three categories:
Stylish Ladies (18 – 40 years), for the chic young woman
who has an innate sense of fashion and styling
• One heat on Carnival Preview Day (Saturday 17
September)
• Further heats and a Daily Final on The Age Caulfield
Guineas Day (Saturday 8 October)
• Further heats, a Daily Final and the Grand Final on BMW
Caulfield Cup Day (Saturday 15 October)
Stylish Ladies (40+ years), for the sophisticated woman who
presents herself with classic style and grace
• One heat on Carnival Preview Day (Saturday 17
September)
• Further heats and Grand Final on The Age Caulfield
Guineas Day (Saturday 8 October)
Stylish Gentleman (18 years and over), designed for a man
of any age for whom appearance and grooming are of
utmost importance
• One heat on Carnival Preview Day (Saturday 17
September)
• Further heats and Grand Final on The Age Caulfield
Guineas Day (Saturday 8 October)
BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival Calendar
This structure reflects both the popularity of the Stakes
and the diversity of entrants. A judging panel made up of
fashion industry experts will be looking for a combination of
‘classic style’ and individual flair across the three categories.
Entrants are encouraged to showcase the very best in stylish
Spring Racing fashions and millinery and will be judged
on their overall outfit, accessories and attention to detail,
seasonal appropriateness and deportment.
Entrants will be competing for the coveted title and a share
in more than $70,000 in prizes, including luxury holiday
packages, exquisite jewellery from Catanach’s Jewellers,
shopping vouchers from Chadstone, David Jones, Mimco,
and Perri Cutten, hair and styling packages plus much more.
For entry details visit caulfieldcupcarnival.com.au
For more information please contact Style Counsel:
Jacqui Loftus-Hills: jacqui@stylecounsel.com.au;
03 8506 1630
or Camilla Speirs: camilla@stylecounsel.com.au;
03 8506 1641
DATE EVENT LOCATION
Wed 14 Sep Hyland Race Colours Underwood Stakes Barrier Draw & Breakfast MCG
Sat 17 Sep Carnival Preview Day Caulfield Race Course
Sat 17 Sep Chadstone Fashion Stakes First Heats on Carnival Preview Day - Stylish Ladies (18-40),
Stylish Ladies (40+), Stylish Gentlemen
Fashion Stage, Caulfield Race Course
Tue 04 Oct Trainers & Media BBQ Trainers Tower, Infield Caulfield Racecourse
Tue 04 Oct The Age Caulfield Guineas Barrier Announcement & Media Conference The Age, Media House, Collins St, City
Fri 07 Oct The Age Caulfield Ladies Luncheon Zinc, Federation Square
Sat 08 Oct The Age Caulfield Guineas Day Caulfield Racecourse
Sat 08 Oct Chadstone Fashion Stakes Heats & Finals on The Age Caulfield Guineas Day - Stylish
Ladies (18-40) Heats and Daily Final, Stylish Ladies (40+) Heats and Grand Final, Stylish
Gentlemen Heats and Grand Final
Fashion & Entertainment Stage, Caulfield Racecourse
Sat 08 Oct Sneaky Sound System performance after the last race on The Age Caulfield Guineas Day Fashion & Entertainment Stage, Caulfield Racecourse
Tue 11 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Field Announcement TBC
Wed 12 Oct Schweppes Thousand Guineas Day Caulfield Racecourse
Wed 12 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Barrier Draw Fashion & Entertainment Stage, Caulfield Racecourse
Thu 13 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Press Conference BMW Melbourne, City Road, Southbank
Sat 15 Oct BMW Caulfield Cup Day Caulfield Racecourse
Sat 15 Oct Caulfield Classic Style Award Final on BMW Caulfield Cup Day Fashion & Entertainment Stage, Caulfield Racecourse
Sat 15 Oct Chadstone Fashion Stakes on BMW Caulfield Cup Day - Stylish Ladies (18-40) Heats, Daily
Final and Grand Final
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M R C
Fashion & Entertainment Stage, Caulfield Racecourse
Sat 15 Oct National Anthem performance on BMW Caulfield Cup Day - performer TBC Mounting Yard, Caulfield Racecourse
Fri 21 Oct Hats n' Hooves Charity Luncheon Mornington Racecourse
Sun 30 Oct Prestige Realty Peninsula Cup Day Mornington Racecourse
Sun 30 Oct Grand Hotel Fashions on the Field at Prestige Realty Peninsula Cup Day Mornington Racecourse
Sat 12 Nov Betfair Sandown Guineas Day Betfair Park, Front Lawn
Sat 12 Nov Sandown Guineas Fashions on the Field - Kids 4-11, Teens 12-17, Adults 18+ Betfair Park, Front Lawn
Tue 15 Nov BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival Media Awards Hotel Barkly, St Kilda
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Melbourne Racing Club
The Age Caulfield Guineas Day
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER 2011
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M R C
$1,008,000 G1 The Age Caulfield Guineas 3YO’s sw 1600M
$70,500 BMW Hcp 3YO C&Gs 1200M
$125,750 G3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes 3YOF sw&p 1200M
$201,000 G2 Schweppes Schillaci Stakes WFA 1000M
$402,000 G1 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Stakes WFA 2000M
$70,500 Hcp 1400M
$352,000 G1 David Jones Toorak Hcp 1600M
$201,000 G2 Sportingbet Herbert Power Stakes 2400M
$100,500 LR Sportingbet Sprint Series Final Mares sw&p 1200M
Schweppes Thousand Guineas Day
SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER 2011
$100,500 LR Inglis Debutants Stakes 2YOs sw 1000M
$70,000 Pura Light Start Plate 3YOs 1000M
$70,000 BMW Hcp 3YOs 0-82 1600M
$502,000 G1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas 3YOF sw 1600M
$70,000 Betfair Hcp 0-89 1600M
$70,000 Ladies’ Day Plate 0-82 2000M
$100,000 Hcp 1200M
$100,500 LR Race-Tech Classic Mares sw&p 1600M
BMW Caulfield Cup Day
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2011
$125,750 G3 Norman Robinson Stakes 3YOs sw&p 2000M
$100,500 LR LIGHTWAY Australia Stakes 3YO C&Gs sw&p 1400M
$70,500 Treasury Wines Hcp 3YOF 1400M
$100,500 LR Sportingbet Ethereal Stakes 3YOF 2000M
$201,000 G2 Perri Cutten Caulfield Sprint 1100M
$125,750 G3 Betfair Stakes 4YOs & Up sw&p 1400M
$125,750 G3 David Jones Cup 2000M
$2,650,000 G1 BMW Caulfield Cup 2400M
$70,500 Carlton Draught Plate F&M 1100M
$181,000 G2 Tristarc Stakes Mares sw&p 1400M
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Melbourne Racing Club
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2
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CAULFIELD RACECOURSE
Caulfield Racecourse
Caulfield
Station
Gate 21
Gate 23
Main
Entrance
29
Gate
20
28
Members' Subway
Members'
Carpark
Entrance/Exit Points
Turnstiles
Babies Change
Beverage Outlet
EFTPOS/ATM
Normanby Rd
Gate 24
5
1
2
3
4
Home Turn (Heath Enclosure)
Silks Lounge (Heath Enclosure )
Silver Marquees (Heath Enclosure)
Gold Marquees (Heath Enclosure)
Lady Luck Boulevard
Cruiser Big Top
Admission Prices
6
7
Heath Enclosure 12 13
8
9
First Aid
Food Outlet
Lift
Merchandise Outlet
Toilets
7
8
9
10
11
12
10
27
Station St
11
Pedestrian Subway
Front Lawn
Rupert Clarke
Fashion and Entertainment Precinct
Trustees Room
Black Caviar Pavilion
Platinum Reserved Seating
Sky High Sporting Celebrity Luncheon
Peter Lawrence Room
Guineas
Turnstile
15
16
18
14 19
17
Pedestrian Access
ONLY
13
14
15
16
17
18
Entry
Pedestrian Subway
Mounting Yard
Betting Ring
Skyline Corporate Suites
Bernborough Restaurant
Elvstroem Deck
The Age
Promenade Tiered Dining
Tulloch Corner
Winning Post Restaurant
Centre
Turnstile
Norman Robinson Hiskens
RACE MEETING FULL ADMISSION CONCESSION
ADMISSION
BMW Caulfield Cup Day $40 Early Bird
$55 Pre-Sale
$60 Gate
$35
The Age Caulfield Guineas Day $25 Early Bird
$35 Pre-Sale
$45 Gate
$25
Schweppes Thousand Guineas Day $20 Pre-Sale
$25 Gate
$15
Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes Day $20 Pre-Sale
$20 Gate
$10
Carnival Preview Day (Underwood Stakes) Free Free
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Day $15 $10
Betfair Sandown Guineas Day $20 $10
Caulfield Festival Family Day
(Sportsbet CF Orr Stakes)
$15 $10
All other Caulfield meetings $10 $5
Betfair Park midweek meetings Free Free
Betfair Park weekend meetings $10 $5
Mornington Cup Day $25 $20
Prestige Realty Peninsula Cup Day $20 $15
Mornington midweek meetings $10 $5
Mornington weekend meetings $12 $8
Junior Ticket Policy
• Caulfield Cup Day: Children aged 13 and under will be admitted free (must be accompanied by an adult).
Children aged 14 and above are required to purchase a General Admission ticket. Please note there are no
student concession tickets available on this day.
• All other racemeetings: Children aged 13 and under will be admitted free (must be accompanied by an adult.
Junior/student concession tickets available at prices quoted above.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M R C
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25
19
20
21
22
23
24
22
Walking
Ring
21
20
Gate 2
Staff
Office
24
23
Winners Circle Restaurant
Hiskens Observatory
Young Members’ Cruiser Carnivale Marquee
The Turf Club/ Track Club Corporate Membership
Railings Village
Champagne & Caviar Marquee
25
26
27
28
29
To Dandenong
Birdcage
Ring
Maple
Entrance
C A U L F I E L D
SIR JOHN MONASH DVE
PRINCES HWY
Aquanita Owners and
Trainers Bar and Deck
Police / Security Office
Race Day Office
Ticket Collection Booth
Security
Gate
21
NORMANBY RD
Melways Ref: 68 E1
How to Get to Caulfield
Entrance to
Centre Carpark
Kambrook
Road
Members’
Carpark
Vehicle
Underpass
Main
Entrance
SMITH ST
Grandstand
Taxis
Only
DANDENONG RD
Racecourse
Managers Office
STATION ST
Members’
Carpark
No. 1
HEYWOOD ST
Tunnel to
Carpark
BOND ST
Gate 9
BOORAN RD
Gate 9
Kambrook
Road
Members’
Carpark
Gate 2
Glen
Eira Rd
Kambrook Rd
Members
MEMBERS DVE
Members
TRAIN
Frankston, Dandenong, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines
departing regularly from Flinders Street to Caulfield
Station, located directly opposite the course.
TRAM
Tram No. 3 from the city along Swanston Tram Street,
racegoers alighting at Stop No. 56.
CAR
Station Street, Caulfield. Melways reference 68 E2. Free
public parking in Centre Car Park. Enter via roundabout on
corner of Kambrook and Glen Eira Roads.Please note that
no alcohol will be permitted through the gates.
Centre car park and turnstiles open 9.30am on The Age
Caulfield Guineas Day, 10am on Schweppes Thousand
Guineas Day and 9.30am on BMW Caulfield Cup Day.
To City
KAMBROOK RD KAMBROOK RD
GLEN EIRA RD
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Melbourne Racing Club
Betfair Park Racecourse
Betfair Sandown Guineas Day – Betfair Park Hillside
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2011
How to Get to Betfair Park
TRAIN
Dandenong and Pakenham lines departing regularly from
Flinders Street to Sandown Park Station, located close to the
racecourse entrance.
CAR
Princes Highway, Springvale. Melways reference 80 D8.
Free public parking in main grass car park. Enter via Princes
Highway overpass or Sandown Road.
CAR PARKING
Car Park and turnstiles open 9.30am
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M R C
$100,500 LR Merson Cooper Stakes 2YO sw 1000M
$351,000 G2 Betfair Sandown Guineas 3YO sw 1600M
$100,500 LR Twilight Glow Stakes 3YOF sw&p 1400M
$100,500 LR Kevin Heffernan Stakes WFA 1300M
$351,000 G2 Zipping Classic WFA 2400M
$125,750 G3 Sandown Stakes Qlty Hcp 1500M
$125,000 Sandown Cup Qlty Hcp 3200M
$125,750 G3 Betfair Eclipse Stakes Qlty Hcp 1800M
$100,500 LR Le Pine Funerals Summoned Stakes Mares sw&p 1500M
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Moonee Valley Racing Club
A Brief History
In honour of the founder of Moonee Valley, William Samuel
Cox, the Moonee Valley Racing Club Committee decided in
1922 to run a weight-for-age race over 2040m.
Offering a purse of 1,000 Pounds, the first W.S. Cox Plate
was won by the imported stallion Violincello, a seven-yearold
who had won the Caulfield Cup the previous year at
only his fifth start in Australia after being brought out from
England.
Strategically placed on the racing calendar between the
Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, the Tatts Cox Plate is
regarded as the best weight-for-age race in Australasia and
is often referred to as the weight-for-age championship.
Since its introduction in 1922, the Tatts Cox Plate has
always attracted the best horses. The “Who’s Who” of the
Australasian turf have won the race.
Phar Lap, Kingston Town, Rising Fast, Dulcify, Gunsynd,
Super Impose, Octagonal, Might and Power, Sunline,
Northerly, Makybe Diva, Fields Of Omagh and, in 2009/10,
So You Think have all etched their names on the W.S. Cox
Plate Wall of Champions that now takes pride of place in
Moonee Valley’s Octagonal Lounge.
The Tatts Cox Plate carries total prize money of $3,050,000,
making it the third richest race in Australia after the
Emirates Melbourne Cup and the Golden Slipper Stakes.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M V R C
Meetings for the MVRC
2011/12 Racing Season
2011
Saturday, 10 September Feehan Stakes / Tatts Cox
Plate Preview Day
Friday, 30 September Group 1 Sportingbet
Manikato Stakes / Night
Racing Season Launch
Friday, 7 October Friday Night Racing
Saturday, 22 October Tatts Cox Plate Day
Friday, 28 October Friday Night Racing / Derby
Eve
Friday, 11 November Friday Night Racing
Friday, 19 November Friday Night Racing
Friday, 25 November Friday Night Racing
Friday, 2 December Friday Night Racing /
Christmas at the Valley
Friday, 9 December Friday Night Racing /
Christmas at the Valley
Sunday, 11 December Sunday Twilight
Friday, 16 December Friday Night Racing /
Christmas at the Valley
Saturday, 31 December Night Racing / New Years Eve
at the Valley
2012
Friday, 13 January Friday Night Racing
Friday, 27 January Australia Stakes / Friday
Night Racing
Friday, 3 February Friday Night Racing
Friday, 10 February Friday Night Racing
Friday, 17 February Friday Night Racing
Friday, 24 February MVRC Night Cup / Friday
Night Racing
Friday, 2 March Friday Night Racing
Monday, 12 March Labour Day Races
Friday, 16 March Friday Night Races
Friday, 23 March Friday Night Races
Saturday, 31 March Saturday Races
Wednesday, 6 June Wednesday Races
Saturday, 18 June Day Meeting
Saturday, 2 July Day Meeting
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Moonee Valley Racing Club
Face of Tatts Cox Plate 2011 presented
by styletread.com.au
For the first time ever a stylish racegoer has the chance to
become the ‘Face of Tatts Cox Plate’.
The competition will be run on Tatts Cox Plate Day, October
22nd and is presented by styletread.com.au
Attendees enter by simply having their individual photo
taken in the ‘Face of Tatts Cox Plate’ Paparazzi Style Stage.
Judges will choose their favourite top 20 racegoers and their
photographs will be posted on the MVRC facebook page on
Sunday 23rd October.
Then the voting begins! The person that receives the
most likes on facebook.com/mooneevalleyracingclub
by midnight on 5th November wins $5000 cash. It’s that
simple!
For more information www.coxplate.com.au
MEDIA CONTACTS
Leigh Newton
Communications Manager
T: (03) 9373 2268
M: 0419 355 762
F: (03) 9373 2218
E: leigh.newton@mvrc.net.au
MVRC Customer Service
1300 79 79 59
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M V R C
MVRC Reception Desk
Ph (03) 9373 2222
Fax (03) 9326 0090
MVRC Postal Address
PO Box 245,
Moonee Ponds, VIC, 3039
MVRC Website Address
www.mvrc.net.au
MVRC Email Address
customerservice@mvrc.net.au
SPORTINGBET NIGHT RACING SEASON
FOR 2011/2012
MOONEE VALLEY NIGHT RACING
The Sportingbet Night Racing Season will feature 13 blacktype
races with in excess of $10 million in prizemoney and
Super VOBIS bonuses. This landmark series of meetings
will also see the return of the successful Essendon Mazda
55 Second Challenge. The pure test of speed over 955
metres was won by La Bella Roo last season with a time of
55.48 and earned trainer Peter Boynton a $55,000 Mazda
CX9 from Essendon Mazda. The big question is, will the 55
second mark be broken?
Moonee Valley will offer Australia’s best thoroughbreds,
trainers, jockeys and owners the opportunity to compete in
the Sportingbet Night Racing Season, where the nights will
come alive with Group 1 racing, outstanding dining and live
entertainment.
Moonee Valley’s Sportingbet Night Racing Season
commences with the Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes
meeting on Friday 30 September 2011, and concludes
with the Group 1 William Reid Stakes meeting on Friday 23
March 2012.
The opening night last season saw Hay List claim his first
Group 1 victory in the Sportingbet Manikato Stakes with
the season finishing on a high note with the all conquering
Black Caviar winning race start number 11 with success in
the Group 1 William Reid Stakes.
Other highlights over the season included Lone Rock
winning the Group 3 TBV Champagne Stocks before Group
1 success in the Goodwood, Lights of Heaven in the Group
2 Fillies Classic, Golden Archer in the Listed St Albans
Stakes, Miss Gai Flyer won the inaugural Listed Typhoon
Tracy Stakes, the highly talented Kulgrinda won a heat of
the Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge, Whitefriars was
impressive winning the Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia
Stakes and Domesky looks a promising type with victory in
the Group 2 Top Cut Alister Clark Stakes.
Office Hours
Booking Office is open during
racemeetings
MVRC Administration Office during
business hours Mon-Fri 8:30am -
5.30pm
The MVRC Offices are located at the
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Gate 1,
McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds.
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N I G H T R A C I N G S E A S O N L A U N C H
FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER - GRAND FINAL EVE
The launch of night racing kicks off on AFL Grand Final Eve
with the $500,000 Group 1 Sportingbet Manikato Stakes,
the Group 2 Stutt Stakes, and the Group 3 Tatts JRA Cup.
The launch is the first of 18 night race meetings at Moonee
Valley scheduled over the spring, summer and Autumn with
the night racing season finale occurring on Friday 23 March,
2012 with the Group 1 William Reid Stakes.
AFL Grand Final Eve at Moonee Valley will be evening of
premium night racing combined with AFL fun-filled activities
across the course and themed function rooms.
AFL FOOTBALL DINNER
Get up close and personal with your favourite football stars,
past and present. Hear the final word on who they think will
win the Grand Final!
• Kevin Bartlett, Brad Johnson, Chris Newman
• Russell Robertson Band
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Celebrity Room, 6:45pm
Members | $90
Non Members | $110
Package Includes:
- Three-course served dinner including entree, main
course and dessert
- Racecourse Admission
- Entertainment including football panel to discuss the
2011 AFL Grand Final
- Race book
- Reserved Table
- Beverage Package
- Waiter Service
- Tote Facilities
• Standard Raceday dining packages also available from
$55 per person. Visit www.mvrc.net.au or contact
Customer Service on 1300 79 79 59 to book or for more
information.
TAT T S C O X P L AT E W E E K E V E N T S
Moonee Valley celebrates Australia’s premier weight-for-age
race, the Group 1 $3 million Tatts Cox Plate (2040m), with a
week of exciting events.
Experience the excitement in the lead-up to the Tatts Cox
Plate with a series of highly anticipated events at Moonee
Valley for the Spring Racing Carnival. With everything from
racing tips, live entertainment, exceptional dining and
fabulous fashion parades, Moonee Valley is the place to be.
For bookings, please call customer service on
1300 COXPLATE or book online at www.coxplate.com.au
B R E A K FA S T W I T H T H E B E S T
TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER, 2011
Moonee Valley Racecourse and Octagonal Lounge
Track Gallops 6am.
In racing it pays to get up early. It’s well worth making
your way to Moonee Valley Racecourse to see many of the
Tatts Cox Plate contenders go through their final paces at
Breakfast with the Best.
Dress: Smart Casual
Event includes – Free admission and sausage sizzle
Free of charge
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M V R C
B A R R I E R D R AW B R E A K FA S T
TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER, 2011
Moonee Valley Racecourse, Celebrity Room 8.00am
Members: $30 | Non Members: $60
Following the track gallops you can enjoy a full buffet
breakfast in the Celebrity Room and get the inside word
on the Tatts Cox Plate from all the top jockeys, trainers and
media personalities. You’ll also see the all-important 2011
Tatts Cox Plate barrier draw and receive tips and advice
from industry experts as they run through the chances of
each contender.
Event includes:
• Buffet Breakfast
• Special guests and panel
Dress: Smart Casual
TAT T S C O X P L AT E L A D I E S ’ FA S H I O N
L U N C H E O N
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER, 2011
Celebrity Room, Moonee Valley Racecourse, 11.45am
arrival.
Members: $150 | Non Members: $160
One of the Carnival’s most popular events, the Ladies’
Fashion Luncheon will showcase key race wear trends for
the Spring. Regarded as the must-do luncheon of the Spring
Racing Carnival, this event is a sell-out success each year.
Boasting what is considered the most prestigious gift bag,
the luncheon includes superb dining, live entertainment
from Australia’s leading performers and a fashion parade
with the latest spring/summer fashion on display. Guests
mingle with A-list celebrities, fashion and media identities
plus women in racing. A fantastic selection of door prizes
adds to the excitement of the day.
Event includes:
• Three-course luncheon
• Premium beverages
• Live entertainment by Elixir – Featuring Katie Noonan
• 2011 Spring / Summer Fashion Review
• Gift bag
Dress: Racewear
RACE PROGRAM
Tatts Cox Plate Day
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2011
VALUE G/L RACE NAME DIST
$3,050,000 Gr.1 Tatts Cox Plate 2040m
$300,000 Gr.2 Schweppes Stakes 1200m
$250,000 Gr.2 Drake International Cup 2500m
$200,000 Gr.2 Mitchelton Wines Vase 2040m
$200,000 Gr.2 Drummond Golf Crystal Mile 1600m
$150,000 Gr.3 Trojan Stakes 1600m
$150,000 Gr.3 1300 Australia Stakes 1200m
$100,000 LR Essendon Jeep Stakes 1600m
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TATTS COX PLATE
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – M V R C
MOONEE Moonee Valley VALLEY Racing Club RACECOURSE MAP
MOONEE VALLEY RACECOURSE MAP
Moonee Valley Racecourse
Admission Prices
TERMS & CONDITIONS
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TAXI
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MEETING Conditions TYPE of Ticketing ADULT and Entry ADMISSION are available at www.mvrc.net.au CONCESSION or by contacting CHILDREN Customer Service on MEMBERS’ 1300 79 79 59. You agree to and will abide by those terms and
conditions. Your booking is subject to availability. MVRC ADMISSION reserves the right to refuse UNDER to 12 sell or supply corporate GUEST PASSES packages to any company or individual. AGREEMENT A bind
TERMS agreement & CONDITIONS
is effective upon receipt of full payment. PAYMENT DATE & CONDITIONS All bookings in excess of $5000 paid for by credit card incur an additional booking fe
Tatts Cox of 2%. Plate All bookings must be paid $55 for in full at time of booking. $35 ADMISSION TICKETS Free MVRC does not take any $170 responsibility for lost or stolen admission tickets. Please keep
Saturday Conditions record 22 Oct of the Ticketing printed and number Entry on are each available ticket. No at admission www.mvrc.net.au tickets will or be by issued contacting until full Customer payment is Service received on and 1300 all funds 79 79 are 59. cleared. You agree TICKET to COLLECTION and will abide Tickets by those will t
conditions. posted to Your all patrons booking except is subject for bookings to availability. made after MVRC 5pm reserves Friday 14 the October right 2011. to refuse After to this sell time or all supply ticketing corporate will need packages to be collected to any from company MVRC or Head individual. Office, McPherso AGREEM
Feature agreement Street, Races is Moonee effective Ponds upon prior receipt to $20 5pm of Friday full payment. 21 October PAYMENT 2011. $10 USE DATE OF FACILITY & CONDITIONS Attendees Free All are bookings not permitted in $20* excess to supply of $5000 their own paid food for and by credit beverages. card Moonee incur an Valley addition
Standard of 2%. Racecourse All bookings has must adopted be a paid responsible $10 for in full service at time of alcohol of booking. $5 policy. ADMISSION ON-SELLING TICKETS You Free are not MVRC permitted does to not sell $10* take or on-sell any responsibility your ticket or any for part lost of or your stolen facility admission without tickets the pr
record approval of the of printed MVRC. number on each ticket. No admission tickets will be issued until full payment is received and all funds are cleared. TICKET COLLECTION
*(Max 6 passes per member)
posted to all patrons except for bookings made after 5pm Friday 14 October 2011. After this time all ticketing will need to be collected from MVRC Head Offi
Street, Moonee Ponds prior to 5pm Friday 21 October 2011. USE OF FACILITY Attendees are not permitted to supply their own food and beverages. Moonee
Racecourse has adopted a responsible service of alcohol policy. ON-SELLING You are not permitted to sell or on-sell your ticket or any part of your facility wi
approval of MVRC.
How to Get to Moonee Valley
TRAIN
Craigieburn line from Flinders Street Station stops at
Moonee Ponds Station. Moonee Valley Racecourse is then a
10 minute walk down Puckle Street.
TRAM
No. 59 tram from Elizabeth Street arrives directly at Moonee
Ponds junction. Moonee Valley Racecourse main entrance is
a 200-metre walk.
TAXIS
A taxi rank is situated in McPherson Street. However,
McPherson Street is closed on Tatts Cox Plate Day.
CAR PARKING
There is ample free parking in the centre of the racetrack.
Access is via Pattison St (Gate No. 6) or Wilson St (Gate
No.7).
Patrons are advised not to park their cars in the streets
surrounding the racecourse as they may be infringing
parking regulations.
Patrons wishing to leave their vehicles in the Members or
Centre Car Park after a meeting should be advised that they
cannot access these car parks until the next business day.
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Victoria Racing Club
Flemington
Flemington is renowned as Australia’s premier racecourse.
It is home to the Southern Hemisphere’s richest race – the
$6.2 million Emirates Melbourne Cup – but also hosts seven
other Group 1 races during its four-day Melbourne Cup
Carnival.
Just six kilometres from the heart of Melbourne, Flemington
is easily accessible by public transport with trains running
from the city to the racecourse gates. Trams also run from
the city and stop right outside the course.
The Grandstand, celebrating its 12th anniversary, is the
showpiece of Flemington and gives the VRC’s 29,000-plus
members and their guests the ultimate raceday comfort.
Following the 2006 Melbourne Cup Carnival, the entire
racing surface of the Flemington track was replaced for the
first time in its history. The new track, a blend of kikuyu
with ryegrass and bluegrass, consists of 124,000 square
metres of turf which had been growing at Torquay for three
years before being replanted at Flemington. A new drainage
system comprising 47 kilometres of pipes was laid under
the track as part of the VRC’s water conservation strategy.
Water drains run from the track to a retaining basin in the
centre of the course from where it is pumped for re-use in
other areas of the course.
The Celebration that Stops a Nation
No other event more aptly encapsulates the Australian
fondness of a good time than the Melbourne Cup Carnival –
a two week celebration of high fashion, fine food and wine,
glamour and celebrity. At the centre of it all is four days of
world-class thoroughbred racing highlighted by the running
of the $6.2 million Emirates Melbourne Cup.
The event not only stops Melbourne’s thriving metropolis
but captures the imagination of people nationwide and
beyond. Visitors from all points of the globe converge on
famous Flemington to experience the excitement first hand.
The Fashion
While the undisputed heroes of the Melbourne Cup Carnival
are the stars of the turf, the accompanying fashion frenzy
that seizes Melbourne in spring is truly spectacular. Fillies
and fellows alike relish the opportunity to dress in their
finest racewear and head to Flemington as the racecourse
becomes the place to see and be seen.
Over the years some of the world’s most fashionable people
have graced the lawns of Flemington including Princess
Diana, Sarah O’Hare, Carson Kressley, Stephen Jones, Kate
Bosworth, Jerry Hall, Georgia Jagger, Kelly Osborne, Stevie
Nicks, Eva Longoria, Chloe Sevigny, Paris Hilton and Priscilla
Presley. However, it was Jean Shrimpton’s appearance in
1965 that caused the greatest stir.
STATISTICS
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
The Melbourne Cup Carnival’s most famous fashion
spectacle took place when English model Shrimpton
attended Derby Day wearing a one-piece shift four inches
above the knee, with no hat, gloves or stockings. Despite
causing outrage among fashion traditionalists, Shrimpton
instantly turned the world fashion spotlight on Flemington
and it has remained there ever since.
In 1962, the VRC Committee introduced a competition
designed to ‘woo more women to the races’ during the
Carnival. 49 years on, Myer Fashions on the Field at
Flemington is not only an institution of Melbourne Cup
week and a pinnacle event of the Spring Racing Carnival,
it has established its place as Australia’s largest and most
prestigious outdoor fashion event.
Each year women (and more recently men) with a passion
for fashion vie for lavish prizes and a place in the social
pages. The only tougher competition is on the racetrack.
The place to see and be seen at Flemington is The Birdcage.
This exclusive enclosure houses elaborate and lavish
marquees which become a haven for the rich and famous
during the four days of racing at Flemington. VRC sponsors
including Emirates, Myer, Lion Nathan, Lexus, Herald Sun,
Tabcorp, Fosters, Lavazza, G.H Mumm, Swisse, Cleanevent,
Hilton, AAMI and NAB are amongst the many companies
who choose The Birdcage to entertain clients and take
advantage of the enormous networking opportunities
available during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Four Days at Flemington
The $6.2 million Emirates Melbourne Cup is more than
just a horse race – it is a 150-year old social and cultural
tradition that brings Australia to a standstill. The race
draws competitors from all over the world with the annual
invasion of northern hemisphere-trained stayers making it
a truly international event. Referred to in Australia as ‘the
race that stops a nation’ – and globally as the ‘staying
championship of the world’ – an estimated 700 million
people in 120 countries and territories view the Emirates
Melbourne Cup worldwide each year, while millions more
either view or listen to the event on the Internet.
In 2011, over $17 million in prize money is to be presented
to connections over the four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival,
and around 400,000 people will attend Flemington
racecourse.
The Emirates Melbourne Cup is the linchpin of the
Melbourne Cup Carnival and has played a principal
role in establishing Victoria’s Spring Racing Carnival as
Australia’s major annual sporting event. Last year, 128,243
international and interstate visitors attended the Melbourne
Cup Carnival, which generated a gross economic benefit of
more than $728 million to the Australian economy. Last year
more than $26 million was spent on fashion items to wear
to the 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival in Victoria alone.
Despite inclement weather, the 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival attracted 368,518 visitors to Flemington
over four days.
Attendance on AAMI Victoria Derby Day was 90,361.
Attendance on Emirates Melbourne Cup Day was 110,223.
Attendance on Crown Oaks Day was 75,088 .
Attendance on Emirates Stakes Day was 77,506.
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The Melbourne Cup – History
Dubbed ‘Australia’s International Racecourse’, Flemington is
home to the Emirates Melbourne Cup – the race that truly
stops a nation.
The first ‘official’ race meeting in Victoria took place not
long after the settlement of Melbourne, at Batman Hill
(now the site of Southern Cross railway station) on March
6 and 7, 1838. Two years later, beginning Tuesday March 3,
racing was transferred to ‘Saltwater Flat’ on the banks of
the Maribyrnong River, and the events were run over
three days.
The move was surrounded by controversy; there was
an outcry, suggesting Saltwater Flat was too far from
Melbourne Town.
Flemington was first known as the Melbourne Racecourse.
The original approach road from Melbourne crossed
Moonee Ponds Creek at Mt Alexander Road and passed
through the property called Flemington owned since 1840
by James Watson. He built his Flemington Hotel there in
1848 and a small township grew up around it. In 1840 he
was married and his new-wife Elizabeth came from a place
named Flemington in Morayshire, Scotland. It was not, as
was long thought, named after early settler Robert Fleming,
whose home was in Brunswick. The name Flemington for
the racecourse was commonly used by the late 1850s.
The first racing club was the Port Phillip Turf Club, but the
course was then leased to the Victoria Turf Club (VTC) in
1848 and it ran the first Melbourne Cup there in 1861.
The Victorian Turf Club was soon dissolved because of
massive debts and the Victoria Racing Club was formed
in 1864, inheriting some of the VTC’s races including the
Melbourne Cup.
In 1871, the “Victoria Racing Club Act” was passed, giving
the VRC legal control over Flemington.
The first Melbourne Cup attracted 4,000 people, but within
20 years there were 100,000 people flocking to see the race
– a remarkable figure given the town’s population at that
time was 290,000. (The biggest ever attendance was in 2003
when 122,736 people watched Makybe Diva win her first
Melbourne Cup.)
Famous American writer Mark Twain wrote of his visit to the
1895 Melbourne Cup in his book ‘Following the equator’.
He described how “every man and woman…who can afford
the expense, put away their other duties and come. They
begin to swarm in by ship and rail a fortnight before the day,
and they swarm thicker and thicker day after day, until all
the vehicles of transportation are taxed to their uttermost
to meet the demands of the occasion, and all hotels and
lodgings are bulging outward because of the pressure from
within. They come a hundred thousand strong and they
pack the spacious grounds and grandstands and make a
spectacle such as is never to be seen…. elsewhere.”
This fervour continues to grip the nation each November
and more recently, the fever has spread across the globe.
As the world shrinks due to globalisation and enhanced
technology, word has spread of the huge prizemoney,
world-class facilities and unique aura to which Twain
alluded, and now visitors come to Flemington from all over
the world.
Flemington truly has the finest tradition of all Australia’s
racing clubs. The influx of people and wealth that came
with the 1850s gold rush, which helped establish the
initial facilities at Flemington, also brought with it a
strong philosophy of striving for excellence. The first VRC
Secretary, the ‘indefatigable’ Mr R.C. Bagot, after whom
the New Year’s Day Bagot Handicap is named, introduced
training facilities and continually upgraded both public and
administration facilities.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
A spacious pear-shaped course with sweeping turns
and long straights, Flemington also boasts an integrated
1200-metre straight course, often referred to as ‘the
Straight Six’ (because of the old six-furlong measure).
The winner of the first two Melbourne Cups was Archer, a
NSW horse. The only other horses to win consecutive Cups
have been Rain Lover (1968 and 1969), Think Big (1974 and
1975) and most recently, Makybe Diva (2003, 2004 and
2005). Peter Pan also won two Melbourne Cups, but a year
separated its 1932 and 1934 victories.
Makybe Diva, who won more than $14m in prize money,
wrote herself into racing history in November 2005 when
she became the first horse to win three Melbourne Cups.
She was immediately retired from racing as Australia’s
greatest ever prizemoney earner and the highest stakes
winning mare in world thoroughbred history.
The largest weight carried by a winner was Carbine in
1890, when he out-slugged 38 rivals, lugging an incredible
65.6 kilos (or 10 stone, 5lbs). The people’s champion, Phar
Lap, who won the Cup in 1930, will always remain in most
Australians’ minds alongside national sporting heroes such
as Sir Donald Bradman.
Cup Day Becomes a Holiday
Melbourne Cup Day was first declared a holiday for
Victorian public servants and bank employees in 1865. The
following year it was declared a public holiday for all other
public and private sector employees. In 1875, the Cup was,
for the first time, run on the first Tuesday in November
instead of a Thursday. The four days that make up the
Melbourne Cup Carnival, have followed this format ever
since.
The International Invasion
In 1993 the Melbourne Cup Carnival changed forever.
The Irish-trained Vintage Crop became the first northern
hemisphere trained horse to win the Melbourne Cup.
Charismatic trainer Dermot Weld had conquered racing’s
‘Everest’ and prompted an annual ‘invasion’ of the world’s
best staying horses looking to write their own chapter in
racing folklore.
Weld now returns regularly to Flemington each November
and in 2002 scored his second Cup win with Media Puzzle.
In 2006, the international stamp on the Cup was affirmed
when two Japanese owned and trained horses – Delta Blues
and Pop Rock – scored a memorable quinella, while 2010
saw the French snare our beloved Cup for the first time with
impressive entire Americain.
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2011 MEDIA AND SOCIAL EVENTS
CALENDAR
Flemington Finals Footy Fever Lunch
Date Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Time 12 noon to 3.00pm
Venue The Atrium, Flemington Racecourse
Emirates Stakes Day Fashions on the Field –
Ambassador Casting
Date Friday 23 September
Time 9am – 11am
Venue Chiquita Room, Flemington
Hatstravagance brought to you by Yellowglen
Date Thursday, 29 September 2011
Time Parade One 11.00am – 1.30pm
Parade Two 6.30pm – 9.00pm
Venue The Atrium, Flemington Racecourse
Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Day featuring the
Turnbull Stakes
Date Sunday, 2 October 2011
Time First of eight races at 10.30am
Venue Flemington
Westfield Doncaster Styling Suite
Date Sunday, 2 October 2011
Time 10.30am to 4.30pm
Venue Flemington Racecourse (east end above
the horse stalls)
Melbourne Cup Carnival Launch
Date Monday, 24 October 2011
Time 11:00am
Venue TBC
Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour – Homecoming of the
Emirates Melbourne Cup Trophy (Media Invitation Only)
Date Monday, 24 October 2011
Time 6:00pm
Venue Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne on Collins
Breakfast with the Stars
Date Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Time 6.00am – 9.00am
Venue The Terrace, Flemington Racecourse
Crown Oaks Day Ultimate Style Guide Launch
Date Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Time 11.30am
Venue The Den at The Atlantic, Crown
AAMI Victoria Derby Barrier Draw
Date Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Time 12:00pm
Venue Carnival Live Site – Crown Riverside
Melbourne Cup Carnival Live Site Launch
Date Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Time 6:30pm-8.30pm
Venue Carnival Live Site – Crown Riverside
Myer Fashions on the Field Media Launch
Date Thursday, 27 October 2011
Time 10.30am
Venue Myer Fashions on the Field Enclosure,
Flemington Racecourse
Chairman’s Dinner (Media Invitation Only)
Date Thursday, 27 October 2011
Time 6.00pm
Venue The Atrium, Flemington
AAMI Victoria Derby Day Media Conference
Date Friday, 28 October 2011
Time 11:00am
Venue Carnival Live Site – Crown Riverside
AAMI Victoria Derby Day
Date Saturday, 29 October 2011
Time First of nine races at 11:20am
Venue Flemington
Emirates Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw
(Media Invitation Only)
Date Saturday, 29 October 2011
Time 6:30pm
Venue VRC Committee Room, Flemington
Emirates Melbourne Cup Parade
Date Monday, 31 October 2011
Time 12.00 pm
Venue Bourke Street Mall (in front of Myer)
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day Media Conference
Date Monday, 31 October 2011
Time 12:40pm
Venue Federation Square
Cup Eve Gala Business Dinner (Media Invitation Only)
Date Monday, 31 October 2011
Time 7:30pm
Venue Savoy Ballroom, Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day
Date Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Time First of ten races at 10:20am
Venue Flemington
Emirates Melbourne Cup Post-Race Media Conference
(Media Invitation Only)
Date Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Time 3:30pm approximately
Venue Media Centre, Flemington Racecourse
Emirates Melbourne Cup Winners Media Conference &
Crown Oaks Day Media Conference
Date Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Time 11:00am
Venue Carnival Live Site – Crown Riverside
VRC Oaks Club Lunch
Date Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Time 12:00 noon red carpet arrival for 12.30pm
Venue Crown Palladium
Crown Oaks Day
Date Thursday, 3 November 2011
Time First of nine races at 12:20pm
Venue Flemington
Emirates Stakes Day Media Conference
Date Friday, 4 November 2011
Time 11.00am
Venue Carnival Live Site – Crown Riverside
Emirates Stakes Day
Date Saturday, 5 November 2011
Time First of nine races at 11.30am
Venue Flemington
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The Melbourne Cup Trophy –
The Richest Prize in Australian Sport
The distinctive handmade gold three-handled loving cup
awarded to the owner(s) of the Emirates Melbourne Cup
winner is one of the most recognisable trophies in world
sport.
It is a far cry from the first trophy awarded to a Cup winner,
when in 1865 the owner of Toryboy received an elaborate
silver bowl which had been manufactured in England.
The Melbourne Cup trophy, in its current basic form, was
first awarded in 1919 (won by Artilleryman).
The Melbourne Cup was originally ordered through the
jeweller Drummonds and manufactured by J W Steeth &
Son. The original craftsman was James Steeth and later his
son Morris assumed his role. Morris Steeth taught Lucky
Rocha, who in 1970 took on the responsibility of creating
the Melbourne Cup.
Since 1980 the VRC has commissioned Hardy Brothers
Jewellers to create the Melbourne Cup each year.
Last year the trophy returned to the original design of
the 1930 Cup won by legendary racehorse Phar Lap. After
1930 the size of the Cup was reduced in size due to the
Great Depression. It is now valued at $175,000, an increase
of $25,000 from 2010. The gross weight of the Emirates
Melbourne Cup, including the base is just under 4kg,
which includes 2,340 grams of solid 18ct Yellow Gold. It
takes more than 250 man hours to produce the Emirates
Melbourne Cup.
There are also two $10,000 miniature gold Cup trophies
presented to the winning trainer and jockey, the latter also
receiving a trophy of the mounted Wirth’s Whip. The horse’s
strapper receives the Tommy Woodcock Trophy, valued at
$2,500, named after the strapper to the legendary Phar Lap,
winner of the 1930 Melbourne Cup, while the breeder of
the winner also receives a $2500 trophy.
W I R T H ’ S W H I P
One of the longest and most colourful traditions
associated with the VRC’s Melbourne Cup is the
presentation of a golden jockey’s whip, known as Wirth’s
Whip, to the Cup-winning jockey.
The custom began in 1888, Australia’s centenary year.
Pat Reynold then the lessee of the Royal Mail Hotel in
Bourke Street, Melbourne presented Mick O’Brien with
a gold mounted whip to mark his winning Cup ride on
Mentor.
In 1889 the idea was picked up and continued by the
Wirth brothers, whose permanent summer circus was
located on the land now occupied by the Victorian Arts
Centre. The Whip Presentation was made to the winning
jockey in the circus centre ring on Cup night.
Even when Wirth’s Circus closed its city site, the family
continued presenting the Wirth’s Whip on Cup night.
Leading showbiz personalities of the time, such as Jean
Shrimpton (during her much-publicised visit in 1965),
Graham Kennedy, June Bronhill, Derek Nimmo and
James Mason usually made the presentations.
The whip will be presented to the Cup-winning jockey at
the Emirates Melbourne Cup Winners Media Conference
at the Carnival Live Site at Crown at 11.00am on
Wednesday 2 November.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
Evolution of the Melbourne Cup
Trophy
The evolution of the Cup from the inception of the
Melbourne Cup race in 1861 is quite fascinating and
reflective of a people determined to develop a symbol
reflective of a developing nation. The following timeline
charts the Cup history:
1861 A trophy was not awarded. Archer’s owner received a
hand-beaten gold watch.
1865 The first year a trophy was awarded. Manufactured
in England it was an elaborate silver bowl on a stand with
a narrow neck reinforced with two ornate handles and
topped with a horse and rider.
1867 A silver trophy from England displays Alexander
Taming the Horse, the engraved name of the winning horse
and a figure of a winged female.
1876 The first gold cup trophy manufactured in Victoria.
An Etruscan shape with two handles. One side depicted
a picture of a horse race with the grandstand and hill of
Flemington in the background. The opposite side, inscribed
on a crimson enamelled garter, featured the words
“Melbourne Cup 1876” and the name of the winning horse.
1888 Three silver horses on a silver plated base.
1889 Controversy surrounded the silver “tea and coffee
service” reputed to have been unacceptable as a trophy.
1891 A trophy measuring two feet in length and 15 inches
high of a draped figure of Victory, standing on a pedestal,
holding out an olive wreath to a jockey upon his horse.
1894 to 1898 Trophies were not awarded as the
economic depression engulfed the nation.
1908 Three feet long plaque of an embossed silver
galloping horse, that some people thought resembled a
greyhound.
1909 A silver centrepiece was awarded as a trophy.
1914 This was the last year the Melbourne Cup trophy was
made in England. It had a long base with a horse on each
end facing out and a chalice cup in the centre.
1915 A large rose bowl trophy that was made in Australia.
1919 The current trophy design was awarded for the first
time.
2009 The 2009 Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy is valued
at $125,000 and weighs 2.97 kgs.
2010 The trophy returns to its design zenith of the Cup
won by the legendary Phar Lap. The Cup is now valued at
$150,000 and weighs almost 4kg.
2011 The trophy is now valued at $175,000 due to the
increase in the price of gold since 2010.
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The Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour
Since its inception in 2003, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC)’s
annual Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour (EMCT) has provided
rural, regional and metropolitan communities across
Australasia the chance to experience the magic of the
$175,000 iconic trophy first hand.
Celebrating the essence of ‘being Australian’, the Tour
highlights the contribution the Melbourne Cup has made to
the nation’s social, sporting and racing culture.
In its ninth year, the EMCT has travelled more than 227,000
kilometres, visited more than 180 different destinations in
Australia and New Zealand and engaged tens of thousands
of people.
Living up to its status as the ‘People’s Cup’, the Tour has
visited more than 130 aged care and hospital facilities,
140 schools and participated in more than 520 community
events and celebrations in the past eight years.
Reflecting the VRC’s support of grass roots racing, the EMCT
has also visited 115 race days across Australia and New
Zealand.
In 2011, the EMCT will visit 30 destinations, from Eastern
Arnhem Land’s Nhulunbuy to flood ravaged Toowoomba,
through regional New South Wales and to Perth and York in
Australia’s west.
Across the Bass Straight, the Tour will visit Deloraine and
seaside Devonport, before travelling to New Zealand for
stops in Auckland, Wellington and Hawera. As part of the
South Australian leg, the Tour will visit some of the nation’s
smallest towns, William Creek and Oodnadatta.
Honouring its home state of Victoria, the Tour will travel
from the riverside plains of Charlton to Kerang, the
Goulburn Valley and then to the high country’s Mansfield
before finishing its journey by the coast in Anglesea.
Continuing to build anticipation in the lead up to the VRC’s
prized four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival, the Tour will return
home to Flemington in November for the 151st running of
the ‘race that stops a nation’ TM .
For all details regarding the Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour,
please refer to: www.melbournecuptour.com.au
As part of the VRC’s international business program,
the Emirates Melbourne Cup Trophy will also visit New
Zealand, China, Ireland and Singapore. All international
destinations will feature either Melbourne Cup celebratory
or Melbourne Cup Business Network functions.
For all details regarding the Melbourne Cup
Business Network, please refer to: www.
melbournecupbusinessnetwork.com.au
RACE PROGRAM
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL PREVIEW DAY
Featuring the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2011
The stars of spring step out to contest a high-quality day
of thoroughbred racing in a full dress rehearsal for the
Melbourne Cup Carnival. In 2011, every race on the card
boasts listed- or Group-status. This includes three Group
2 fixtures and the headlining $502,500 Group 1 Turnbull
Stakes.
In 2010 Nicholas Hall rode the Robert Hickmott trained
Zipping to victory in the day’s feature face. This was Hall’s
second consecutive victory in the race, having saluted on
Efficient in 2009.
The White Freesia is the official flower of the Melbourne
Cup Carnival Preview Day.
THE WESTFIELD DONCASTER STYLING SUITE
With stunning views of the racecourse and Melbourne city
skyline, this facility will boast the chic features of Westfield
Doncaster.
Immerse yourself in the excitement of a feature raceday and
delight in a day of fine wine and the gourmet offerings of a
Peter Rowland designed cocktail menu.
When the racing is over and the crowds begin to subside,
the suite will come alive with a vibrant combination of live
music and fashion displays.
Experience a glamorous day of racing, entertainment and
fashion within the exclusive Westfield Doncaster Styling
Suite.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9.00am Turnstiles open
10.30am First of nine races
1.30pm Group 1 Turnbull Stakes
2.40pm Final race
Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Day featuring the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2011
R # TIME VALUE G/L RACE NAME TYPE DIST
1 10.30 $101,000 lr Herald Sun Superracing Stakes 2yo sw (n/c) 1000m
2 11.05 $151,000 lr Westfield Doncaster Stakes 3yo sw&p (n/c) 1400m
3 11.40 $202,000 lr The Bart Cummings qlty hcp (n/c) 2500m
4 12.15 $201,500 gr. 2 Blazer Stakes mares sw&p (n/c) 1400m
5 12.50 $252,000 gr. 2 Tabcorp Edward Manifold Stakes 3yo fillies sw (n/c) 1600m
6 1.30 $502,500 gr. 1 Turnbull Stakes 4yo&up sw&p (n/c) 2000m
7 2.05 $251,500 gr. 2 Gilgai Stakes sw&p (n/c) 1200m
8 2.40 $151,000 lr UCI Stakes 3yo sw&p (n/c) 1800m
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AAMI Victoria Derby Day
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER 2011
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day
TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2011
R # TIME VALUE G/L RACE NAME TYPE DIST
1 10.20 $101,500 LR Ottowa Stakes 2YO Fillies SW 1000m
2 11.00 $101,500 TAB Sportsbet Handicap Mares Hcp 1700m
3 11.45 $101,500 Lavazza Long Black Hcp 0-95 2800m
4 12.30 $201,500 Gr.3 Herald Sun Stakes Mares SW&P 1400m 1400m
5 1.15 $101,500 Schweppes Tonic 1000 3YO SW&P 1000m
6 2.00 $151,500 LR Lexus Hybrid Plate 3YO Fillies SW&P 1400m
7 3.00 $6,200,000 Gr. 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup Hcp 3200m
8 3.55 $151,500 LR Johnnie Walker Stakes Hcp 1800m
9 4.35 $151,500 LR MSS Security Sprint Hcp 1200m
10 5.15 $101,500 Handicap 4&5YO Hcp 0-89 1400m
Crown Oaks Day
THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2011
R # TIME VALUE G/L RACE NAME TYPE DIST
1 12.20 $101,500 La Vie En Rose Vase 4&5YO Hcp 0-89 1800m
2 1.00 $101,500 Crown Promenade Trophy 3YO Fillies Hcp 1700m
3 1.40 $151,500 LR G.H. Mumm Stakes Mares SW&P 1100m
4 2.20 $151,500 LR Gucci Stakes 3YO Fillies SW&P 1200m
5 3.00 $101,500 TCL Electronics Plate Greys Hcp 0-89 1400m
6 3.40 $151,500 LR Myer Spring Fashion Stakes 3YO Hcp 1800m
7 4.25 $1,005,000 Gr. 1 Crown Oaks 3YO Fillies SW 2500m
8 5.10 $151,500 LR Swisse Vitamins Stakes Hcp 1000m
9 5.50 $101,500 The Grazia Ultimate Style Guide 4 Prov. LY Hcp 1600m
Emirates Stakes Day
SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2011
R # TIME VALUE G/L RACE NAME TYPE DIST
1 11.30 $151,500 Gr. 3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Maribyrnong Plate 2YO SW 1000m
2 12.10 $101,500 Handicap 4YO&Up Hcp 0-95 1600m
3 12.50 $101,500 Antler Luggage Handicap Hcp 2000m
4 1.30 $151,500 LR Hilton Hotels Stakes 3YO Hcp 1400m
5 2.15 $1,002,500 Gr. 1 Patinack Farm Classic WFA 1200m
6 3.00 $1,005,000 Gr. 1 Emirates Stakes Quality Hcp 1600m
7 3.45 $302,000 Gr. 2 Matriarch Stakes Mares SW&P 2000m
8 4.30 $251,500 Gr. 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Quality Hcp 2600m
9 5.10 $101,500 Emirates Airline Handicap 4YO&Up Hcp 1400m
Race names and order are subject to change. Please refer to www.melbournecup.com.au for further details.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
R # TIME VALUE G/L RACE NAME TYPE DIST
1 11.20 $253,000 Gr. 3 Inglis Carbine Club Stakes 3YO SW&P 1600m
2 12.00 $251,500 Gr. 3 The Lexus Stakes Qlty Hcp 2500m
3 12.40 $302,000 Gr. 2 Wakeful Stakes 3YO Fillies SW&P 2000m
4 1.20 $502,500 Gr. 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes 3YO SW 1200m
5 2.15 $1,002,500 Gr. 1 Longines Mackinnon Stakes WFA 2000m
6 3.00 $1,510,000 Gr. 1 AAMI Victoria Derby 3YO SW 2500m
7 3.45 $502,500 Gr. 1 Myer Classic F&M WFA 1600m
8 4.30 $302,000 Gr. 2 Seppelt Salinger Stakes Hcp 1200m
9 5.10 $251,500 Gr. 3 TAB.com.au Stakes Hcp 1400m
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A A M I V I C TO R I A D E R B Y D AY
A day for racing purists
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER 2011
AAMI Victoria Derby Day is the first day of the carnival and
is said to be the day for racing purists. AAMI Victoria Derby
Day is considered one of the most prestigious days of racing
in Australasia, featuring a card of nine group races, four at
the elite Group One level.
In 2010, 90,361 race fans flocked to Flemington, despite
inclement weather, to witness the smart Kiwi galloper Lion
Tamer claim an amazing victory in the AAMI Victoria Derby.
Lion Tamer was ridden by Hugh Bowmen and trained by
father and son combination Murray and Bjorn Baker.
The fashion stakes are equally high with the
commencement of Myer Fashions on the Field. This is the
day for classic elegance, which sets the pace for the entire
week. It is the first opportunity for women to parade their
new Melbourne Cup Carnival outfits. Traditionally, black and
white has been the prominent colour scheme for women,
while men often chose to wear a grey morning suit, top hat,
peacock vest and pin-stripe pants. The official flower for
the meeting is the cornflower.
THE EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP BARRIER DRAW
The official barrier draw for the 2011 Emirates Melbourne
Cup will take place in the Committee Room after the last
race, at approximately 6.30pm and is for invited media
only. The draw requires owners, or their representative, to
randomly select a miniature Cup containing a concealed
barrier number. As each barrier number is revealed, the
horse’s name and colours are placed on a life-size graphic of
the 24 starting gates.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8.30am Turnstiles open
10.15am Myer Fashions on the Field at Flemington
Registration
11.20am First of nine races
12.00noon Myer Fashions on the Field Daily Final –
Women’s Racewear
12.30pm Myer Fashions on the Field registration –
Men’s Racewear
1.30pm Myer Fashions on the Field Final – Men’s
Racewear
3.00pm Group 1 AAMI Victoria Derby
5.10pm Final race
6.30pm Emirates Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
E M I R AT E S M E L B O U R N E C U P D AY
The race that stops a nation
TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2011
The $6.2 million Emirates Melbourne Cup is a truly
spectacular event and is the focal point of the Melbourne
Cup Carnival. While most of Australia stops to watch or
listen to the race, there’s nothing like being there amongst
the 100,000-plus crowd to experience this unique event.
The Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup is one of the world’s
most famous and best-regarded thoroughbred races. The
3200m race is run at 3pm on the first Tuesday of November
each year and is the richest prize in Australian Sport.
The 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy has returned
to its design zenith of the illustrious 1930 Cup won by the
legendary Phar Lap. Crafted by Hardy Brothers Jewellers,
the trophy is now valued at $175,000, an increase of
$25,000 from 2010. The trophy is created from 2,340 grams
of solid 18ct Yellow Gold and takes over 250 man hours to
be produced.
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day has gained a reputation
for fashion with a penchant for drama. It is the day to
make your strongest fashion statement with an exotic or
outrageous ensemble - hats are essential and so is a yellow
rose on the lapel.
It is hard to convey the sheer scale of Melbourne Cup Day to
someone who has not witnessed it before. It is an exciting
and exhilarating event where you can experience the pulse
of Australia in just one day.
The Alain de Royer Dupre-trained Americain created history
in 2010 by becoming the first French-trained horse to snare
victory in ‘the race that stops a nation’. Perfectly ridden
by renown Frenchman Gerard Mosse, Americain gave his
Australian owned-connections a win to treasure, easily
accounting for locals Maluckyday and So You Think. We look
forward to seeing yet another in-depth Cup field this year
and the French return to defend their crown.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8.30am Turnstiles open
10.15am Myer Fashions on the Field at Flemington
Registration
10.20am First of ten races
11.45am Myer Fashions on the Field registration –
Design Award
11.55am Myer Fashions on the Field Daily Final –
Women’s Racewear
1.25pm Myer Fashions on the Field Grand Final –
Design Award
2.20pm Pre Cup Entertainment
3.00pm Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup
5.15pm Final race
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C R O W N O A K S D AY
Ladies Day – The Ultimate Style Day
THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2011
Crown Oaks Day is all about style.
Whether it is just for fun, or for the lure of fame and
lucrative prizes in Myer Fashions on the Field, women take
the opportunity to express their own signature style on
Crown Oaks Day as Flemington hosts one of the world’s
great outdoor fashion events.
It is the day when women of all ages come together and
celebrate feminine elegance and the heritage of Ladies
Day at Flemington. Be it mothers and daughters, aunts and
nieces, sisters, work colleagues or simply friends, Crown
Oaks Day is truly a time for women to connect and enjoy
the ultimate style day.
The winner of the national Myer Fashions on the Field
competition is announced on Crown Oaks Day, reinforcing
its importance on the fashion calendar. The invitational
Millinery Award is also contested on Crown Oaks Day.
The racing highlight is the Group 1 Crown Oaks (2500m)
for three-year-old fillies. In 2010 Flemington based trainer
Mike Moroney sent star filly Brazilian Pulse out as $3 race
favourite where she made amends under the guidance of
Craig Williams.
Visitors to Flemington on the Carnival’s third day should
remember to wear a pink rose, the official flower of Crown
Oaks Day.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10.15am Turnstiles open
Myer Fashions on the Field at Flemington
registration
12.20am First of nine races
Myer Fashions on the Field Daily Final –
Women’s Racewear
Myer Fashions on the Field registration –
Millinery Award
Myer Fashions on the Field Victorian Final –
Women’s Racewear
Myer Fashions on the Field Grand Final –
Millinery Award
Myer Fashions on the Field National Final –
Women’s Racewear
4.25pm Group 1 Crown Oaks
5.50pm Final Race
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
AT THEIR BLOOMING BEST
Flemington is the largest public rose garden in Australia,
with more than 16,000 rose bushes over eight acres primed
to be at their blooming best every spring for the Melbourne
Cup Carnival.
It is often asked how Flemington’s 17 gardeners manage
to have the roses at their peak during Cup Week each
year. Individual varieties are pruned systematically from
the first week of June through to the first week of August,
depending on their flowering habits. A constant watch on
the weather, and careful management of watering and feed
supplements ensure the roses bloom virtually on cue. There
has been only one hiccup to this ambitious plan – in 1994,
when Melbourne experienced drought conditions during
the winter, and as a result the rose blooms were late for Cup
Day, flowering instead two weeks later when the racetrack
was deserted. These days, if winter rainfall is below average,
the plants receive compensatory watering.
Flemington’s Manager Grounds and Gardens, Terry
Freeman, began work at Flemington in 1976 as a sixteenyear-old
apprentice. In December 1988, he was appointed
to his current position. He and his team are always happy
to pass on a bit of advice – but they won’t be giving away
all their secrets! In 2002, Terry was awarded a President’s
Special Citation from The American Rose Society.
VRC MANAGEMENT / INTERVIEW SUBJECTS
Dale Monteith
Chief Executive
VRC as the promoter of the Carnival,
tourism and economic benefits, and event
expectations.
Sue Lloyd-Williams
Deputy Chief Executive
Carnival event management, logistics,
new developments and infrastructure, oncourse
caterers, hospitality services, and
quantity of food and beverages.
Fleur Salisbury
Executive General Manager, Brand,
Sponsorship and Marketing
Public and media events, entertainment,
marketing behind the Carnival, fashion,
VIP, celebrity guests, the Birdcage, and
sponsorship of races and events.
Julian Sullivan
Executive General Manager, Club Services
Members’ events, Members’ car parks,
corporate hospitality, ticket sales and
Chairman’s Club.
Mark Davies
Executive General Manager, Flemington
Facilities and services, event management,
environmental programs and
accreditation.
Simon Love
Executive General Manager Corporate,
Finance and Strategic Initiatives
Masterplan, Finance, IT and government
relations.
Terry Freeman
Manager, Grounds and Gardens
Management of grounds and gardens, and
spectacular rose features.
James Earls
Senior Manager, Racing
Horses, racing program, race order and
race times.
Mick Goodie
Racecourse & Training Manager,
Flemington
Track conditions, and weather.
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E M I R AT E S S TA K E S D AY
Family Day
SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2011
The Melbourne Cup Carnival concludes its festivities with
Emirates Stakes Day, featuring Victoria’s premier 1600m
event, the $1,005,000 Group 1 Emirates Stakes and the
$1,002,500 Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m).
Regarded as the most relaxed day of the Carnival
Emirates Stakes Day was attended by 77,506 racegoers
attending in 2010. The meeting, which features Emirates
Stakes Day Fashions on the Field, has a pleasant and
relaxed atmosphere and is recognised as the Carnival’s
“Family Day”.
With tough Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman in the saddle, last
year’s feature race was taken out by the Jeff Lynds-trained
Wall Street in a spectacular photo finish against Dao Dao
and Chasm.
Growing in statue each year, the Patinack Farm Classic,
which also forms part of the the Global Sprint Challenge,.
could see a clash of some of the world’s sprint heavyweights
this year. Australia’s darling of the turf, Black Caviar, is
expected to defend her Patrinack Farm Classic crown, while
other potential stars to nominate include Golden Jubilee
Stakes winner Society Rock and the Godolphin-owned
Delegator.
The official flower for Emirates Stakes Day is the Red Rose.
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
The day will be full of children’s entertainment and
activities, including Camp Australia rides and craft at the
western and eastern ends of the front lawn. Kids will
also participate in the Emirates Fashions on the Field
competition.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9.30am Turnstiles open
10.15am Emirates Stakes Day Fashions on the Field
heats
11.30am First of nine races
3.00pm Group 1 Emirates Stakes
4.00pm Pin & Win Prize Draw
5.10pm Last Race
5.10pm Final race
Admission Prices
RACE DAY ADULT
Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview
Day featuring the Turnbull Stakes
(Sunday 2 Oct)
AAMI Victoria Derby Day
(Saturday 29 Oct)
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day
(Tuesday 1 Nov)
Crown Oaks Day
(Thursday 3 Nov)
Emirates Stakes Day
(Saturday 5 Nov)
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
PIN & WIN
As the official charity in 2011, Vision Australia will use
the Pin & Win program to raise valuable funds through
the sale of miniature gold Melbourne Cup lapel pins.
In 2011, there are over $145,000 in prizes to be won
including the chance to win a Lexus IS 250C Sports
Convertible valued at $85,000 and 1 Million Skywards
Miles valued at $50,000.
Pins are $5 or $10 for diamante version – available oncourse
at Flemington, selected TAB and Tabaret outlets,
Crown Live Site and flemingtonshop.com.au.
For further information on the Melbourne Cup Carnival
Pin and Win, go to www.melbournecup.com/pinandwin
STUDENT
CONCESSION
PENSIONER
CONCESSION CHILD FAMILY PASS
$30 $20 $15 FREE N/A
$74 $60 $40 $20 N/A
$74 $60 $40 $20 N/A
$61 $50 $33 $15 N/A
$50 $45 $25 $10 $80
General Admission prices are per person except the Emirates Stakes Day Family Pass (2 adults and 2 children).
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MYER FASHIONS ON THE FIELD AT
FLEMINGTON
OVERVIEW
The Myer Fashions on the Field enclosure at Flemington
will again come alive with glamour, elegance and style
when celebrities, VIP guests and enthusiastic fashionistas
don their fabulous racewear to watch contestants vie for
the coveted Myer Fashions on the Field competition at
Flemington.
Launched by the VRC in 1962 as an initiative to woo more
women to the races, the original Fashions on the Field
concept has evolved and been replicated by race clubs
around the world.
The VRC’s Myer Fashions on the Field at Flemington remains
Australia’s largest and most prestigious outdoor fashion
event, cementing its place as the pinnacle fashion event of
the Racing Calendar.
The exclusive invitation only Design Award and the Millinery
Award highlight the VRC’s commitment to addressing the
instances of designers and milliners entering models into
the Women’s Racewear competition.
These awards provide professionals with a prestigious
platform to showcase their exclusive racewear designs and
ensure the traditional Women’s Racewear event remains a
competition for the general public.
PRIZES
Now, in its 49th year, the Myer Fashions on the Field
competition will be more glamorous and exciting than ever,
with the plush prize pool set to top a staggering $400,000.
Prizes include a Lexus IS250C, a trip for two to Paris,
Longines watches, weekends for two at the Sofitel on
Collins, Antler luggage vouchers, TCL electronics, Yellowglen
Vintage Bella, Myer Gift Cards and much more.
WOMEN’S RACEWEAR
The iconic Women’s Racewear category returns in 2011 as
a truly national competition, which continues to grow in
popularity year-on-year.
State competitions of Women’s Racewear are held in
Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland
and Western Australia. Each state finalist is flown to
Melbourne to compete against the Victorian winner in the
National Final on Crown Oaks Day.
Telecast on the Seven Network, the Women’s Racewear
category is the jewel in the Myer Fashions on the Field
crown. The winner of the National Final is one of the most
photographed faces of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The 2010 winner was Jaydee Paino from Cairns. Jaydee
Paino took out the competition in a reconstructed vintage
dress she bought online for US$18. Working with designer
Nigel Vogler, she had extensively altered the Nashville dress
to give it a ‘50s style full skirt, and paired it with a beretstyle
white headpiece with navy feathers and a ribbon and
pearl feature by Bernice Patton High Society Millinery.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
MEN’S RACEWEAR
AAMI Victoria Derby Day sees the judging of the Men’s
Racewear category, which is now in its eleventh year and
continues to grow in popularity attracting more than 150
fashionable, well-dressed male racegoers.
DESIGN AWARD
The exclusive invitation-only Design Award is judged on
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day. This category was introduced
in 2005 to provide professional designers with an arena
to display their spectacular racing fashions and will target
both established designers along with some of Australia’s
innovative young talent.
MILLINERY AWARD
Following the tremendous success of the invitation-only
Millinery Award in 2008, the VRC and Myer decided to
continue with the exclusivity of the event that features as a
category on Crown Oaks Day only.
Hats and more recently headpieces and fascinators are
synonymous with the Melbourne Cup Carnival, when
Flemington transforms into a colourful bed of feathers,
flowers, silk and sinamay. Targeting both established
milliners and emerging Australian talent, the Millinery
Award has been created to offer milliners a platform to
showcase their unique creations and to pay tribute to the
key role they play in the glamour of the celebration that
stops a nation.
CONTESTANT CRITERIA
Contestant Criteria is in place ensuring entrants have not
received compensation from a third party for entering the
competition and outfits don’t have a commercial agenda.
These initiatives coupled with a fashion industry focused
judging panel are expected to maintain the true spirit
in which Fashions on the Field was developed – to offer
everyone the chance to indulge their passion for fashion!
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2011 MYER FASHIONS ON THE FIELD
AMBASSADORS - JESS SINCLAIR AND
CHANTELLE DELANEY
In their role as Ambassadors, Jess Sinclair and Chantelle
Delaney will judge Myer Fashions on the Field, attend a
number of Melbourne Cup Carnival official events and will
be available for media opportunities as spokespeople for
the Myer Fashions on the Field competition.
The down-to-earth pair, who wed in 2009, currently divide
their time between Melbourne and LA, where Chantelle is
working on her forthcoming album release after recently
signing with prominent US talent agency William Morris,
whose stable of stars includes Lady Gaga, Beyonce and
Justin Timberlake.
Chantelle discovered her love of music early in life, when
she picked up a guitar at the age of three and went on to
study at the prestigious Trinity College of London. She has
since become an established songwriter and performer with
a soaring voice, great presence and a sound that is uniquely
her own, which has seen her perform with the world’s best
including John Mayer, Olivia Newton John, and 15-time
Grammy Award winner and musical genius David Foster.
Jess is best known for his footballing achievements – he
was drafted to the Fremantle Football Club in the 1996, and
played 50 games for the club, and earned an AFL Rising Star
nomination in 1998. In 2001, Jess returned to Melbourne to
play for North Melbourne, where he remained for the rest
of his football career until retiring in 2008 after 192 games.
These days, Jess is winning premierships with Heidelberg
Football Club on the weekends, and runs his own marketing
company during the week.
With a love of fashion and a keen interest in racing - they
have just bought a share in their own racehorse - both Jess
and Chantelle are extremely excited to work with Myer and
the VRC as Ambassadors for the prestigious Myer Fashions
on the Field Competition.
“We can’t wait for the Melbourne Cup Carnival to start!
We’re thrilled to be involved as Myer Fashions on the Field
Ambassadors and very excited to see all the bright and
colourful spring fashion on show at Flemington this year,”
they said.
VRC Executive General Manager of Marketing, Brand &
Sponsorship Fleur Salisbury said Jess and Chantelle were
ideal candidates for the ambassador roles.
“We are delighted to announce Jess and Chantelle as this
year’s Myer Fashions on the Field Ambassadors. They are
glamorous, successful and talented in their own right, and
possess a keen interest in both fashion and racing. They are
a perfect fit for these important roles during the Melbourne
Cup Carnival,” Ms Salisbury said.
During the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Chantelle and Jess
will be in high demand in the Myer Fashions on the Field
enclosure, where they will join a select group of fashion
experts and designers as judges, selecting the winning looks
from hundreds of eager contestants. Chantelle will judge
Women’s Racewear on all three days of the competition,
including the National Final on Crown Oaks Day, while Jess
will join the panel for the Men’s Racewear competition on
AAMI Victoria Derby Day.
S P R I N G R A C I N G C A R N I V A L 2 0 1 1 – V R C
EMIRATES STAKES DAY FASHIONS
ON THE FIELD
Emirates Stakes Day Fashions on the Field supported by
Myer is an extraordinary phenomenon attracting more
attention every year. The event takes centre stage on
Emirates Stakes Day, which is recognised as the true ‘family
day’ of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. In 2010 more than 750
children paraded on the catwalk before a panel of industry
and celebrity judges.
The competition offers a unique opportunity for children
within these age categories to showcase their own fashion
flair and be in the running for some fantastic prizes.
• Prize winners of the Senior category will win a Business
Class trip for two to Dubai flying Emirates valued at over
$10,000, a travel/accommodation voucher of $1,000, a
TCL 46” TV and a Myer shopping spree to the value of
$1,000.
• The winners of the Junior category will win Myer shopping
spree to the value of $700, a TCL HD Camcorder and the
opportunity to meet the stars from Home and Away.
• The winners of the family category will win a family
holiday for four to Dubai flying Emirates with a $2,000
travel voucher, Myer shopping spree to the value of
$1,000, and a TCL HD Camcorder.
LOCATION
East End of the Public Lawn
REGISTRATION
As a result of the growing popularity of the Emirates Stakes
Day Fashions on the Field competition, entry into the
competition is by pre-registration.
Contestants can call Flemington Customer Service on
1300 727 575 after October 7 to pre-register or they can
register on the day.
THE COMPETITION
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the event, and
to keep the competition fair, boys and girls are judged
separately in their appropriate age group according to the
following categories:
• Junior Boys (6-12 years old)
• Junior Girls (6-12 years old)
• Senior Boys (13-17 years old)
• Senior Girls (13-17 years old)
The competition is for ‘fun and fashionable racewear’ and
a panel of children’s fashion industry representatives and
celebrity judges select winners based on the following
criteria:
• Grooming and deportment/demeanour
• Appropriateness of the outfit for the person’s age, the
climate and the raceday occasion
• Style and originality
IMPORTANT NOTES
• Contestants must enter on their own behalf and are
not permitted to be dressed by a third party or have a
commercial agenda
• Prize winners are not permitted to transfer their prizes to
a third party
• During preliminary judging, contestants will have a chance
to showcase their outfits on stage with the favourites
being immediately announced. From here those chosen
will progress into the final, where prizes for first, second
and third will be awarded to a male and female in each
age category.
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C D E F G H
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Unreserved
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Yard
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Hill Gate
Railway
Platforms The
Grandstand
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Fashions
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Bubbly Bar
Hill
Precinct
Party
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$15 PARKING FEE
Limited Public Parking.
Car Park closes at 7.30pm.
Cars left overnight will be
moved to another location.
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Lawn
Stand
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Winning
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FB
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Raceday Crossing
Betting
Ring
FTV
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Raceday Crossing
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WS
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EFT
Winning Post Corporate
Reserved Car Park
EFT
FTV
TAXI
EFT
Car Park closes at 7.30pm.
Cars parked in this area may
be moved if left overnight.
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TAXI Taxi Rank
Free Drinking Water
Information
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Toilets for Disabled
RACV Meeting Point
Entrance Turnstiles
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Police
P
EFT EFTPOS/ATM
First Aid
Corporate Entrance Merchandise Outlet Public Toilets
Turnstiles
WS Welfare Shelter FB Food & Beverages
Ticketmaster
Stripping
Sheds
4
Baby Change Facility
Pin & Win Sellers
Flemington TV
Corporate Marquees, Dining &
Ticketed Enclosures
Members’ Areas
Trackside Enclosure 39 C4
Trackside Enclosure – B2
Reserved Seating 5
Undercroft C2
Winning Post D3
Winning Post Enclosure 41 D3
The Domain 42 D1
The Grandstand D2
The Punters’ Lounge - Level 1 13 D2
The Forum - Level 1 14 D2
The Atrium - Level 2 15 D2
The Chairman’s Club - Level 3 16 D2
The View - Level 4 17 D2
The Peak - Level 5 18 D2
The Nursery 43 E1
The Rails 44 G1
Members’ Services Window 37 E1 Phar Lap Statue E1
Members’ Unreserved Car Park F1 Raceday & Ticketing Office 19 D2
Mounting Yard D2 Railway Platforms C2
Myer Fashions on the Field F2 Riverbank Precinct A4
Panorama/Skyline Restaurants C1 Saintly Place Restaurant 33 C2
Car Park
Skyline Restaurant - Hill Stand 7 C2
Panorama Restaurant - Hill Stand 7 C2 Terrace Restaurant Car Park C1
Parade Ring F1 Terrace Restaurant - Hill Stand 11 C2
Party Bar 3 B2 The Banks Precinct 2 B2
Phar Lap Marquee 34 F1 The Birdcage 32 G1
Makybe Diva® Marquee 10 B3
Makybe Diva® Statue E2
Members’ Champagne Bar 28 E2
Members’ Champions Bar 23 D2
Members’ Dining Room 27 E2
Members’ Island Bar 25 D2
Members’ Long Bar 24 D2
Members’ Old Grandstand 4 D2
Members’ Reserved Seating 15 17 26 D2
Gallery Restaurant 7 C2
Helipad H1
Heritage Centre 35 E1
Hill Precinct C2
Home Straight Enclosure 40 E3
Horse Stalls F1
International Lounge 29 E1
Lawn Stand B2
Lawn Stand Boxes 6 B2
Committee Room 22 D2
Corporate Reserved Car Park C1
Corporate Suite Car Park C1
Corporate Suites – Hill Stand 12 C2
Corporate Suites – Mounting Yard 20 D2
Emirates Junior Members’ Marquee
(Emirates Stakes Day Only) 31 F1
Flemington Racecourse Tabaret 9 C2
Float Park G1
Alcohol Free Zone 21 D2
Archer Marquee 38 B3
Bart Cummings Statue 30 E1
Betting Ring (Elms) C3
Betting Ring (Main) D1
Carbine Marquee 1 A4
Chairman’s Club Car Park C1
Champions Cocktail Marquee 36 B3
Channel 7 Broadcast Compound 8 C1
Map correct at time of printing.
9426 4666 for berthing information. Cruises for up
to 16 people with catering available depart from
Pier 35 or Docklands. For details ring (03) 9376
3888.
TRAM
Take the No 57 Tram from the corner of Elizabeth
Street and Flinders Street, stopping at Flemington
Drive off Epsom Road.
How to Get to Flemington for
The Melbourne Cup Carnival
CAR
Limited parking is available in the centre car park,
$15 parking fee applies, enter off Smithfield Road
at the Stables Drive entrance.
FERRY
For details contact City River Cruises on (03) 9650
2214 or email info@cityrivercruises.com.au. Private
boat owners should contact Parks Victoria on (03)
TRAIN
Trains run every few minutes to and from Flinders
Street (Platforms 8 and 9), stopping at Southern
Cross (Platform 13 & 14) and North Melbourne
(Platform 5 & 6). No alcohol. Enquiries: Metlink
131 638
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Country Racing Victoria – It’s a Great Day Out
Facts and Figures
Country Racing Victoria and its 54 professional racing clubs
work together to ensure Victorian country race meetings are
entertaining events which people return to year after year.
From the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival, which is a
Victorian Hallmark Tourism Event, to Cup days, carnivals and
umbrella campaigns, country racing provides entertainment
for all ages in a relaxed and fun environment.
Country Racing Snapshot
• 54 race clubs and 14 picnic racing clubs
• 50 racecourses and 12 Picnic racecourses
• 387 Scheduled race meetings in 2010/11 (80% of
Victoria’s race meetings are in the country)
• 3063 races (catering for 29,828 starters)
• 19,452 participants (regional Victoria represents 31% of
jobs created directly through thoroughbred racing)
• 7463 horses trained in country (78% of Victoria’s horses
trained in regional areas)
• 240 Jockeys rode in a country race during the season
• 916 trainers (95% of trainers are based in regional
Victoria)
• Approximately 14,842 owners (53% of owners are based
in regional Victoria)
• Prizemoney of over $50 million distributed, with over $3
million in Super VOBIS bonuses also paid out at country
meetings.
• Approximately 550,000 people attended a country race
meeting in the 10-11 season, excluding all Mornington
meetings
• Annual Victorian Economic Impact - $1.046 billion
• Industry investment (jobs and capital) - $5.2 billion
• Of the interstate visitors that attend a country race
meeting, 29% stay for at least 5 nights in the region. 75%
stay for at least two nights.
Spring Racing Carnival Survey
During the Spring Racing Carnival, country race meetings
provide a relaxing alternative that compliments the high
profile race days conducted in metropolitan Melbourne.
• Country meetings attract 33% of visitors from
Melbourne, 5% from interstate and 1% international
• It is estimated that half of the $4.7 million spent on
fashion items purchased for the express purpose of
attending SRC events was in regional Victoria
• Interstate visitors spent $1.6 million on tourism activities
pre and post the race meetings attended in Victoria
• Interstate visitors spent on average 45% more than
Victorian residents when attending regional racing
events.
• The Gross Economic Benefit to regional Victoria through
country racing in spring was $78 million.
Key Country Cups at a Glance
TA B S P O R T S B E T C R A N B O U R N E C U P
SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 2011
Cranbourne Turf Club’s first VRC registered meeting
occurred on 22 April 1867. On October 5th, 1898 the first
Cranbourne Cup was held as a prelude to the Caulfield and
Melbourne Cups with the inaugural winner Jack Horner.
The event is still conducted as a prelude to the Caulfield
and Melbourne Cups. Lisa’s Game finished second in the
Caulfield Cup after winning the Cranbourne Cup in 1998
whilst the 1983 winner Noble Comment went on to run
second in the Melbourne Cup. On A Jeune won the 2004
Cranbourne Cup and a year later he finished second in the
2005 Melbourne Cup.
This year’s Cranbourne Cup (2025 metres) has been
bolstered by the addition of a $2 million bonus to any horse
who can win the Cranbourne Cup then back up six day’s
later and claim the Caulfield Cup. The meeting will also
feature the $100,000 Apache Cat Classic over 1000 metres.
D A R L E Y S E Y M O U R C U P
C O U N T R Y R A C I N G V I C T O R I A
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2011
The first recorded meeting at Seymour was on Boxing Day
1853 but it wasn’t until 1882 that the Seymour Racing Club
was formed. The Seymour Cup was first run in the same
year for a purse of about 25 sovereigns.
By 1937, the Seymour Cup, run over a mile, had prize
money of £70 with a £10 trophy. Another 50 years on in
1987, the race was valued at $40,000 with a $1000 trophy.
This year the race is worth $150,000 with the race run over
one mile.
The Cup has been won by 1978 Melbourne Cup winner
Arwon and other quality gallopers including Grand Scale
and Zaparri.
C E N T R E B E T. C O M G E E L O N G C U P
WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2011
The Geelong Racing Club was founded in March 1865 at a
public meeting at the British Hotel, with the first Geelong
Cup held in 1872 over a distance of two miles. It was won
by Flying Scud. In 1903 the racecourse was transferred to its
present site at Breakwater.
The traditional two-day Geelong Cup carnival was
consolidated back to one day of racing in 2003 and is
gaining international recognition as a preferred pathway
through to the Melbourne Cup. This year the race is worth
$225,000 in prizemoney.
The Irish stayer Media Puzzle took out the 2002 Cup before
going on to win a memorable Melbourne Cup. In 2010, the
French-trained Americain became the second international
to complete the double. In 2008 English raider Bauer won
the Geelong Cup before being nosed out in the race that
stops a nation.
In 2007 the first all-weather synthetic race track was
built at Geelong and long term plans include the possible
introduction of night racing.
The Gross
Economic
Benefit to
regional Victoria
through country
racing in spring
was $78 million.
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E A S TC O A S T P L U M B T E C S A L E C U P
SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2011
Records indicate that the first year the Sale Cup was
conducted was in 1919 and won by Musk Star.
Spotted Nose is the only horse to have won dual Cups,
achieving the feat in 1960-61. Prizemoney for the Cup in
1967, won by Viking King, was $1400. Today’s
prizemoney is $150,000 with the race taking place over
1600 metres.
In 2004 the Sale Cup meeting was abandoned and the Cup
was moved to the day after the Cox Plate meeting. It has
retained this date since.
The 2005 winner Benedetti went on to win in Dubai while
Mr Baritone’s win in 2007 was a lead up to his 2008 Group 1
Doomben 10,000 triumph.
J AYC O B E N D I G O C U P
WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2011
In 1868 the Sandhurst Cup (now Bendigo Cup) was first run
for 60 Guineas and won by Old England.
Hall of Fame trainer James Scobie won the Bendigo Cup a
record 10 times, including twice with The Bride in 1899 and
1900.
Most Regal was successful in 1952 and 1953 and Gallic won
dual Bendigo Cups in 2004 and 2006. This year’s prizemoney
Has increased by $50,000 and is now $200,000. The Bendigo
Cup is a Listed event on the Australian racing calendar.
Bendigo Jockey club will also host the first Stand Alone
Saturday meeting in the country when it hosts the Bendigo
Golden Mile Race Day on 17 March 2012.
N M I T K Y N E TO N C U P
WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2011
The Kyneton Cup has long held its place in the middle of
Melbourne Cup week as an attraction for country racing
fans to get their fix. This year’s edition will carry $100,000
in prize money for the 2000 metre contest.
The race has provided consecutive winners of the Country
Horse of the Year award with Bourbonstreetblues
conquering all comers in 2010 while Red Buttons proved too
strong in 2011. His trainer, Mick Kent joined a long list of
top trainers to win the award, including Mick Price, Robert
Smerdon and Rick Hore-Lacy.
PA K E N H A M G A Z E T T E O A K S D AY
THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2011
The 2009/10 Country Racing Victoria Event of the Year,
Oaks Day is the Cardinia Shire’s largest raceday of the year
located in the booming South East Growth Corridor.
Held on the same day as the prestigious Crown Oaks at
Flemington, the raceday was first introduced to Pakenham
in 2005 and has grown to become a highlight of Spring
Racing in the Country attracting a 6000-strong crowd.
The day also includes the Pakenham Racing Club’s largest
Fashions on the Field competition.
S P O R T S B E T B A L L A R AT C U P
SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2011
The Ballarat Cup, which officially marks the end of Victoria’s
famous annual racing spectacular, had traditionally been
run on the third Wednesday in November but was switched
last year and now takes place on the last Sunday of the
Carnival.
The Ballarat Cup has a long history of sensations and
dramas. The first Cup was run in 1864 and the three yearold
Lantern, which had just won the Victorian Derby-
Melbourne Cup double, started an even money favourite
and ran unplaced. It was later found that Lantern was
injured in the race and died in Ballarat a short time later.
The first Ballarat Cup winner was Playboy, who had finished
fourth to Lantern in the Melbourne Cup.
In the 1867 Ballarat Cup, dual Melbourne Cup placegetter
Exile narrowly finished first but dropped dead a stride
after the post. Nimblefoot finished second and owner
Walter Craig protested on the grounds that English Jockey
Club rules stipulated that all winners must be ridden back
to scale. The protest was dismissed. Three years later
Nimblefoot won the Melbourne Cup.
The 1867 Ballarat Cup was also notable as the first race
meeting in Australia to be attended by royalty. Prince Alfred,
Duke of Edinburgh was the first royal visitor to Australia and
spent some days in Ballarat as a guest of the Ballarat Turf
Club.
The Ballarat Turf Club was the first Victorian country club
to build a fully-enclosed betting and viewing facility and the
first to build an on-course veterinary clinic.
TA B C O R P WA R N A M B O O L
M AY C A R N I VA L
TUESDAY 1 MAY - THURSDAY 3 MAY 2012
In the first week of May, Victoria celebrates one of its
finest racing traditions with the staging of the Tabcorp
Warrnambool three-day carnival.
The Flying Horse Bar and Brewery Grand Annual
Steeplechase, over 5500 metres with 33 obstacles, is the
focal point of the carnival, but the Tabcorp Warrnambool
Cup has also built a tradition over the last century
developing into a listed race worth $150,000 over 2350
metres.
In 1988 Dandy Andy won the Cup eight weeks after a
famous Australian Cup upset win over champions Vo Rogue
and Bonecrusher.
M U R R AY D O W N S G O L F A N D
C O U N T R Y C L U B S WA N H I L L C U P
SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2012
The last of the carnivals for the racing season, the Swan
Hill Cup is a must attend. Over 10,000 owners, trainers and
racegoers from throughout Victoria and interstate continue
to be attracted to Swan Hill to experience the fantastic
atmosphere and quality racing over this three day carnival.
The Cup prize money is $85,000.
C O U N T R Y R A C I N G V I C T O R I A
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COUNTRY CUPS RESULTS 2010-11
DATE VENUE CUP WINNING HORSE WINNING TRAINER WINNING JOCKEY
14/08/10 Coleraine Coleraine Cup SPEEDYMAC Jarrod McLean Nikita Beriman
21/08/10 Waracknabeal Sheep Hills Cup MISS BEC Neil Dyer Terry Barry
26/09/10 Swan Hill Quambatook Cup BEYOND IMAGINATION Leon Corstens Jamie Mott
2/10/10 Murtoa Murtoa Cup BUFFETT Jarrod McLean Nikita Beriman
2/10/10 Gunbower Gunbower Gold Cup INGLEWOOD DOC John Dawson Dean Larsson
2/10/10 Bairnsdale Bairnsdale Cup ALLANTHUS Brian Jenkins Michael Walker
3/10/10 Benalla Benalla Gold Cup PLAYWRIGHT Steve Richards Matt Pumpa
3/10/10 Colac Birregurra Cup @ Coleraine REINCARNATION John Dawson Dean Larsson
9/10/10 Manangatang Manangatang Cup AMERRYKING Leslie Robertson Terry Barry
10/10/10 Cranbourne Cranbourne Cup STARMON Michael Kent Glen Boss
14/10/10 Moe Moe Cup RED BUTTONS Michael Kent Brad Rawiller
16/10/10 Avoca Avoca Cup ESCAPE ARTIST Peter White Jacob Rule
17/10/10 Seymour Seymour Cup OUR LUKAS Robert Heathcote Danny Nikolic
17/10/10 Horsham Horsham Cup TEXAN WARNEY Darryl Dodson Holly McKechnie
20/10/10 Geelong Geelong Cup AMERICAIN Alain de Royer Dupre Gerald Mosse
23/10/10 St Arnaud St Arnaud Cup FAMILY BLISS Michael Templeton Fabian Alesci
24/10/10 Sale Sale Cup ERASET Danny O'Brien Glen Boss
24/10/10 Terang Terang Cup PICALERO Barbara Marshman Michelle Payne
27/10/10 Bendigo Bendigo Cup DREAM PEDLAR Troy Blacker Craig Williams
30/10/10 Wycheproof Wycheproof Cup EMMOOKI STREET Mick Whittle David Tootell
31/10/10 Mornington Peninsula Cup Abandoned
2/11/10 Mansfield Pincic Cup CAPE DANGER Neil Dyer Tyson Buck
3/11/10 Kyneton Kyneton Cup RED BUTTONS Michael Kent Brad Rawiller
6/11/10 Geelong Ballan Cup YOKOZUNA Aaron Purcell Jason Lyon
7/11/10 Ararat Ararat Gold Cup WINDARRA PLACE Terry & Karina O'Sullivan Dom Tourneur
13/11/10 Dunkeld Dunkeld Cup TROJAN OF TROY Peter Foster Chris Pace
14/11/10 Donald Donald Cup GLANEUSE Michael O'Leary Linda Meech
21/11/10 Ballarat Ballarat Cup MY BENTLEY Michael Kent Brad Rawiller
28/11/10 Wodonga Wodonga Cup JETCONI Gerald Egan Jarrod Fry
2/12/10 Geelong Briseis Gold Cup OVERTAKE Luke Oliver Jamie Mott
12/12/10 Traralgon La Trobe Valley Cup ESCAPE ARTIST Peter White Fabian Alesci
26/12/10 Penshurst Penshurst Cup WHELAN Bill & Symon Wilde Wayne Hokai
26/12/10 Nhill Nhill Cup FRAACLASE Sam Turner Christine Puls
26/12/10 Drouin Drouin Cup AFFINIS Terry Carson Matthew Corbisiero
27/12/10 Warrnambool Woodford Cup TEARS I CRY Anne McGrath Dean Yendall
1/01/11 Merton Merton Cup SIGVALDI Gordon Strang Shiralee Waddell
1/01/11 Burrumbeet Burrumbeet Cup A GRADE Mark Lewis Garry Murphy
1/01/11 Murtoa Marma Cup THE RUCKMAN Austy Coffey Marc Munday
8/01/11 Dederang Dederang Cup CAPE DANGER Neil Dyer Tyson Buck
15/01/11 Healesville Healesville Cup Abandoned
22/01/11 Great Western Great Western Cup MR PAPARAZZI Kathryn Durden Neville Wilson
26/01/11 Hanging Rock Hanging Rock Cup Abandoned
26/01/11 Camperdown Camperdown Cup CAPE DANGER Neil Dyer Craig Robertson
26/01/11 Balnarring Balnarring Cup BEE FOUR Colin Davies Caitlin Jones
# = Non TAB Meeting
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COUNTRY CUPS RESULTS 2010-11 (CONTINUED)
DATE VENUE CUP WINNING HORSE WINNING TRAINER WINNING JOCKEY
29/01/11 Yea Yea Cup SUGAR DAAD Monica Croston Leigh Taylor
5/02/11 Kyneton Woodend Cup Abandoned
6/02/11 Colac Colac Cup WHELAN Bill & Symon Wilde Wayne Hokai
12/02/11 Woolamai Woolamai Cup PHANTOM FLIGHT Reg Manning Danielle Daniel
12/02/11 Bendigo Marong Cup OLYMPIC WIN Robert Smerdon Peter Hutchinson
16/02/11 Mornington Mornington Cup GUYNO Lou Luciani Jason Whiting
19/02/11 Buchan Buchan Station Cup GO ZAM Bob Triplow Danielle Daniel
27/02/11 Yea St Pats Cup FORGE Paul Kramer Danielle Daniel
27/02/11 Kilmore Kilmore Cup ALCOPOP Jake Stephens Ben Melham
6/03/11 Pakenham Pakenham Cup VIVID VIXEN Mick Price Glen Boss
12/03/11 Edenhope Edenhope Cup SAGWALA Aaron Purcell Jason Lyon
12/03/11 Towong Towong Cup REDHEAD RAGE Neil Dyer Shaun Nolen
12/03/11 Alexandra Alexandra Cup MIRAGES Ron Stageman Craig Kirkpatrick
12/03/11 Hinnomunjie Hinnomunjie Cup COOL SCENE Reg Manning Danielle Daniel
13/03/11 Stony Creek Stony Creek Cup MA SHANG Tony Noonan Jake Noonan
13/03/11 Echuca Echuca Cup WINDARRA PLACE Terry & Karina O'Sullivan Chris Bryant
19/03/11 Geelong St Pats Cup PACINO Clinton McDonald Les Beer
20/03/11 Tatura Tatura & Shepparton Cup BLAZE ADRIFT Kelvin Southey Billy Egan
20/03/11 Yarra Valley Yarra Valley Cup Abandoned
C O U N T R Y R A C I N G V I C T O R I A
Country Racing Victoria – It’s a Great Day Out
26/03/11 Edenhope Apsley Cup TUSCAN PRINCE Greg Baker Holly McKechnie
9/04/11 Bendigo Elmore Cup SHERPA TENZING Jim Conlan Jarrod Todd
10/04/11 Wangaratta Wangaratta YALLINGUP Mick Price Jason Maskiell
17/04/11 Hamilton Hamilton Cup RISK IT ALL Michael O'Leary Jason Lyon
23/04/11 Kerang Kerang Cup HE'S AN ANGEL Brian Cox Andrew Mallyon
24/04/11 Mornington Easter Cup NEW VENTURE Dean Binaisse Linda Meech
24/04/11 Stawell Stawell Gold Cup LORDOFTHEPARROTS Michael Moroney Lisa Cropp
24/04/11 Swifts Creek Tambo Valley Cup FLAMING GONZALES Katrina Rose Adam Bodey
5/05/11 Warrnambool Warrnambool Cup TINAMOU Robert Smerdon Peter Mertens
22/05/11 Mildura Mildura Cup ZIZZ David Jolly Simon Price
29/05/11 Casterton Casterton Cup RIVETED Ciaron Maher Matt Pumpa
12/06/11 Swan Hill Swan Hill Cup CAN DO Darren Weir Dean Yendall
Victorian Country Jockeys’ Premiership Victorian Country Trainers’ Premiership
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
2010/11 Dean Yendall 126.5
2009/10 Linda Meech 104.5
2008/09 Linda Meech 105
2007/08 Brad Rawiller 173.5
2006/07 Brad Rawiller 158
2005/06 Dean Yendall 89
2004/05 Peter Mertens 102
2003/04 Brad Rawiller 110
2002/03 Brad Rawiller 123.5
2001/02 Vlad Duric 98
2000/01 Noel Callow 111.5
SEASON TRAINER WINS
2010/11 Darren Weir 104.5
2009/10 Darren Weir 122
2008/09 Darren Weir 97
2007/08 Darren Weir 92
2006/07 Darren Weir 101
2005/06 Darren Weir 114.5
2004/05 Darren Weir 90
2003/04 Peter Moody 67.5
2002/03 Darren Weir 96
2001/02 Brian Cox 66
2000/01 Lee Freedman 63
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Melbourne Festival of Racing 2012
2012 Overview
The Spring Racing Carnival is the jewel in Victorian racing’s
crown, but the action is just as good during the Melbourne
Festival of Racing held in late summer/early autumn.
Following a detailed review of the Festival’s performance in
the preceding three years, a new look Festival of Racing was
launched in 2011 with great success.
Race dates were revised and a program developed that
provided better race sequencing and more attractive
feature race days, much to the pleasure of participants and
enthusiasts.
Racing Victoria and the three Metropolitan Clubs will use
the platform established in 2011 as a springboard for the
2012 Melbourne Festival of Racing, which commences at
Caulfield on Saturday, 11 February and concludes under
lights at Moonee Valley on Friday, 23 March.
The Festival of Racing sees five consecutive Saturdays of
Group 1 racing before one final shot of elite-level action at
the conclusion of the Moonee Valley night racing season.
Patrons attending the Festival of Racing can enjoy a more
relaxed entertainment experience than the Spring Racing
Carnival with themed racedays catering for families, women
and young racing fans.
With a popular and thriving night racing circuit and several
Country Cup meetings within close reach of Melbourne, the
Festival of Racing is a truly captivating event.
It boasts nine Group 1 races in total and is renowned
for showcasing the world’s top sprinters with a program
designed to provide a launching pad to international glory.
Aussie speedsters Starspangledbanner, Scenic Blast, Miss
Andretti, Takeover Target and Choisir have all competed
with success during the Festival of Racing before conquering
the world. Black Caviar will look to do likewise in 2012.
As well as the older sprinters, the young guns are on display
in Victoria’s richest two-year-old race, the $1m Patinack
Farm Blue Diamond Stakes, which heads a triple treat of
Group 1 racing at Caulfield on the last Saturday in February.
M E L B O U R N E F E S T I V A L O F R A C I N G 2 0 1 2
2011 In Review
Racing fans will certainly be blessed if the 2012 Festival of
Racing lives up to what the revamped program produced in
2011. Among the many highlights were:
• Three Group 1 wins to champion sprinting mare Black
Caviar. The Peter Moody-trained megastar made her first
appearance in the Coolmore Lightning Stakes, then set a
weight-carrying record in the Lexus Newmarket Handicap
before farewelling the Festival with her 11th straight
success in the William Reid Stakes on the final night.
• Sepoy launching a campaign that would end with him
being ranked among Australia’s all-time great juveniles.
Having won two races before the Festival began, he went
on to win the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Prelude in
effortless fashion before scoring an even more dominant
win in the $1 million Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes
finale. Peter Snowden’s star went on to win the $3.5m
Golden Slipper, becoming the first juvenile in 22 years to
complete the Blue Diamond-Golden Slipper double.
• Sepoy’s Blue Diamond win was the highlight of a
revamped headline day for the MRC, which saw two other
Group 1 events. More Joyous continued her stellar season
with a dominant win in the Rokk Ebony Futurity Stakes,
while Eagle Falls secured what had proved an elusive
Group 1 in the Sportingbet Oakleigh Plate.
• Shamrocker entering the history books as only the
third filly to upstage the boys in the Group 1 Australian
Guineas, which enjoyed an increased profile as a standalone
feature on the second day of the VRC’s involvement
in the Festival.
• An unforgettable showcase day for the VRC, highlighted by
Black Caviar’s crowd-pleasing win in the Lexus Newmarket
Handicap. The day’s other Group 1 – the Dubai Australian
Cup – also went to a horse already etched into Australian
racing folklore with 2009 Emirates Melbourne Cup winner
Shocking enhancing his already outstanding Flemington
record at what would prove to be his final race start.
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M E L B O U R N E F E S T I V A L O F R A C I N G 2 0 1 2
2012 Melbourne Festival of Racing Program
DATE VENUE RACING FEATURES
Sat Feb 11 Caulfield $400,000 G1 Sportingbet C F Orr Stakes (1400m)
$180,000 G2 Hylands Autumn Stakes (1400m)
$125,000 G3 Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Preludes (1100m)
$125,000 G3 Rubiton Stakes (1100m)
$125,000 G3 Carlyon Cup (1600m)
$125,000 G3 Geoffrey Belmaine Stakes (1200m)
$100,000 Listed Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m)
Wed Feb 15 Mornington $200,000 Listed Mornington Cup (2400m)
$100,000 Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m)
$250,000 The Inglis Premier (1200m)
Fri Feb 17 Moonee Valley Moonee Valley Night Racing
Sat Feb 18 Flemington $750,000 G1 Coolmore Lightning Stakes (1000m)
$200,000 G3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m)
$200,000 G3 The Mittys Vanity (1400m)
$100,000 Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m)
Fri Feb 24 Moonee Valley $100,000 Listed Typhoon Tracy Stakes (1200m)
(Premium Night Racing) $150,000 Listed Sportingbet Night Cup (2500m)
Sat Feb 25 Caulfield $1million G1 Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m)
$500,000 G1 Futurity Stakes (1400m)
$350,000 G1 Sportingbet Oakleigh Plate (1100m)
$200,000 G2 Carlton Draught St George Stakes (1800m)
$180,000 G2 BMW Caulfield Autumn Classic (1800m)
$180,000 G2 D’Urban Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m)
$125,000 G3 Mannerism Stakes (1400m)
Sun Feb 26 Kilmore $110,000 Listed Sportingbet Kilmore Cup (1600m)
Fri Mar 2 Moonee Valley Moonee Valley Night Racing
Sat Mar 3 Flemington $750,000 G1 Australian Guineas (1600m)
$150,000 G3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m)
$150,000 Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m)
$125,000 Listed Bob Hoysted Stakes (1000m)
$125,000 Listed TAB Stakes (1400m)
$100,000 Listed Streets Ice Cream Stakes (1000m)
Sat Mar 10 Flemington $1million G1 Lexus Newmarket Handicap (1200m)
Mon Mar 12 Moonee Valley Labour Day Races
$1million G1 Dubai Australian Cup (2000m)
$500,000 G2 Kewney Stakes (1400m)
$300,000 G2 Henry Bucks’ VRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m)
$250,000 G2 Blamey Stakes (1600m)
$150,000 G3 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1200m)
$150,000 G3 Matron Stakes (1600m)
$125,000 Listed Moomba Plate (1100m)
$125,000 Listed TAB Sportsbet Stakes (1400m)
Fri Mar 16 Moonee Valley $200,000 G2 Top Cut Alister Clark Stakes (2040m)
(Premium Night Racing) $100,000 Listed Sportingbet St Albans Stakes (1000m)
$100,000 Listed Moonee Valley Quality (1200m)
Fri Mar 23 Moonee Valley $500,000 G1 William Reid Stakes (1200m)
(Premium Night Racing) $200,000 G2 Sportingbet Sunline Stakes (1600m)
$200,000 G2 Sportingbet Fillies Classic (1600m)
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G L O B A L S P R I N T C H A L L E N G E
Global Sprint Challenge Dream Ahead who delivered female jockey Hayley Turner an
The Series
The Global Sprint Challenge is a collection of the world’s
most coveted and lucrative Group 1 sprint races.
Inaugurated in 2005, the Challenge has not only enhanced
the earning potential and value of sprinters worldwide,
it has delivered an unforgettable experience for owners,
trainers and jockeys.
The opportunity to compete on the world stage is
coveted and the Global Sprint Challenge has provided the
connections of several Australian gallopers the chance to
live their dream.
Australian stars Takeover Target, Miss Andretti and Scenic
Blast have all competed with distinction abroad under the
auspices of the Challenge after Choisir blazed a trail for
them in the UK back in 2003.
The 2011 Global Sprint Challenge saw the addition of the
KrisFlyer International Sprint in Singapore, taking to five the
number of countries that are represented in the nine-race
series that also includes events in Australia, UK, Japan and
Hong Kong.
As is customary, the series commenced in Melbourne with
the running of the Coolmore Lightning Stakes (1000m) at
Flemington on February 19, where Australia’s champion
mare Black Caviar stretched her unbeaten run to nine with
an effortless win over a field of also-rans headed by Hay List.
The Global Sprint Challenge traditionally headed to
England following the Lightning Stakes, but 2011 saw the
Takamatunomiya Kinen (1200m) at Hanshin in Japan make
its series debut on March 27 and resulted in back-to-backs
to the locally-trained Australian-bred veteran Kinshasha
no Kiseki.
The KrisFlyer International Sprint (1200m) was also a
celebration for the locals when Australian-bred, Singaporetrained
star Rocket Man atoned for second placings in his
homeland’s premier sprint race the previous two years to
score a dominant win.
Attention then turned to the UK where the middle three
legs of the series were conducted. Aussie sensation Star
Witness was favoured to follow in the footsteps of Choisir,
Takeover Target, Miss Andretti and Scenic Blast and claim
the first English leg, the King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) at
Royal Ascot, but had to settle for second to the Robert
Cowell-trained Prohibit after being slowly away.
Danny O’Brien’s stable star backed up in the Golden
Jubilee Stakes (1200m) four days later, but again had to be
content with a minor placing, finishing third behind James
Fanshawe’s Society Rock who went one better than his
second placing 12 months prior.
Star Witness had one last crack at a Northern Hemisphere
success in the final English leg of the series, the July Cup
(1200m) at Newmarket on 9 July, but he didn’t reproduce
his performances from Royal Ascot and was 10th behind
Results – 2011 Global Sprint Challenge
historic first Group 1.
With the Takamatunomiya Kinen replacing September’s
Centaur Stakes as one of Japan’s two Global Sprint
Challenge legs, the seventh leg in the Challenge is the
Sprinters Stakes (1200m) – a race Takeover Target famously
won in 2006 – at Nakayama on October 2.
The Global Sprint Challenge action then returns to the
Flemington straight track for the $1 million Patinack Farm
Classic (1200m) on Saturday, 5 November and this year’s
1200m event carries extra incentive with up to $1.2 million
in bonuses attached to the race.
As is tradition, the Challenge concludes with the Hong Kong
International Sprint (1200m), this year to be run at Sha Tin
on December 11.
Challenge Bonus
Along with lucrative stakes, the Global Sprint Challenge
offers a US$1 million bonus for any horse that can win three
races in three different countries outside their own racing
jurisdiction. With the bonus split 75 percent for the owner
and 25 percent for the trainer, it has proven an enticing,
but ultimately unattainable carrot over the years for those
connections eager to campaign sprinters outside their own
country.
When horses were required to win three races including
one within their own jurisdiction, Australian sprinters Scenic
Blast and Takeover Target came close to claiming the bonus
with two victories, but as yet no horse has been able to win
three in any one season.
That won’t change in 2011 either with six individual winners
in the first two-thirds of the series and none of those likely
to complete in all three of the final legs.
Patinack Farm Classic Bonus
The Victoria Racing Club this year introduced its own
bonuses attached to its latter Global Sprint Challenge leg,
the Patinack Farm Classic.
The first bonus, worth $600,000, is available to any horse
who has won at least one of the seven international legs of
the Global Sprint Challenge in the 13 months leading up to
this year’s Patinack Farm Classic or who wins one of the six
subsequent international legs through to 31 July, 2012.
If the 2011 Patinack Farm Classic is won by a pre-race
qualified horse, then the bonus would be immediately
payable. Should the winner not be pre-race qualified, it will
have the opportunity to qualify for the bonus by winning in
Hong Kong in December, Japan in March, Singapore in May
or one of the three legs in the UK in June and July.
In the event that one horse wins the 2011 Classic, an
international GSC race prior to 31 July 2012 and the Classic
again in November 2012, it will win two bonuses totalling
$A1.2 million.
DATE RACE COURSE HORSE TRAINER
19 Feb Coolmore Lightning Stakes Flemington, AUS Black Caviar Peter Moody
27 Mar Takamatunomiya Kinen Hanshin, JPN Kinshasa No Kiseki Nobuyuki Hori
22 May KrisFlyer International Sprint Kranji, SING Rocket Man Patrick Shaw
14 Jun King’s Stand Stakes Royal Ascot, UK Prohibit Robert Cowell
18 Jun Golden Jubilee Stakes Royal Ascot, UK Society Rock James Fanshawe
9 July Darley July Cup Newmarket, UK Dream Ahead David Simcock
2 Oct Sprinters Stakes Nakayama, JPN
5 Nov Patinack Farm Classic Flemington, AUS
11 Dec Hong Kong International Sprint Sha Tin, HK
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Jockeys
STEVEN ARNOLD
DATE OF BIRTH – 3 July 1974
FIRST WINNER – Raise The Tempo, Alice Springs, 1992
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – All Time High, Thousand
Guineas, October 2000.
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes,
Yalumba Stakes, Underwood Stakes, Memsie Stakes;
2009: Kings Stand Stakes (UK); Newmarket Handicap,
Lightning Stakes; 2008: Robert Sangster Stakes; 2007:
Sydney Cup, Doomben Cup, Oakleigh Plate; 2006: Doomben
10000, Schweppes Oaks.
A gifted rider, Arnold had his best season in 2010/11,
winning four Group 1 races on the Bart Cummings
champion So You Think. Arnold is tall for a jockey at 175cm,
and his weight limits his riding opportunities. He started
as an apprentice with his mother in Alice Springs before
moving to Adelaide under Ted Cameron where he quickly
established a reputation for his deft horsemanship. He is in
high demand when mounts are within his weight range and
rode with success for several years for prominent Victorian
owner Lloyd Williams, including feature race wins on Gallic
in the Bendigo, Sydney, Adelaide and Moonee Valley Cups.
Arnold decided to stick with that horse ahead of stablemate
Efficient in the 2007 Melbourne Cup but Gallic was
scratched from the race on Cup eve leaving Arnold without
a ride, while Efficient won the Cup under Michael Rodd.
Arnold fulfilled a career dream to ride in England in 2009
and won the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot
aboard Scenic Blast. He returned to the UK in 2011 and
notched two placings on Australian sprinter Star Witness at
Ascot’s Royal Meeting.
Contact: 0419 385 389 (Manager Warren Huntly)
GLEN BOSS
DATE OF BIRTH – 21 August 1969
FIRST WINNER – Basiteka, Gympie, 1986
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Telesto, Chipping Norton
Stakes, Warwick Farm, 1994.
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Australian Guineas,
All Aged Stakes, AJC Derby, Ranvet Stakes, Coolmore Classic;
2010: Singapore Gold Cup, Epsom Hcp, William Reid Stakes;
2009: Cox Plate, Thousand Guineas, Rupert Clarke Stakes,
Coolmore Classic; 2008: Doncaster Handicap, Golden
Slipper; 2007: Doncaster Handicap; 2006: AJC Australian
Oaks, Doncaster Handicap; 2005: Melbourne Cup, QLD
Derby, WS Cox Plate, Caulfield Guineas; 2004: Melbourne
Cup, AJC Derby, Doncaster Handicap, Sydney Cup;
2003: Melbourne Cup, Ranvet Stakes, MacKinnon Stakes.
Evergreen, enthusiastic and colourful, Boss had one of his
best seasons in 2010/11, winning seven Group 1s on six
different horses. Began riding as a 15-year-old at Gympie
in Queensland. Moved to Sydney in 1994 and won the
Golden Slipper Stakes in 1995 on Flying Spur for trainer Lee
Freedman. Most famous for his association with Makybe
Diva and being the only jockey to win three successive
Melbourne Cups. Other big wins on Makybe Diva included
a Cox Plate, BMW Stakes and the Sydney and Australian
Cups. Moved to Melbourne full-time in November 2008 and
in his first full season here in 2009/10 won four Group 1s
including the Tatts Cox Plate on So You Think and took out
the prized Scobie Breasley Medal. Horses ridden by Boss
have amassed more than $100 million in prizemoney.
Contact: 0425 855 585 (Manager Reece Murphy)
HUGH BOWMAN (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 14 July 1980
FIRST WINNER – Slats, Wellington, 1996
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Defier, Doomben Cup, 2004
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Chipping Northon Stakes,
2010: Spring Champion Stakes, George Ryder Stakes,
Emirates Stakes, Victoria Derby; 2009: AJC Oaks;
2008: Flight Stakes, All-Aged Stakes, Champagne Stakes,
Crown Oaks; 2007: Rosehill Guineas, Ranvet Stakes;
2006: Flight Stakes, TJ Smith Stakes; 2005: George Ryder
Stakes, Queensland Oaks, Doomben 10,000. 2004:
Doomben Cup
Growing up in the rural NSW town of Mudgee, horses
played a part in Hugh Bowman’s life from an early age
through pony clubs and polocrosse. It’s no surprise then
that he has carved out a successful career in the saddle.
Moving to Sydney in 1997, Bowman settled in to his new
environment under the guidance of former champion
jockey Ron Quinton. Since 2004, he has become a consistent
rider of winners at the top level while dividing his time
between commitments in Australia and stints in Hong Kong
and the UK where he has competed with success in the
famous Shergar Cup series where jockeys from the “Rest of
the World” take on local hoops in a series of races. Bowman
finished fourth in the 2010/11 Sydney metropolitan jockeys
premiership with 60 winners.
Contact: 0419 239 354 (Manager - Bryan Haskins)
COREY BROWN (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 15 June 1976
FIRST WINNER – Another Square, Kempsey,
September 1991
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Camino Rose, Coolmore Classic,
Rosehill, 1993
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Australian Cup, George Ryder Stakes,
Vinery Stud Stakes, Doomben 10,000; 2010: QTC Winter
Stakes, George Main Stakes, Myer Classic; 2009: Melbourne
Cup, Victoria Derby, Emirates Stakes, Metropolitan Hcp,
Chipping Norton Stakes; 2008: Lightning Stakes, Australia
Stakes, TJ Smith Stakes, BTC Cup, Doomben 10,000;
2007: Crown Oaks, Turnbull Stakes, Robert Sangster Stakes,
2005: AJC Australian Derby, Rosehill Guineas, AJC Australian
Oaks; 2003: Epsom Handicap, Blue Diamond Stakes.
With both his father Jack and grandfather Trevor being
jockeys, it was no surprise that Corey Brown took up the
same pursuit. He began as an apprentice at Kempsey and
then moved to Sydney under trainer Neil Campton in 1992.
He ventured to Hong Kong with success for two seasons
from 1999, riding 25 winners. Returning to Australia in
2001, he won the 2001-02 Sydney riding premiership after
becoming stable rider for John Hawkes. Brown joined Lee
Freedman in Victoria in early 2007 but returned to Sydney
after the Melbourne Spring Carnival that year. He won
the Metropolitan Hcp for Freedman on Speed Gifted in
2009 and then produced an astounding Melbourne Cup
week, winning the Victoria Derby on Monaco Consul for
Mike Moroney, the Melbourne Cup on Shocking for Mark
Kavanagh and the Emirates Stakes on All American for David
Hayes. He was the first jockey since the 1930s to win three
of the four marquee races during the Melbourne Cup week.
In 2010/11 he rode another six Group 1 winners, including
the Australian Cup on Shocking.
Contact: 0433 994 585 (Manager Brett Grant)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Steven Arnold
Glen Boss
Hugh Bowman
Corey Brown
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Jockeys
JIM CASSIDY (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 21 January 1963
FIRST WINNER – Tarlton, Hastings NZ, 1978.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Kiwi, Melbourne Cup, 1983.
BIGGEST WINS – 2009: Doncaster Mile, AJC Derby, George
Ryder; 2006: Sydney Cup; 2004: Flight Stakes, Coolmore
Classic; 2002: Spring Champion Stakes, Epsom Handicap;
2001: Golden Slipper; 1998: Yalumba Stakes, Cox Plate;
1997: Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup; 1993: AJC Derby;
1990: AJC Derby; 1983: Melbourne Cup
For more than three decades, Jim Cassidy has been one of
the most popular jockeys on the Australian racing scene.
New Zealand born Cassidy came to Australia in the early
1980s with more than 500 winners to his name. Fittingly,
he cemented himself into his new scene as an 18-yearold
with a famous last-to-first victory on Kiwi in the 1983
G1 Melbourne Cup. With a riding style that often got
the best out of his mounts, Cassidy was nicknamed “The
Pumper” for his distinctive pumping action in the saddle.
Riding Group 1 winners across the country, one of his
most spectacular came aboard the Jack Denham trained
Might and Power in the 1997 Caulfield Cup where the
winning margin of 7.5 lengths was a modern record. The
pair combined to notch the coveted the Cups double at
Flemington a fortnight later. A year later he was aboard
Might And Power again, this time winning the Cox Plate.
The 2001 Golden Slipper saw Cassidy complete the set to
become the sixth jockey to have won Australia’s ‘big 4’ race.
In 2009, the George Ryder Stakes in Sydney saw him achieve
a century of Group 1 wins. Cassidy finished runner-up in the
2010 Melbourne Cup aboard Maluckyday.
Contact: 0412 283 138
LISA CROPP
DATE OF BIRTH – 31 October 1971
FIRST WINNER – Morvon Don, Te Awamutu, 1988
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Mr Tizz, Railway Handicap,
1989
BIGGEST WINS – NZ 2000 Guineas, Railway Handicap;
2006: Kelt Capital Stakes, International Stakes, Railway
Handicap; 2005: Thorndon Mile; 1997: Railway Handicap;
1993: Easter Handicap; 1991: Easter Handicap, New Zealand
Stakes; 1989: Railway Handicap
Lisa Cropp rose to the top of her game as a three-time
premiership winner in New Zealand before settling in
Victoria in October 2010. Cropp broke the NZ record for
winners in 2005 with 197 victories but her career hasn’t
been without controversy. She was suspended from race
riding in June 2009 for nine months and fined $100,000
for testing positive to a banned substance. Bursting onto
her adopted scene with a winning treble at Sandown in
2010, Cropp has become a regular on the Melbourne racing
circuit. Despite suffering an injury toward the end of last
year and missing several months, she rode 55 winners
statewide and finished 20th in the Victorian Jockeys
Premiership in 2010/11 with 16 wins.
Contact: 0418 352 746 (Manager John Nikolic)
DWAYNE DUNN
DATE OF BIRTH – 8 June 1973
FIRST WINNER – Whisper On, Gawler, 1989
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Charming City, Chairman’s
Sprint, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, April 2002.
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: SA Sportingbet Classic;
2010 Galaxy Stakes; 2008: Emirates Stakes, Blue Diamond
Stakes; 2007: Blue Diamond Stakes; 2006: The Metropolitan,
Caulfield Cup, Blue Diamond Stakes; 2005: Blue Diamond
Stakes.
Dunn hails from a racing family with father Barry a trainer
and his sister an apprentice jockey. He began his own
apprenticeship with John Hall in Adelaide at the age of 16.
Once out of his time he rode in Melbourne and Perth before
heading back to Adelaide, and later on to Hong Kong in
2000. He sustained a serious injury after less than a month
riding in Hong Kong which forced him to return to Adelaide.
Once he had recovered he returned to Hong Kong and
teamed up with fellow South Australian David Hayes and
rode more than 100 winners, including his first Group 1 in
the Chairman’s Sprint at Sha Tin. He won his first Australian
Group 1 in the 2005 Blue Diamond Stakes – a race he was
to win for four straight years. Other big Melbourne wins
included the Caulfield Cup on Tawqeet, a horse he also
partnered to victory in the The Metropolitan at Randwick.
Hard-working and consistent he had another top-ten finish
in Melbourne with 35 winners in 2010/11.
Contact: 0417 874 667 (Manager Dominic Cantone)
NICK HALL
DATE OF BIRTH – 8 April 1987
FIRST WINNER – Lakemba Gold, Kilmore, 19 February 2006
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Efficient, Turnbull Stakes,
Flemington, October 2009.
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Turnbull Stakes, Australian Cup,
Blue Diamond Stakes. 2009: Patinack Farm Classic, Turnbull
Stakes, CS Hayes Stakes, Port Adelaide Guineas;
2008: Cockram Stakes.
Despite having racing genes on both sides of his family
– father Greg was a leading jockey and his maternal
grandfather was top Brisbane trainer Henry Davis – Nick Hall
surprised everyone when he decided to follow in his father’s
footsteps. He was in Year 11 at a Brisbane Boarding School
when he announced that he wanted to swap studies for
the saddle. Up to that stage he gave no inkling of following
the family’s racing tradition which started with Nick’s
grandfather, legendary jumps rider and trainer Ron Hall.
Had a breakthrough season 2009/10 winning four Group 1
races – the first of his career on Efficient for his godfather
Lloyd Williams in the Turnbull Stakes, then sprinter All Silent
in the Patinack Farm Classic during Cup week, the Blue
Diamond on Star Witness and a thrilling photo finish win on
Zipping for Williams again in the Australian Cup. Zipping also
provided him with a second successive Turnbull win in 2010.
Contact: 0414 847 678 (Manager Adrian Coyne)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Jim Cassidy
Lisa Cropp
Dwayne Dunn
Nick Hall
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Jockeys
STEVEN KING
DATE OF BIRTH – 5 November 1969
FIRST WINNER – My Request, Geelong, 1987
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Gamine, South Australian Oaks,
Morphettville, 1990
BIGGEST WINS – 2008: Turnbull Stakes; 2007: The
Goodwood Handicap; 2006: Arrowfield Stud Stakes, Futurity
Stakes; 2005: The Goodwood Handicap, Emirates Stakes,
VRC Oaks, Seppelt-Salinger Stakes; 2004: Australia Stakes,
Lightning Stakes; 2003: Rosehill Guineas, Adelaide Cup,
WS Cox Plate; 2002: Victoria Derby, Thousand Guineas,
Caulfield Guineas; 1991: Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup,
Victoria Derby.
Steven King celebrated his 22nd birthday in style – by
winning the Melbourne Cup on Let’s Elope. That victory
capped off an amazing period for King, having also won the
Caulfield Cup and Mackinnon Stakes (both on Let’s Elope)
and the Victoria Derby on Star Of The Realm in the space
of 17 days. Australia’s biggest races aside, King also rode
with success in Hong Kong for more than four years with
his best win among 90 there being the Group 1 Hong Kong
Sprint on Fairy King Prawn, on whom he won two other
Group 1s. Other big wins for King include Sydney Cups on
Count Chivas (1996) and Streak (2000) and an Adelaide Cup
on Pillage ‘N’ Plunder. He has also won Victoria Derbys on
Star Of The Realm and Helenus, the Cox Plate on Fields Of
Omagh, the VRC Oaks on Serenade Rose and Stradbroke
Handicaps on Danasinga and Never Undercharge. In
1997, King won the Scobie Breasley Medal for riding
excellence and in the same year took out his only Victorian
Metropolitan Jockeys Premiership with 65 winners.
Contact: 0434 626 243 (Manager Dean Hawkes)
CLARE LINDOP (SA)
DATE OF BIRTH – 5 May 1979
FIRST WINNER – Opinions Differ, Dunkeld, November 1995
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Exalted Time, Adelaide Cup,
Morphettville, March 2006
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Goodwood Handicap; 2009: South
Australian Derby; 2008: Victoria Derby, Winning Edge
Presentation Stakes, 2YO Magic Millions; 2006: Adelaide
Cup.
Despite no family racing history, Lindop graduated from
riding ponies at her parents’ property near Warrnambool
to working around the stables of trainer Frank Byrne by the
time she was a teenager. She took out an apprenticeship
with Byrne in 1994 but later transferred to Dunkeld trainer
Frank Barling under whom she won the 1997-98 South
Western District apprentices’ title. Lindop moved to
Adelaide and eventually teamed up with Leon Macdonald,
for whom she won the SA St Leger on Debben. Lindop also
rode that horse in the 2004 Melbourne Cup, becoming the
first Australian female jockey to ride in the race. A winner
of the 2004/05 and 2008/09 SA riding premierships, her
biggest success came in winning the 2008 AAMI Victoria
Derby on Rebel Raider, a horse on which she also won the
SA equivalent in 2009. Clare’s two-year Group 1 drought
was broken in 2011 when she won SA’s premier sprint race,
the Goodwood Handicap.
Contact: (08) 8293 3543 or 0417 507 954
JAMES McDONALD (NZ)
DATE OF BIRTH – 6 January 1992
FIRST WINNER – Johnny The Sand, Te Rapa NZ, 2006
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Special Mission, New Zealand
Bloodstock Breeders Stakes, 2008
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Queensland Oaks, Haunui Farm
Classic; 2010: Mudgway Stakes; 2009: New Zealand Oaks;
2008: New Zealand Breeders Stakes
Kiwi James McDonald has shown extreme promise
throughout his apprenticeship. Already with Group 1
victories to his name, McDonald made headlines in
New Zealand riding more than 200 winners in 896 rides
in the 2010/11 season. With an outstanding ability to
seamlessly change the whip across hands in the heat of
the moment, his impact in Australia was felt immediately
on his sojourn across the Tasman in 2011 when he landed
the G1 Queensland Oaks on Scarlett Lady for a fellow Kiwi,
2004 Cox Plate-winning trainer Graeme Rogerson. A win
at Flemington in a late winter feature, the Listed Aurie’s
Star Stakes, set him on a track which will surely mean more
success in this country. With the experience of riding at
feature meetings in Sydney, a bright future awaits James
McDonald.
Contact: +64 21 828 031 (Manager Brett McDonald)
KERRIN McEVOY (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 24 October 1980
FIRST WINNER – Attrice, Ceduna, April 1997
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Brew, Melbourne Cup,
Flemington November 2000.
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Blue Diamond Stakes, Golden
Slipper; 2010: Doomben Cup, SA Derby; 2009: Manikato
Stakes, Golden Rose, Vinery Stud Storm Queen Stakes,
Qld Oaks; 2008: Caulfield Cup; 2005: UAE Derby (UAE), St
James’s Palace Stakes (UK), Prix Jacques le Marois (FR);
2003: Sydney Cup; 2001: Blue Diamond Stakes; 2000:
Melbourne Cup.
McEvoy hails from the small South Australian town of
Streaky Bay, west of Port Lincoln, where he learned to ride
from his grandfather Bill Holland, a former jockey turned
trainer. Became the second youngest jockey to take the
Melbourne Cup at the age of 20 on Brew in 2000. (Ray
Neville was 16 when he won on Rimfire in 1948.) In 2002
he rode Beekeeper into third place in the Melbourne Cup
for the Godolphin stable and soon after became No. 2 rider
behind Frankie Dettori for Godolphin’s global operation.
McEvoy rode 120 winners for Godolphin – six at Group
1 level - before returning to Australia to ride for Sheikh
Mohammed’s Darley Stable in August 2008. He rode four
Group 1 winners in 2009/10 but suffered vertebrae injuries
in a fall at Gosford in June. A long recovery ruled him out
for the 2010 spring. Following his return to the saddle,
McEvoy’s 2011 has delivered stunning victories aboard
last season’s two-year-old champion Sepoy in Australia’s
premier juvenile races, the Blue Diamond Stakes and
Golden Slipper.
Contact: 0425 815 885 (Manager Glen Darcy)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Steven King
Clare Lindop
James McDonald
Kerrin McEvoy
55

Jockeys
LINDA MEECH
DATE OF BIRTH – 21 August 1980
FIRST WINNER – Desert Flower, Arawa Park, Rotorua, 1998.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nil
BIGGEST WINS – 2009: Tasmanian Derby; 2005: VRC
Winter Championship; 2002 SA Christmas Hcp.
From the North Island of New Zealand, Linda Meech
showed promise early on in her career by winning the
country apprentices award in her home country. Readying
herself in 2000 to make the move to Melbourne, her career
came to a holt when she suffered a fall at Swan Hill which
saw her spend nearly 18 months on the sidelines. Returning
in 2002 under the guidance of Peter Moody, her tally of
winners continued to rise and she notched 200 victories
in her first three years as a jockey. She is now considered
one of the hardest working jockeys in the state, riding 108
winners in 2008/09, 108½ in 2009/10 and 90½ in 2010/11.
A key part of the Moody team, she often rides the stable’s
second stringers in town.
Contact: 0414 847 678 (Manager Adrian Coyne)
BEN MELHAM
DATE OF BIRTH – 6 January 1988
FIRST WINNER – She’s Millie, Avoca, 2003.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Black Caviar, Patinack Farm
Classic, November 2010
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: South Australian Derby; 2010:
Patinack Farm Classic;
Originally apprenticed under Darren Weir, Ben Melham
has steadily risen through the Victorian riding ranks. The
2009/10 season was a watershed period for him as he
notched 94 winners across the state. Coming under the
notice of trainers including Peter Moody, opportunities
began to open up. The 2010/11 season saw him break the
century for winners overall including his first Group 1 victory
in the Patinack Farm Classic on Derby Day when, with Luke
Nolen suspended, he rode star mare Black Caviar to victory
in one of the most highly anticipated races of the 2010
spring. He followed with a second Group 1 on Shadows In
The Sun for Anthony Cummings in the SA Derby while other
feature races included the VRC Sires Produce on Running
Tall and the Kilmore Cup on Alcopop. He finished third in
the 2010/11 Scobie Breasley Medal count.
Contact: 0421 593 000 (Manager Mathew Alesci)
CHRIS MUNCE (QLD)
DATE OF BIRTH – 17 May 1969
FIRST WINNER – Voyager, Sunshine Coast, 1987
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nick’s Joy, Epsom Handicap,
October 1995
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Caulfield Cup, Queensland Oaks;
2006: TJ Smith Stakes, Mackinnon Stakes, Salinger Stakes;
2004: Spring Champion Stakes, Champagne Stakes, The
Galaxy, Golden Slipper, Queensland Oaks, Cox Plate,
Caulfield Guineas; 2003: The Galaxy, Arrowfield Stud
Stakes, Coolmore Classic, Queensland Oaks; 2002: George
Main Stakes, VRC Oaks; 2001: Doncaster Handicap; 2000:
Metropolitan Hcp, Stradbroke Hcp; 1998: Melbourne
Cup, Golden Slipper; 1997: Epsom Hcp, Stradbroke Hcp,
Doomben 10,000; 1996: Goodwood Hcp, Metropolitan Hcp;
1995: Epsom Hcp
Born in Casino in Queensland in 1969, Chris Munce
established himself as a regular rider of Group 1 winners
throughout the 1990’s. While Randwick in Sydney provided
his first success at the top level, Munce’s win in the
1998 Melbourne Cup on Jezabeel shot him to national
prominence. One of only seven jockeys to win all of the ‘Big
4’ races in this country, Munce’s career came to a standstill
in 2006 when he was found guilty of breaching Hong
Kong Racing rules banning jockeys from taking payment
in exchange for tips. Found guilty, he was sentenced
30 months imprisonment of which part was served in
Australia. After two years, he returned to the saddle. Munce
completed the full set of Australia’s feature races when he
won the 2010 Caulfield Cup on the Gai Waterhouse-trained
Descarado. He capped a big year winning the Queensland
Metropolitain Premiership.
Contact: 0418 221 570
CRAIG NEWITT
DATE OF BIRTH – 10 March 1985
FIRST WINNER – Kimbra’s Way, Elwick, November 2000.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Perfect Promise, C. F. Orr
Stakes, Caulfield, February 2006.
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Sydney Cup, Goodwood Hcp; 2009:
Underwood Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Schweppes
Oaks, Robert Sangster Stakes, Cadbury Guineas; 2008:
Cadbury Guineas; 2007: Australian Cup, Newmarket
Handicap, Lightning Stakes, Australia Stakes, Kings’ Stand
Stakes (UK); 2006: Manikato Stakes.
With both of his grandfathers and his mother and father
being jockeys, Newitt was bred for a career in the saddle.
Newitt was riding trackwork before he was a teenager in
Tasmania and became an apprentice jockey, first with his
father, Guy and then with his uncle, Leon Wells. Winner of
the Tasmanian jockey premiership in 2000-01, he was lured
to the Melbourne stables of Lee Freedman in 2002 and won
the 2002-03 metropolitan apprentices’ premiership. His
career was on hold in mid 2004 when he was disqualified
for 18 months for giving false evidence at an inquiry
involving his ride on a mare called Leone Chiara, but he
bounced backed with brilliant mare Miss Andretti, winning
the Group 1 Lightning Handicap, Australia Stakes and
Newmarket Handicap in 2007. For good measure he then
won the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes on the mare at Royal
Ascot. At the Melbourne Festival of Racing in 2009 Newitt
touched the heart strings of all when he rode Light Fantastic
to second place in the Futurity Stakes only 40 minutes after
learning of the death of his father Guy in a car accident. A
week later Newitt dedicated the Cadbury Guineas to his
father after winning on Heart Of Dreams. In 2010-11, Newitt
rode 132 winners, including 49 in the city to finish second in
both the state and metro premierships.
Contact: 0418 352 746 (Manager John Nikolic)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Linda Meech
Ben Melham
Chris Munce
Craig Newitt
56

Jockeys
DANNY NIKOLIC
DATE OF BIRTH – 19 November 1974
FIRST WINNER – Brockwell, Werribee, August 1990
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Gatherneaux, Australasian
Oaks, Morphettville, April 1992
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Oakleigh Plate; 2009: Caulfield
Guineas, Rosehill Guineas, Randwick Guineas; 2008: Queen
of the Turf Stakes; 2007: Thousand Guineas, Underwood
Stakes; 2006: Robert Sangster Stakes, Turnbull Stakes; 2005:
Doncaster Handicap, Doomben Cup, Underwood Stakes;
2004: Manikato Stakes, Australian Guineas, Futurity Stakes,
Yalumba Stakes; 2003: Caulfield Cup; 2002: Emirates Stakes.
Son of former jockey John, Danny Nikolic began as an
apprentice with Mick Crawford at Caulfield at the age of
15. Once out of his apprenticeship Nikolic began having
weight problems that would force him to take a break
from riding in 1997. He returned the following year and
his career received a significant boost after he won the
Blue Diamond on Redoute’s Choice in 1999. He teamed up
with Mummify in 2003 and went on to win five Group 1s
on the gelding, including the Caulfield Cup and Singapore
International. Another star with whom he was associated
was the unbeaten Reset, who won the Group 1 Cadbury
Guineas and the Futurity Stakes. After a disappointing stint
in Hong Kong Nikolic also had a short stay in Macau in 2009
before returning to Melbourne as a freelance rider. He had
a great association with three-year-old Starspangledbanner,
winning two Group 1s in 2009-10, the Caulfield Guineas
and the Oakleigh Plate. Nikolic faced a lengthy stewards
investigation in the second half of the season and was fined
$3000 on five charges but not guilty on four other charges
of conduct prejudicial of racing and was cleared to ride.
Contact: 0418 352 746 (Manager John Nikolic)
LUKE NOLEN
DATE OF BIRTH – 12 March 1980
FIRST WINNER – Price Hike, Albury, October 1998
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Wonderful World, Caulfield
Guineas, October 2006
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Newmarket Handicap, William
Reid Stakes, Lightning Stakes, CF Orr Stakes, Australasian
Oaks, BTC Cup, TJ Smith Stakes; 2010: Orr Stakes, Futurity
Stakes, Newmarket Hcp, Queen of the Turf Stakes, Caulfield
Guineas; 2009: Coolmore Stakes, Myer Classic, BTC Cup,
Blue Diamond Stakes, WATC Derby; 2007: WS Cox Plate;
2006: Caulfield Guineas.
Nolen, who began his riding apprenticeship in Dalby
Queensland, hit the big time with his 2007 Cox Plate success
on El Segundo. About six months later he was involved in a
shocking fall from the Bart Cummings trained Antidotes at
Doomben which caused severe facial and leg injuries that
kept him out of the saddle for six months. After arriving in
Melbourne from Queensland, Nolen began riding for former
Queensland trainer Peter Moody by accident. Nolen’s
brother Shaun had ridden for Moody in Queensland and
Melbourne newcomer Moody thought he was booking
Shaun when he booked Luke for two winning rides at Sale.
With their initial association “clicking”, Moody and Nolen
soon became one of the most successful combinations
in Victoria, a partnership which dominated the 2009/10
season. Nolen rode 133 winners for the year, including 67 in
the city to claim his first Melbourne premiership. Four of his
six Group 1 wins for the year were aboard Moody’s mighty
mare Typhoon Tracy. The 2010/11 season marked another
stellar chapter in Nolen’s career which keeps reaching new
heights. He took out the Victorian Jockey’s Premiership and
the state’s top riders award – the Scobie Breasley Medal. His
year was made even better as he partnered the world’s best
sprinting mare Black Caviar in winning five Group 1 races.
Contact: 0414 847 678 (Manager Adrian Coyne)
DAMIEN OLIVER
DATE OF BIRTH – 22 June 1972
FIRST WINNER – Mr Gudbud, Bunbury, March 1988.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Submariner, Vic Health Cup,
Caulfield September 1990.
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Oakleigh Plate, The BMW; 2010:
Auckland Cup, Lightning Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes;
2009: Kingston Town Classic, Yalumba Stakes, Doomben
10,000, All Aged Stakes, Australia Stakes; 2008: Queen
Elizabeth Stakes, Sydney Stakes, Doomben Cup, Thousand
Guineas; 2007: Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Golden Slipper, Qld
Derby; 2005: Newmarket Handicap; 2004: Blue Diamond
Stakes; 2003: VRC Oaks, Victoria Derby; 2002: Melbourne
Cup; 2001: WS Cox Plate; 1999: Caulfield Cup; 1997: WS Cox
Plate; 1995: Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, 1994: Caulfield
Cup; 1992: Caulfield Cup.
Oliver was lured to Melbourne by the Lee Freedman stable
in 1989 and has won eight Melbourne metropolitan jockeys’
premierships, including a shared win with Craig Williams in
2008/09. Father Ray was killed in a race fall at Kalgoorlie in
1975. Brother Jason was also killed in a racetrack incident
at Belmont in Perth just 10 days before Oliver rode Media
Puzzle to victory in the 2002 Melbourne Cup. Wearing his
brother’s breeches, he blew a kiss to the heavens after
crossing the line in what was an iconic moment in Australian
sport. A movie about the 2002 Cup is scheduled to premiere
during the 2011 Spring Racing Carnival. A six-time winner
of the Victorian Scobie Breasley award for riding excellence,
Oliver was also inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in
2008. He won five Group 1 races in 2009/10, including one
in New Zealand, taking the Auckland Cup on Zavite, two in
Melbourne on Nicconi and Whobegotyou, one in Perth on
Sniper’s Bullet and one in Sydney on Road To Rock. More
recently dividing his time between Melbourne and Sydney,
2011 has delivered a win in the Oakleigh Plate aboard the
David Hayes’ Eagle Falls and The BMW at Rosehill.
Contact: 0425 720 249 (Manager Mark Van Triet)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Danny Nikolic
Luke Nolen
Damien Oliver
57

Jockeys
MICHELLE PAYNE
DATE OF BIRTH – 29 September 1985
FIRST WINNER – Reigning, Ballarat February 10, 2001
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Allez Wonder, Toorak Hcp,
Caulfield, October 2009.
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Tattersall’s Tiara Stakes;.2010: AJC
Sires Produce Stakes, Thousand Guineas; 2009: Toorak Hcp.
Season 2009/10 was a breakthrough year for Michelle
Payne, winning her first Group 1 on Allez Wonder for Bart
Cummings in the Toorak Handicap and having her first ride
in the Melbourne Cup aboard the mare. In the autumn she
piloted Yosei to victory in the AJC Sires Produce, just six
weeks after winning a maiden on the filly at Benalla. It was
the first Group 1 win by a female jockey at Randwick. The
2010 Caulfield Spring Carnival provided her second success
at the highest level with Yosei in the Thousand Guineas
followed by a win in the Group 1 Tiara Stakes at Brisbane’s
Eagle Farm track. Payne’s story is one of the best known
and heart-wrenching in racing. The youngest of 10 children,
eight of them jockeys, she was raised in Ballarat by her
father Paddy after her mother Mary died in a car accident
when Michelle was a baby.
Contact: 0439 900 726 (Manager Phillip Roost)
BRAD RAWILLER
DATE OF BIRTH – 16 August 1978
FIRST WINNER – Friendless Babe, Kyneton, 1995
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Niconero, Fruit ‘N’ Veg Stakes,
Ascot (WA), 2006
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: 100th AJC Oaks; 2010: WA Derby;
2009: Caulfield Cup, Golden Slipper; 2008: George Ryder
Stakes, Royal Randwick Guineas, Underwood Stakes,
Newmarket Handicap, Oakleigh Plate, Kingston Town
Classic; 2007: South Australian Derby, Coolmore Stakes,
Caulfield Guineas.
From a racing family, with his father Keith being a former
jumps jockey, Rawiller’s brother Nash and sister Stacey are
also jockeys. Brad set a Victorian record of 213½ winners
(city and provincial) in the 2007/08 season but got his
biggest break when teaming up with Horse of the Year
Weekend Hussler, a horse on which he won seven Group 1
races. Weight issues limit his chances but a brilliant ride on
Viewed landed the Caulfield Cup for Bart Cummings in 2009
and he won his second Group 1 for the season on Chartreux
in the WA Derby. His 2011 success in the centenary AJC
Oaks was aboard 30-1 chance Absolutely.
Contact: 0419 362 343 (Manager Kevin Plant)
NASH RAWILLER (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 8 December 1974
FIRST WINNER – Mac’s Cheval, St Arnaud, 1989
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Bulta, SA Derby, Morphettville,
May 1998
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Queen
Of The Turf Stakes, Futurity Stakes; 2010: Doncaster Mile,
AJC Oaks, Rosehill Guineas, Ranvet Stakes, Chipping Norton
Stakes, T.J. Smith Stakes, Stradbroke Hcp, Metropolitan
Handicap, Toorak Handicap; 2009: Railway Stakes, Flight
Stakes, Sires Produce Stakes, TJ Smith Stakes, Ranvet Stakes;
2008: Mackinnon Stakes, Coolmore Stakes, Manikato
Stakes; 2007: BTC Cup, All Aged Stakes, TJ Smith Stakes;
2006: Yalumba Stakes; 2005: CF Orr Stakes; 2004: Caulfield
Cup, Underwood.
From a racing family, with his father Keith being a former
jumps jockey, Rawiller’s brother Brad and sister Stacey are
also jockeys. Nash rose to prominence mainly through the
brilliant Elvstroem, on whom he won four Group 1 races
between 2004 and 2008. He moved from Melbourne to join
Gai Waterhouse in Sydney in 2007 where more Group1 glory
quickly followed. Season 2009/10 was a fabulous one for
him, his 125 winners totaling $10.3 million in prize money.
He took the Sydney premiership and scored a nation high
nine Group 1s for the season including the Doncaster Mile
on Rangirangdoo after a dispute for his services between
Waterhouse and Chris Waller ended when Waterhouse
failed in a court bid to have Rawiller ride Theseo. Rawiller
has won four Group 1s on Theseo, including the 2008
Mackinnon Stakes. The 2010/11 season saw Rawiller notch
91 wins in the Sydney metropolitan area and was awarded
the George Moore Award for the city’s premier jockey. His
partnership with the Gai Waterhouse trained More Joyous
delivered three Group 1 victories including the 2010 Toorak
Handicap on Caulfield Guineas Day.
Contact: 0425 815 855 (Manager Glen Darcy)
MICHAEL RODD
DATE OF BIRTH – 17 January 1982
FIRST WINNER – Tomato Lass, Grafton, July 2000
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Prized Gem, Brisbane Cup, June
2000
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Queensland Derby; 2010:
Australian Guineas, Vinery Stud Stakes, Queensland Derby,
NZ Railway Stakes, Makybe Diva Stakes, Dato Tan Chin Nam
Stakes; 2009: VRC Oaks, CF Orr Stakes; 2008: WS Cox Plate,
Caulfield Guineas, VRC Classic; 2007: Melbourne Cup, Myer
Classic, Toorak Handicap, Yalumba Stakes, AJC Oaks; 2006:
Victoria Derby, Coolmore Classic; 2003: Doomben Cup;
2002: Brisbane Cup.
Michael Rodd’s initial occupation was as an apprentice
carpenter but he pushed that aside to become an apprentice
jockey on the Gold Coast, rising to prominence very quickly
by winning three successive Queensland apprentice titles.
Winning the 2002 Brisbane Cup on Prized Gem, he also
won on the mare in the Kelt Capital Stakes in NZ. He then
had a stint in Hong Kong in early 2004 before returning to
Australia in early 2006 to become stable rider for prominent
owner Lloyd Williams. Rodd won the 2006 Victoria Derby
on Efficient for Williams and then took the Melbourne Cup
on the same gelding the following year. Post viral fatigue
syndrome kept him out of the saddle for some time soon
after the Cup success, but he was back fit for riding the
following July. He formed a great association with the Mark
Kavanagh stable, winning the Cox Plate on Maldivian and
the Caulfield Guineas on Whobegotyou but missing the
Melbourne Cup ride on Shocking because he could not make
the weight. Has also had success with Bart Cummings, his
four Australian Group 1s in 2009/10 all on Cummings-trained
horses - the VRC Crown Oaks on Faint Perfume, the Crown
Australian Guineas on Rock Classic, the Vinery Stud Stakes on
Faint Perfume and the Queensland Derby on Dariana. Rodd
also landed a New Zealand Group 1, winning the Railway
Stakes on Gold Trail. Michael Rodd is an ambassador for the
National Sports Museum at the MCG.
Contact: 0412 409 537 (Manager John Schell)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Michelle Payne
Brad Rawiller
Nash Rawiller
Michael Rodd
58

Jockeys
GLYN SCHOFIELD (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 26 January 1967
FIRST WINNER – Unter Den Linden, Scottsville,
Durban, South Africa, 1985. First winner in Australia,
Commemorating, Randwick, December 22, 2007.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Road To Rock, George Main
Stakes, Randwick, October 2009.
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: International Cup (Singapore);
2010: Manikato Stakes; 2009: George Main Stakes.
2007: Summer Cup (South Africa), SA Fillies Sprint.
2005: Hong Kong International Sprint. 2004 Audemars
Piguet QEII Cup (Hong Kong).
Born in England but raised in South Africa, Schofield has
ridden with success around the globe, winning more than
1500 races including 11 Group 1s. His South African wins
include the Summer Cup on the Australian-bred Strategic
News in 2007, which led the way to him following brotherin-law
Jeff Lloyd to relocate in Sydney later that year. He
had previously ridden with success in France, Mauritius,
Singapore and England. His biggest international success,
though, came during a four year stint in Hong Kong where
his major wins included the Hong Kong International Sprint
on Natural Blitz and the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup on
River Dancer. Since relocating to Sydney he has proven a
popular addition to the riding ranks, notching 81 winners
in 2008/09, 86 in 2009/10, including his first Australian
Group 1 on Road To Rock in the George Main Stakes for
Anthony Cummings and 78 in 2010/11, including his first
Melbourne Group 1 on Hay List in the Manikato Stakes.
At his first ride in the Melbourne Cup in 2009 he finished
third on Mourilyan. Schofield scored his first Group 1 win
in Singapore aboard the South African trained Gitano
Hernando on Singapore’s biggest day of racing in May 2011.
Contact: 0425 720 249 (Manager Mark Van Triet)
CHRIS SYMONS
DATE OF BIRTH – 18 August 1982
FIRST WINNER – Lady Ghe, Kimba Maiden (SA), 15 April
2000
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nil
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Mannerism Stakes, Red Anchor
Stakes; 2010: Magic Millions 2YO Classic, Port Adelaide
Guineas. 2009: Blamey Stakes; 2008: Blazer Stakes, Thai
Airways Caulfield Sprint.
Recognised as one of Victoria’s hardest working jockeys,
Symons had his best season in 2009/10 with 115 wins
and followed up with 101 winners in 2010/11, the third
time in the last four seasons he’s topped the century and
on each occasion he had more than 900 rides for the 12
months. Raised in the Melbourne suburb of Mentone,
Symons was apprenticed to David Hall and Joe Hall in South
Australia before returning to Victoria under Tony Noonan.
In 2005 he rode for six months in Washington in the US,
winning 32 races. He rode Weekend Hussler to victory in
his Cranbourne Maiden before Brad Rawiller took over for
a string of Group 1 wins. Symons’ biggest wins include the
Group 2 Blamey Stakes on Largo Lad for David Hayes and
the 2010 Magic Millions 2YO Classic in South Australia for
Rick Hore-Lacy. He has an affinity for all animals and
also visits many schools to speak to children about his life
as a jockey.
Contact: 0448 077 905 (Manager Samantha Symons)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
DATE OF BIRTH – 23 May 1977
FIRST WINNER – Pride Of Demus, Ballarat, July 22, 1993
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Grand Echezeaux, Australasian
Oaks, Morphettville, SA, April, 2000
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: NHK Mile (Japan); 2010: Crown
Oaks, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Railway Stakes., The BMW,
The Galaxy, Tenno Sho (Japan); 2009: Sydney Cup, Australian
Cup, Futurity Stakes, The Galaxy; 2008: Futurity Stakes;
2007: Arrowfield Stud Stakes, Stradbroke Handicap, Victoria
Derby, Cadbury Guineas; 2006: Golden Slipper, Rosehill
Guineas, VRC Oaks, WS Cox Plate; 2005: Toorak Handicap.
From a great racing family – father Allan was a jockey
turned trainer, mother Glenda is the daughter of former
top Cranbourne trainer Tommy Harrison and brothers
Jason and Damien are trainers. A two-time dux of the
Victorian Apprentices’ School, Williams gained overseas
riding experience in England, Dubai and Hong Kong
and was appointed stable rider for David Hayes, having
immediate impact, winning the Victorian metropolitan
riding premiership four seasons in a row from 2005/06
to 2008/09. He also is a four-time winner of the Scobie
Breasley Medal for riding excellence. After he split with
Hayes in 2009/10 he continued to be in great demand and
won Group 1s on Littorio and Ortensia in Sydney before
taking a riding contract in Japan in May 2010. At his first
meeting there he won one of Japan’s biggest races, the
Tenno Sho on Jaguar Mail. A successful Melbourne Spring
followed with a Corwn Oaks victory at Flemington while
2011 has been highlighted with a second Japanese Group 1
in the NHK Mile.
Contact: 0409 558 434 (Manager Mark Guest)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Glyn Schofield
Chris Symons
Craig Williams
59

Jockeys
JAMES WINKS
DATE OF BIRTH – 5 November 1983
FIRST WINNER – Noralee Gold, Bendigo, 16 Oct 1999
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Absolut Glam, QTC Winter
Stakes, Eagle Farm, QLD, June 2008
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Coolmore Stud Stakes; 2009:
Chairman’s Sprint (Hong Kong), 2008: QTC Winter Stakes G1,
Yalumba Stakes.
A fourth generation jockey, Winks did his apprenticeship
with his grandfather Mick Winks of Brawny Spirit fame.
At the tender age of 21 he embarked on an international
career with great success. An eighth month stint as
Malaysia’s leading rider earned him a ticket to ride in
Singapore where he linked up with ex-pat trainers Steven
Burridge and Laurie Laxon. Winks returned to Australia
and got his big break aboard the Danny O’Brien-trained
Duoro Valley who delivered his first Group 1 victory and a
Caulfield Cup placing in the spring of 2007. That success
led to a contract in Hong Kong where he won the Group 1
Chairman’s Sprint aboard Dim Sum before returning home
in late 2009. His efforts to reestablish himself in Melbourne
were halted by a graphic fall at Flemington in May 2010,
but his hard work and persistence was rewarded upon his
return from a two-month layoff with the job as O’Brien’s
number one rider. That persistence paid off even further
with a victory for the stable aboard 2010 Blue Diamond
winner Star Witness in the Coolmore Stud Stakes on Derby
Day at Flemington. The two have since parted ways and
Winks is now freelancing for several stables. Finished eighth
in 2010 Melbourne Cup aboard Precedence.
Contact: 0414 847 678 (Manager Adrian Coyne)
DEAN YENDALL
DATE OF BIRTH – 21 April, 1974
FIRST WINNER – Leinster, Narrandera, 1990
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nil
Dean Yendall has become one of the most recognisable
names on the Victorian racing circuit over the past two
decades. A regular rider on the provincial scene, Yendall has
suffered his share of injuries over his career. Two broken
wrists in 2010 saw him on the sidelines for a few months
but he returned in great style in the 2010/11 season to
become Australia’s winningest jockey with an extraordinary
150.5 victories in Victoria alone.
Contact: 0419 007 402 (Manager Ron Kavanagh)
MARK ZAHRA
DATE OF BIRTH – 19 August 1982
FIRST WINNER – Win Rosy, Geraldton, March 1, 1999.
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Mayo’s Music, Raffles Cup,
Kranji, Singapore, October 2004.
BIGGEST WINS – 2008: Coolmore Classic, T.J. Smith Stakes,
2006: Doomben Cup. 2004: Raffles Cup (Singapore).
WA-born Zahra is much admired by his peers for his style.
From a non-racing family he was apprenticed to Dean
White in Perth and rode his first winner at the age of 16
before landing a position with Brian Cox at Wodonga. He
spent two years at Lindsay Park and Flemington under
trainer Tony McEvoy before heading to Singapore to ride
for Australian trainer John Meagher. His first Group 1 win
came on the Meagher-trained Mayo’s Music in the Raffles
Cup. His first Australian Group 1 winner was Above Deck in
the 2006 Doomben Cup. The 2009/10 season was his best
with 94 winners, many of them for Peter Snowden and the
Darley stable. With Kerrin McEvoy on the sidelines through
injury during the 2010 Spring Carnival, Zahra scored several
group race successes for Darley. Highlights include steering
champion two-year-old Sepoy in the colt’s first three wins.
Zahra was replaced by the returning McEvoy on Sepoy for
the 2011 Blue Diamond Stakes in which Sepoy claimed a
first Group 1 victory.
Contact: 0412 963 316 (Manager Reece Murphy)
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
James Winks
Dean Yendall
Mark Zahra
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Trainers
MURRAY & BJORN BAKER (NZ/NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – Murray Baker: 21 April 1946
Bjorn Baker: 14 January 1978
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: VRC Derby; 2008: AJC Derby
Murray Baker has been one of New Zealand’s leading
trainers for the last 20 years. In that time he has won over
800 races including over 100 stakes races and is one of few
New Zealand horsemen to have won Group 1 races in four
Australian states (Vic, NSW, Qld, SA). He began training
in the mid-1980s and was quick to produce a good horse
with Wellington Derby and New Zealand St Leger winner
Sir Vigilant. This early success was followed by many more
top liners such as 1990 Melbourne Cup runner-up The
Phantom, Kates Myth, Miss Stanima, Lets Sgor, Staring and
(My) Eagle Eye. Prized Gem won the Brisbane Cup and Kelt
Capital Stakes in 2002 and in 2008 Nom Du Jeu won the AJC
Derby and ran second in the Caulfield Cup. At the start of
the 2008/09 season Murray was joined by his son, Bjorn, a
qualified pharmacist who has spent time with Irish legend
John Oxx and champion US trainer Christophe Clement,
in a partnership arrangement and they had an immediate
impact, winning 74 races – the second-most in NZ. The
Bakers were two of the major players at the 2010 Spring
Racing Carnival, winning the AAMI Victoria Derby with
Lion Tamer having again registered another Caulfield Cup
second placing, this time with Harris Tweed. Bjorn has since
relocated, where he looks after the Australian stable at
Warwick Farm in Sydney.
LEON CORSTENS
DATE OF BIRTH – 10 January 1945
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Cherontessa, South
Australasian Oaks, 1994
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Oakleigh Plate; 2009: Caulfield
Guineas; 2003: Rosehill Guineas; 2002: Victoria Derby,
Caulfield Guineas; 1998: Vic Health Cup; 1994:
Australasian Oaks.
A life-long association with horses has seen Leon Corstens
make the transition from jockey to stable foreman to
trainer across two states. An up-and-coming jockey in South
Australia, his career in the saddle was cut short by a heavy
race fall. While one door closed another opened as the
opportunity arose for Corstens to become stable foreman
for Bart Cummings. After handling many of the great horses
who passed through the Cummings yard, Corstens decided
after 25 years in the role to branch out on his own. Training
at Romsey, north of Melbourne, his initial Group 1 success
came in his state of birth. Helenus was a particularly bright
star of the Corstens team winning three classics as a 3yo.
Starspangledbanner, who would later be sold to Coolmore
in Ireland and achieve Group 1 success in the UK, provided
Corstens with two Group 1 wins at Caulfied. Leon Corstens
ended the 2010/11 season with 72.5 winners in Victoria,
finishing ninth on the state table.
ANTHONY CUMMINGS (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 11 November 1956
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Final Card, 1991 Gadsden (now
Patinack Farm Classic)
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Ranvet Stakes, South Australian
Derby; 2010: William Reid Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes,
Auckland Cup; 2009: Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, George Main
Stakes, BTC Cup; 2008: Rosehill Guineas, Chipping Norton
Stakes.
Cummings is a third-generation trainer, son of Australian
racing immortal Bart Cummings and grandson of Jim
Cummings, who prepared Comic Court to win the 1950
Melbourne Cup. It wasn’t until midway through an
economics degree in his hometown of Adelaide that he
first got seriously involved, moving to Sydney to work with
his father at Randwick and got his own licence in 1991 and
within three months had trained a Group 1 winner following
Final Card’s success in the Patinack Farm Classic (when
known as the Gadsden and run on Derby Day). Cummings
selected and purchased champion Might And Power, but
lost that horse after just a couple of runs. More recently he
has prepared quality horses including Ranvet winner and
Melbourne Cup regular Zavite, Group 1 sprinters Duporth
and Turffontein, dual Group 1-winner Road To Rock,
now sire Casino Prince, Spring Champion Stakes winners
Hotel Grand and Teranaba and Rosehill Guineas winner
Dealer Principal. He is expected to play a big part in this
year’s Carnival with Smart Missile, a horse Cummings has
described as potentially the best he has trained.
BART CUMMINGS (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 14 November 1927
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Stormy Passage 1958 AJC Derby
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Cox Plate, Mackinnon Stakes,
Yalumba Stakes, Underwood Stakes, Queensland Derby,
Vinery Stud Stakes, Australian Guineas; 2009: VRC Oaks, Cox
Plate, Caulfield Cup, Toorak Hcp, Winter Stakes, AJC Derby;
2008: VRC Classic, Melbourne Cup, Australian Cup. Other
wins include: Melbourne Cup 1965-66-67-74-75-77-79-90-
91-96-99-2008; Caulfield Cup 1966-69-73-77-80-91-2009;
Cox Plate 1973-96-97-2009-10; Caulfield Guineas 1966-74-
96-05-06; Victoria Derby 1972-73-77-83-87; Mackinnon
Stakes 1959-70-74-76-80-81-84-91-99-2007-10.
Son of famous Adelaide trainer Jim Cummings, who
prepared 1950 Melbourne Cup winner Comic Court, James
Bartholomew Cummings fortunately shunned medical
advice as a young man “to stay away from horses” if he
wished to avoid ongoing asthma attacks. An Australian
Racing Hall Of Fame “legend”, Bart Cummings won an
incredible 12th Melbourne Cup in 2008 as an 80-year-old
with Viewed, and has won at least one stakes race every
year for the last 51 years. He trained four Group 1 winners
during the 2009 Spring Racing Carnival - record breaking
three-year-old So You Think in the Cox Plate, the Caulfield
Cup with Viewed, the Crown Oaks with Faint Perfume and
the Toorak Hcp with Allez Wonder. He added a fifth with
Rock Classic winning the Australian Guineas in March.
The Queensland Derby with Dariana and the Vinery Stud
Stakes with Faint Perfume rounded out the season with
seven Group 1s, his biggest haul since the 1996/97 season.
Before the spring of 2010 Cummings was hospitalised with
pneumonia and he relied heavily on Melbourne foreman
Reg Fleming as the So You Think phenomenon continued,
delivering Cummings a further four wins at the top level
before being sold and transferred to Ireland.
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Murray Baker
Bjorn Baker
Leon Corstens
Anthony Cummings
Bart Cummings
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Trainers
MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA
DATES OF BIRTH – Mathew Ellerton: 5 May 1973
Simon Zahra: 26 July 1984
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Black Bean, The Galaxy,
Randwick 2000
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Sportingbet Classic; 2010: Golden
Slipper, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes; 2006: Yalumba Stakes;
2003: Oakleigh Plate, MacKinnon Stakes
Cousins Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra formed a
training partnership in August 2009 and they are based at
Flemington Racecourse. Before the formal arrangement,
Mathew was head trainer in his own right. Simon decided
that he had a greater love than his university course and
pursued a career in racing working as a foreman at John
Hawkes’ Melbourne stable. Gaining his own trainer’s
licence in 2008, Zahra trained Let Go Thommo to black type
success in the G2 Carlyon Stakes and G3 Bletchingly Stakes.
Mathew’s early associations with prominent owner David
Moodie saw Group success build on his CV. Casual Pass’
2006 win in the Yalumba Stakes was a significant moment
for the future partnership. Crystal Lily’s win in the 2010
Golden Slipper in Sydney provided the team with their first
interstate success at the highest level.
GREG EURELL
DATE OF BIRTH – 17 June 1960
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Apache Cat 2006 Australian
Guineas
BIGGEST WINS – 2009: Australia Stakes, Doomben 10,000,
Hobartville Stakes. 2008: Lightning Stakes, Australia Stakes,
T. J. Smith Stakes, BTC Cup, Doomben 10,000. 2006:
Australian Guineas.
A former Olympic equestrian rider, Eurell is a quiet achiever
whose profile exploded with the success of sprinter Apache
Cat, a horse with a cult following around Australia. He
campaigned in Hong Kong with Apache Cat in 2008 and
won back-to-back Doomben 10,000s with the baldy-faced
sprinter in 2008 and 2009. He won this year’s Group 2 Let’s
Elope Stakes with Pinker Pinker and one of his other hopes
for the 2011 spring is staying type Red Colossus.
ANTHONY FREEDMAN
DATE OF BIRTH – 20 March 1964
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nil (Lee Freedman: Miss Clipper
1986 Australasian Oaks)
BIGGEST WINS – Lee Freedman: 2009: Metropolitan,
Breeders Stakes (NZ); 2007: Age Classic, Newmarket Hcp,
Australia Stakes, Lightning Stakes, Sangster Stakes. Other
wins include: 1989-92-95-04-05 Melbourne Cup; 1992-94-
95-03 Caulfield Cup; 1992, 2005 Cox Plate; 1993-94-95-96
Golden Slipper Stakes; 1993-96-2005 VRC Derby; 2006
King’s Stand Stakes (UK).
After almost 30 years helping elder brother Lee train
horses, Freedman took over at the start of the 2011/12
season. His first winner Boredom scored in a maiden at
Geelong on 19 August and his first metro win was Specter
in the Listed Henry Bucks at Flemington on 3 September.
Great grandsons of triple Melbourne Cup winning jockey
Wilfred “Midge” McLachlan (Prince Foote, Comedy King
and Westcourt), the Freedmans burst onto the scene in the
1980s with brothers Lee, Richard, Michael and Anthony,
known collectively as the FBI (Freedman Brothers Inc).
Tawriffic gave Lee his first Melbourne Cup in 1989 and he
finished with five, including two with champion Makybe
Diva. Other major race wins included four Caulfield Cups,
three AJC Derbys, two AAMI Victoria Derbys, four Golden
Slippers, three Blue Diamonds, two Cox Plates (Super
Impose and Makybe Diva) and two Doncaster and Epsom
Handicaps.
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS
DATE OF BIRTH – 6 August, 1969
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nil
BIGGEST WINS – 2007: Ellerston Capital Stakes; 2003: Saab
Quality; 2002: Maribyrnong Plate
Before becoming a trainer Robbie Griffiths was a successful
jockey riding more than 250 winners. The path to training
began when Griffiths was appointed stable foreman to Tony
Vasil at Caulfield. After spending two years studying training
in Ireland, he obtained his training licence in Victoria in
1991. While a Group 1 victory still eludes him, the Robbie
Griffiths stable regularly features on the city winners’ list.
He finished sixth on the Victorian trainers premiership in
2010/11 with 78 winners.
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Matthew Ellerton
Simon Zahra
Greg Eurell
Robbie Griffiths
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Trainers
TEAM HAWKES
DATE OF BIRTH – John Hawkes: 12 February 1949
Wayne Hawkes: 24 January 1971
Michael Hawkes: 27 September 1975
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Toltrice, 1972 VRC Oaks (John);
Fiumicino, 2009 BMW (partnership)
BIGGEST WINS (as partnership) – 2009: BMW.
Team Hawkes, is headed by Hall of Fame trainer John
Hawkes, who achieved the now-impossible feat of also
riding the first winner he trained. That was King Of Shadows
at Strathalbyn in 1970, when the South Australian Jockey
Club allowed dual licences. Hawkes gave up riding within
a year of that victory and by 1972 had won his first Group
1 when Toltrice claimed the VRC Oaks. Hawkes completed
the big Flemington 3YO double when he won the 1975 VRC
Derby with Galena Boy. In 1989 he moved to Melbourne
to train for owners including Jack and Bob Ingham. In 1993
Hawkes moved to Sydney to become the Inghams’ private
trainer. It was a position he occupied until handing over
the reins to Peter Snowden after the 2007 Spring Racing
Carnival, but not before training champions Octagonal
and Lonhro – who won 21 Group 1 races between them
– and winning a raft of features including the Cox Plate,
Caulfield Cup, Golden Slipper, Australian Cup and Doncaster
Handicap. In 2008/09, Hawkes entered into a training
partnership with sons Wayne and Michael. The older Wayne
had been in charge of Hawkes’s Melbourne stable since the
mid-1990s, while Michael was his father’s Brisbane foreman
from the age of 21. Wayne remains in charge at Flemington,
with Michael looking after the Rosehill stables in Sydney.
The partnership produced immediate results with their first
starter Real Saga – the first runner to prepared by a training
partnership in Sydney – winning the Breeders Plate at
Randwick. They also became the first training partnership to
win a Group 1 race when Fiumicino scored an upset win in
the 2009 BMW at Rosehill. Hawkes Snr, who inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2004, entered the 2011 Spring Carnival
with 98 Group 1 winners to his name.
DAVID HAYES
DATE OF BIRTH – 22 October 1962
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Planet Ruler 1990 George Main
Stakes
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Oakleigh Plate; 2010: WATC Derby,
Lightning Stakes; 2009: Emirates Stakes, Thousand Guineas,
The Galaxy, Australian Cup, Futurity Stakes; 2008: Kingston
Town Classic, Futurity Stakes, Blue Diamond Stakes; 2007:
Victoria Derby, Australasian Oaks, Arrowfield Stakes,
Australian Guineas, Blue Diamond Stakes; 2006: Fruit ’N
Veg Stakes, VRC Oaks, Caulfield Cup, The Metropolitan, Cox
Plate, Thousand Guineas, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Golden
Slipper, Rosehill Guineas, Futurity Stakes, Blue Diamond
Stakes; 2005: Toorak Hcp, Dubai Racing Club Cup. 2003
Hong Kong Derby. 2002: HK International Sprint. 1994:
Melbourne Cup, Victoria Derby. 1993: Caulfield Cup. 1990:
Japan Cup, Cox Plate.
Son of legendary South Australian trainer Colin Hayes,
David took control of the famous Lindsay Park racing
establishment in 1990, upon the retirement of his father. He
followed in his father’s footsteps by winning a Melbourne
Cup with Jeune in 1994 (Colin won two) with the pair
becoming the second father-son combination to win the
race, after Jim and Bart Cummings. Inheriting a huge team
of talented horses, Hayes quickly made a name for himself
in his own right, taking the 1990 Cox Plate and the Japan
Cup with Better Loosen Up. He became a leading trainer in
Hong Kong for 10 years before returning to Australia where
his success has continued. He has won eight Melbourne
training premierships and the 2007 Fred Hoysted Medal
and in 2008 he joined his father in the Racing Hall of Fame.
In 2010 he sold part of Lindsay Park and has built a new
training facility at Euroa.
ROBERT HICKMOTT
DATE OF BIRTH – 28 January 1969
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Zipping 2010 Australian Cup
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Turnbull Stakes, Alister Clark Stakes,
Australian Cup, Sandown Classic; 2009: Sandown Classic.
Son of South Australian trainer John and older brother
of Darwin-based trainer Michael. A former Melbourne
footballer, who played two AFL games in 1990, Hickmott
took over the reins of Lloyd Williams’ Mt Macedon stables
from John Sadler following the 2009 Melbourne Cup week.
Within a week he had captured his first stakes success when
Zipping won his third straight Sandown Classic, and made
history as the first VFL/AFL player to train a Group 1 winner
when Zipping claimed the Australian Cup. He followed the
next Spring with Zipping’s win in the Turnbull Stakes and his
fourth Sandown Classic.
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Team Hawkes
David Hayes
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Trainers
MARK KAVANAGH
DATE OF BIRTH – 23 December 1956
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Hard To Get, 2004 South
Australian Derby
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Australian Cup. 2010: Makybe
Diva Stakes, Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes; 2009: Melbourne
Cup, Yalumba Stakes, Orr Stakes. 2008: Caulfield Guineas,
Cox Plate. 2007: Queen of the Turf Stakes, Turnbull Stakes,
Toorak Stakes, Yalumba Stakes, Myer Classic. 2006: Emirates
Stakes. 2005: Blue Diamond Stakes.
Has had an enormous impact since moving to Melbourne
in early 2007. A former jumps jockey from Mt Gambier,
he won the Fred Hoysted Medal in season 2007/08 for
his dominant spring, winning four Group 1s. Took it a step
further in 2009, winning his first “major” with Maldivian in
the Tatts Cox Plate and unearthing another potential star
in Caulfield Guineas winner Whobegotyou. Then in 2009
he took the Melbourne Cup with Shocking with the stayer
adding the 2011 Australian Cup.
MICK KENT
DATE OF BIRTH – 3 March 1962
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Bullwinkle 1994 SA Derby
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: 100th AJC Oaks; 2010; Grand
National Hurdle; 2009: CS Hayes Stakes; 1999: Singapore
Gold Cup; 1994: SA Derby.
Kent had established a good reputation as a horseman
in the 1990s before taking up a position as a trainer in
Singapore. He quickly scaled the training ranks in that
country and rarely finished out of the top five on the
trainer’s premiership. He also trained the first international
winner of the Singapore Gold Cup when Carry The Flag was
successful in 1999. After a stint in Macau, Kent returned
to Victoria in 2005 and is now based at Cranbourne. A
consistent trainer of winners, another career highlight for
Kent came with the victory of Absolutely in the centenary
AJC Oaks in Sydney earlier this year.
ROBBIE LAING
DATE OF BIRTH – 1 January 1959
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Perfect Bliss 1983 Thousand
Guineas
BIGGEST WINS – 2006: Australian Cup, 2004: Adelaide Cup,
2003: Toorak Handicap, 2002: South Australian Derby, 1983:
Thousand Guineas
Laing is renowned as a master trainer of jumps horses
but he has enjoyed much success in flat racing as well. He
claimed his first Group 1 back in 1983 and had to wait 19
years for his next when Pantani won the SA Derby. Laing
has a knack of successfully preparing stayers for big races
off a limited preparation. His famous victory with Sir Pentire
having his first start for two years in the Grand Annual
Steeplechase at Warrnambool (over 5500m) was voted
Victoria’s most Memorable Moment for season 2008/09.
CIARON MAHER
DATE OF BIRTH – 27 May 1981
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Tears I Cry 2007 Emirates
Stakes
BIGGEST WINS – 2007: Emirates Stakes.
A former motor-cross rider, Maher switched to riding
horses as a teenager and soon fell in love with the sport. He
competed as a jumps jockey and was apprentice to Peter
Hayes before completing stints riding overseas. He returned
to his home town Warrnambool in 2005 and took out a
trainer’s licence, finding much success with jumps horses.
But it was the 2007 Emirates Stakes victory of $101 longshot
Tears I Cry that confirmed his potential as an up-and-coming
trainer. He has won a string of major jumps races, including
his home town Grand Annual Steeplechase with Al Garhood
in 2010 and 2011.
PETER MOODY
DATE OF BIRTH – 31 July 1969
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Amalfi 2001 VRC Derby
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: CF Orr Stakes, Lightning Stakes,
Newmarket Handicap, William Reid Stakes, Australasian
Oaks, BTC Cup, TJ Smith Stakes. 2010: Coolmore Classic, WA
Derby, Coolmore Stakes, Myer Classic, Orr Stakes, Futurity
Stakes, Newmarket Handicap, Caulfield Guineas, Patinack
Parm Classic; 2009: Blue Diamond. 2008: QTC Oaks. 2007:
QTC Derby, The Galaxy, Doomben Cup. 2006: SA Derby.
2004: Emirates Stakes. 2001: Victoria Derby.
Grew up in Charleville in outback Queensland and worked
for trainers Tommy Smith and Colin Hayes before becoming
stable foreman for Bill Mitchell in Sydney for 10 years.
Moved to Melbourne early this century and has developed
the strongest stable in the state with an enviable team of
top-class horses. He claimed his first Melbourne Trainers
Premiership in 2009/10 - eight years after moving to
Caulfield – with an extraordinary 182 wins in Victoria.
Finishing just short of that mark with 177.5 winners in
2010/11, the stable has been dominant right around
the country. The season was a landmark one for Moody
who won his first Fred Hoysted Medal – Victoria’s highest
training honour. Through sprinting mare Black Caviar (rated
in 2011 internationally as the best mare in the world)
Moody and jockey Luke Nolen attracted the attention
of the non-racing public, with the mare’s extraordinary
winning streak sitting at 13 at the end of the 2010/11
season. Among his other stars was the now retired 2009/10
Victorian Racehorse of the Year Typhoon Tracy.
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Mark Kavanagh
Mick Kent
Robbie Laing
Ciaron Maher
Peter Moody
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Trainers
MIKE MORONEY
DATE OF BIRTH – 6 June 1958
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Imperial Angel, 1985 Thousand
Guineas, Riccarton NZ
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Crown Oaks; 2009: Spring
Champion Stakes, Victoria Derby; 2008: Coolmore Classic,
Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Doomben Cup, Stradbroke
Handicap; 2007: Queensland Oaks; 2004: New Zealand
Derby; 2001: Blue Diamond Stakes; 2000: Melbourne Cup;
1997: VRC Derby.
New Zealand-born Moroney has been a consistent big-race
performer on both sides of the Tasman and often transfers
runners between countries with great success, including
New Zealand’s late-closing Derby hero Xcellent which ran
third in the 2005 Melbourne Cup. His grandmother bred
the 1960 Melbourne Cup winner Hi Jinx. Moroney won
the 2000 Melbourne Cup with Brew – a stayer he dreamed
would win the race before he even joined the stable. He
won the Victoria Derby in 2009 with Monaco Consul and
then followed up with a win in 2010 in the VRC Oaks with
Brazilian Pulse.
TONY NOONAN
DATE OF BIRTH – 8 May 1960
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Piavonic 2001 Manikato Stakes
BIGGEST WINS – 2009: Winterbottom Stakes. 2001:
Manikato Stakes. 1997: Ascot Vale Stakes.
A former schoolteacher, Noonan is an accomplished mentor
of thoroughbreds and a regular in winners’ circles around
the country. A trainer of more than 30 Group and Listed
races, Noonan is a quiet achiever, whose name regularly
bobs up around carnival time. On the provincial scene he
won three successive Mornington Cups and a Warrnambool
Cup with Gunnamatta and has also campaigned successfully
in Dubai. His son Jake is an apprentice jockey who showed
great potential before a very heavy fall at Flemington in May
2011 put him on the sidelines to recover.
DANNY O’BRIEN
DATE OF BIRTH – 13 May 1970
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Porto Roca, 2001 Coolmore
Classic
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Australian Guineas, AJC Derby.
2010: Blue Diamond Stakes, Coolmore Stud Stakes 2008:
Robert Sangster Stakes, Winter Stakes, Yalumba Stakes.
2007: Caulfield Cup. 2005: Goodwood Handicap, Adelaide
Cup, Salinger Stakes, Emirates Stakes.
A qualified lawyer, now established as one of Victoria’s
leading trainers, O’Brien is making a name for himself
as a trainer of quality stayers. He quinellaed the 2007
Caulfield Cup with Master O’Reilly and Douro Valley. He is
also a capable trainer of sprinters and took the 2010 Blue
Diamond and later in the year the Coolmore Stud Stakes
with Star Witness. O’Brien travelled Star Witness to the
UK in 2011 where the now four-year-old was placed in two
Group 1 races during the famous Royal Ascot meeting. His
other highlights include taking SA’s major Group 1 double,
the Goodwood Handicap and Adelaide Cup with Glamour
Puss and Demerger in 2005 and the two Group 1 wins by
the filly Shamrocker over the colts in the Australian Guineas
and AJC Derby in 2011. Based at Flemington, O’Brien has
developed a large private training centre at Connewarre on
the Bellarine Peninsula.
JOHN O’SHEA (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 29 September 1969
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Shot Of Thunder 2002 Toorak
Handicap
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Rosehill Guineas, Sydney Cup.
2008: All Aged Stakes. 2006: TJ Smith Stakes, Epsom
Hcp, Doncaster Hcp, George Main, George Ryder. 2005:
The Galaxy. 2004: Doncaster Hcp, All Aged Stakes. 2003:
Metropolitan Hcp, Stradbroke Hcp. 2002: Toorak Hcp.
The O’Shea family had dabbled with horses in Queensland
but John was the first to take up training when he shifted to
Sydney in the 1990s. He worked under some of the greats
of Australian racing including T.J Smith, Bart Cummings, and
Gai Waterhouse before taking out a licence in 1999. He has
trained a string of top class performers including Group 1
winners Private Steer, Racing To Win and Charge Forward,
and has 13 Group 1 wins to his name.
MICK PRICE
DATE OF BIRTH – 25 November 1958
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Rustic Dream 1999 Futurity
Stakes
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Coolmore Classic. 2010: Goodwood
Sprint. 2009: Cadbury Guineas, Schweppes Oaks, Robert
Sangster Stakes, Underwood Stakes, Queen Elizabeth
Stakes. 2008: C.F. Orr Stakes, Toorak Handicap, Cadbury
Guineas, Thousand Guineas. 2007: Australian Cup,
Underwood Stakes. 2006: Goodwood Handicap, Toorak
Handicap.
One of Australia’s most astute trainers, Price has trained
more than 100 winners a season over the last six years, has
finished in the top five of the metropolitan premiership.
Learning his trade at some great racing stables, including
Bob Hoysted, George Hanlon and John Meagher at Epsom
and then as foreman for Lee Freedman, Price occupies the
Caulfield stables made famous by Geoff Murphy. His best
horses include the 2007 Australian Cup and 2009 Queen
Elizabeth Stakes winner Pompeii Ruler and weight for age
performer Heart Of Dreams. His only Group 1 winner in
2010/11 was Aloha in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.
GRAEME ROGERSON (NZ)
DATE OF BIRTH – 27 July 1947
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER (in Australia) – Just A Dancer,
1991 Sydney Cup
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Queensland Derby, Queensland
Oaks; 2007: Melbourne Cup; 2006: Victoria Derby; 2004:
Cox Plate; 2003: Golden Slipper.
The 2011 Spring Racing Carnival will see Rogerson strive
to join the select band of horsemen to have won the four
biggest races in Australian racing – the Emirates Melbourne
Cup, BMW Caulfield Cup, Tatts Cox Plate and AAMI Golden
Slipper. The Caulfield Cup is the only major missing from
his CV, having won the 2007 Melbourne Cup with Efficient,
the 2004 Cox Plate with Savabeel and the 2003 Slipper
with Polar Success. He has two strong chances in the 2011
Caulfield Cup, outstanding Queensland Oaks winner Scarlett
Lady and Queensland Derby champion Shootoff. Rogerson,
who acquired his trainer’s licence at the age of 17 in 1964,
has won countless other features in Australia, with the
likes of Grand Archway, Ebony Grosve, Econsul, Skating and
Kaaptive Edition. He was the youngest person to train 1000
winners in New Zealand.
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Mike Moroney
Tony Noonan
Danny O’Brien
John O’Shea
Mick Price
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Trainers
GERALD RYAN (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 21 May 1955
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Ramyah 1992 South Australian
Oaks
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Winter Stakes, T.J. Smith Stakes.
2003 Epsom Hcp, AJC Derby. 2002: Queensland Oaks. 1996:
Queensland Oaks, Caulfield Cup, Orr Stakes, Blue Diamond
Stakes. 1995: All Aged Stakes. 1994: Blue Diamond. 1992:
South Australian Oaks.
Ryan was a former top jockey before making the switch
to training in the early 1990s. He enjoyed much success
particularly with David Moodie’s Contract Racing Syndicate
which owned Blue Diamond winner and then sire Hurricane
Sky. Based at Rosehill with stables on the Gold Coast,
Ryan is a leading trainer in both New South Wales and
Queensland. A number of his horses have gone on to
successful stud careers including Hurricane Sky, Clangalang,
Racer’s Edge, and Snitzel. In 2010 he won two Group 1s with
sprinter Melito.
ROBERT SMERDON
DATE OF BIRTH – 11 April 1955
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Let’s Get Physical 1985
Blue Diamond
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Goodwood Handicap, Grand
National Hurdle. 2010: Australian Hurdle, Brierly
Steeplechase, Andrew Ramsden Stakes. 2003: Goodwood
Handicap. 2002: Turfwriters Cup Hurdle (USA). 2000: Sydney
Cup. 1985: Blue Diamond.
Smerdon was an accomplished jockey in both flat and
hurdle races but it is as a trainer that he has excelled. A
winner of Group races in all states except Western Australia,
Smerdon had his first Group 1 win in 1985 with grey
speedster Let’s Get Physical. He has an outstanding record
with tried horses, particularly stayers, and had also achieved
great success with jumping horses, including dual Jumps
Horse of the Year Some Are Bent and younger half-brother
Black And Bent. In 2010 he won a car for training seven
winners over the three-day Warrnambool carnival and
finished second in the metropolitan training premiership
with 44 winners. After winning the Grand National Hurdle
and JJ Houlahan Hurdle, Smerdon is directing Black And
Bent on an unusual path in the modern day aiming the
horse for a start in the 2011 Melbourne Cup.
PETER SNOWDEN (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 7 October 1956
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Forensics 2008 Queen
Of The Turf
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Blue Diamond Stakes, Champagne
Stakes, Sires Produce Stakes, Golden Slipper, TJ Smith
Stakes, Doomben 10,000. 2010: Golden Rose, Champagne
Stakes, SA Derby. 2009: Golden Rose, Queen Of The Turf,
Vinery Stud Stakes, Storm Queen Stakes, Queensland Oaks.
2008: Queen Of The Turf, Myer Classic, Spring Champion
Stakes.
Became head trainer of the Australian arm of global racing
empire Darley just three years ago after a long stint as
foreman for John Hawkes. Claimed his first Group 1 with
Forensics not long after taking the reins of the huge stable
and won five Group 1s in his first full season, narrowly
going down to Gai Waterhouse in the Sydney trainers’
premiership before winning his first premiership in 2009/10.
Eclipsed only by Chris Waller, Snowden’s Darley stable had
a stellar 2010/11 season with 90 wins in the Sydney area
alone and seven Group 1 victories across Sydney, Brisbane
and Melbourne. His star Sepoy will be hoping to build his
wonderful two-year-old season which included wins in the
Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield and Golden Slipper at
Rosehill.
JAKE STEPHENS (SA)
DATE OF BIRTH – 28 March 1977
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Nil
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Herbert Power Stakes, JRA Cup,
Balaklava Cup
Shot to prominence with lightly-raced but progressive stayer
Alcopop which started favourite in the 2009 Melbourne Cup
after a string of impressive wins. Based at a farm in South
Australia on the Fleurieu Peninsula and runs a local café and
windsurfs when he’s not tending to his horses. Alcopop had
his spring ruined by wet tracks in 2010 but came back to
win the Kilmore Cup in early 2011.
JOHN THOMPSON (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 15 November 1973
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Small Minds, 2010
Australasian Oaks
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Australasian Oaks, Railway Stakes.
John Thompson has had one of the best groundings any
trainer could ask for. He is the son of Vic Thompson, the
former long-time trainer at the Inghams’ Crown Lodge
operation and after starting out in racing as foreman
with his father, he moved on to a similar role with Bart
Cummings in Sydney, where he was based for more than
a decade. He branched out on his own when the position
of head trainer of big-spending owner Nathan Tinkler’s
Patinack Farm operation became available following
Jason Coyle’s resignation in September 2009. Thompson
didn’t waste any time making a go of it, six months later
celebrating his first Group 1 success when Small Minds won
the Australasian Oaks in Adelaide. Adding further cause
for celebration was that stablemate No Evidence Needed
finished second. Frustratingly, Thompson also registered
his share of Group 1 second placings during spring 2010
including both Guineas with Run For Levi (Caulfield Guineas)
and Heartsareforlove (Thousand Guineas) and the Sir
Rupert Clarke Stakes with No Evidence Needed.
K E Y P E R S O N A L I T I E S
Gerald Ryan
Robert Smerdon
Peter Snowden
Jake Stephens
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Trainers
TONY VASIL
DATE OF BIRTH – 17 December 1959
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Marstic 2000 Goodwood
Handicap
BIGGEST WINS – 2007: George Ryder, Doncaster Handicap.
2005: Orr Stakes, Schweppes Oaks, Dubai Duty Free (UAE).
2004: Underwood Stakes, Caulfield Cup, Goodwood
Handicap, Doomben 10000. 2003: VRC Derby.
Vasil took out his training license in 1991 after weight forced
him to end his successful riding career. He has enjoyed even
more success as a trainer in Australia with his headliners
being superstar brothers Elvstroem and Haradasun who
scored multiple Group 1 wins. Elvstroem’s Caulfield Cup
and his Dubai Duty Free win at the World Cup meeting in
Dubai have been career highlights. Very much a “hands-on”
trainer who rides his own trackwork, any horse prepared by
Vasil – who is involved with the Aquanita Racing partnership
- must be respected.
CHRIS WALLER (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 5 March 1974
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Triple Honour 2008 Doncaster
Handicap
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Chipping Norton Stakes, George
Ryder Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Sydney Cup. 2010:
Manikato Stakes, Doncaster Hcp, George Ryder, Doomben
Cup, T.J Smith Stakes. 2008: Doncaster Hcp.
From New Zealand, Waller elected to move from Foxton
to Sydney to further his training career after a successful
hit-and-run raid in 1998 with a mare named Party Belle.
Waller soon became entrenched within the top 10 trainers
in Sydney, earning high praise for his skills with winners
over all distances. He enjoyed a stellar 2009/10 season
finishing second on the Sydney trainers premiership
behind Peter Snowden and winning four Group 1 races.
The 2010/11 season was even better. Waller trained five
Group 1 winners, won the Sydney premierships with 117
winners and was awarded the Bart Cummings Medal for
the most outstanding performance throughout the season.
Waller has also set a modern benchmark in acquiring
former UK-trained horses and achieving success in Australia.
My Kingdom of Fife, formerly owned by Her Majesty The
Queen, will be spearheading Waller’s 2011 assault on the
spring staying races. He won at $151 at Randwick in April
before taking the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Other stars of the
Waller stable in recent seasons include miler Rangirangdoo,
sprinter Danleigh and Sydney Cup winner Stand To Gain.
GAI WATERHOUSE (NSW)
DATE OF BIRTH – 2 September 1954
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – Te Akau Nick 1992 The
Metropolitan
BIGGEST WINS – 2011: Futurity Stakes, Queen of the
Turf Stakes. 2010: Chipping Norton Stakes, Ranvet Stakes,
AJC Oaks, Metropolitan Handicap, Caulfield Cup, Toorak
Handicap. 2009: Sires Produce Stakes, Ranvet Stakes,
Patinack Chipping Norton Stakes, Epsom Hcp, Flight Stakes.
2008: Epsom Handicap, Coolmore Stakes. Other wins
include: 1992-95-96-98-00-01 The Metropolitan. 1994-
95-96-01-03 Doncaster Handicap. 1997-02-04-05 Epsom
Handicap. 2001-04 Golden Slipper Stakes. 2004-06-08
Mackinnon Stakes.
Australia’s first lady of racing, Gai is the daughter of
legendary trainer T. J Smith, with whom she worked for 12
years. Despite this presence, her application for a trainer’s
licence was initially refused by the AJC, with this decision
eventually overturned allowing Gai to start out on her own
in 1992. Since then she has carved her own impressive mark
on Australian racing as one of the most dominant trainers
of the last 20 years. She first won the Sydney trainers’
premiership in 1996-97 and repeated that in 2000-01, 2001-
02, 2002-03 and in 2004-05. Waterhouse combined with
comeback jockey Chris Munce to win the 2010 Caulfield Cup
with Descarado. Like her father, she is an Australian Racing
Hall Of Fame inductee.
DARREN WEIR
DATE OF BIRTH – 2 May 1970
FIRST GROUP 1 WINNER – She’s Archie 2002 SA Oaks
BIGGEST WINS – 2010: Tristarc Stakes. 2009: Hobart Cup.
2008: Hobart Cup, Easter Cup. 2007: Sunline Stakes. 2006:
Hobart Cup. 2002: SA Oaks,
Weir has been country Victoria’s leading trainer for the last
seven seasons and has trained more than 100 winners for
the last six seasons, including 142 in 2009/10 and 114.5 in
2010/11. Weir gained experience with various Victorian
country trainers before working at Colin Hayes’ Lindsay
Park Stud in South Australia. He moved back to Victoria
as a farrier in 1990 before obtaining a trainer’s licence in
1997 when based at Stawell. He nearly pinched the 2003
Melbourne Cup with outsider She’s Archie, who gave him
his first Group 1 winner in May 2002 in the SA Oaks.
Tony Vasil
Chris Waller
Gai Waterhouse
Darren Weir
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Premierships
Victorian Metropolitan Jockeys’ Premiership
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
2010-11 Luke Nolen 71
2009-10 Luke Nolen 67
2008-09 Craig Williams/Damien Oliver # 71
2007-08 Craig Williams 86
2006-07 Craig Williams 94
2005-06 Craig Williams 70
2004-05 Nick Ryan* 83
2003-04 Damien Oliver 77
2002-03 Kerrin McEvoy 62
2001-02 Damien Oliver 91
2000-01 Brett Prebble 86 ½
1999-00 Brett Prebble 99 ½
1998-99 Damien Oliver 90 ½
1997-98 Greg Childs 77 ½
1996-97 Steven King 64 ½
1995-96 Darren Gauci 61 ½
1994-95 Damien Oliver 81 ½
1993-94 Damien Oliver 66
1992-93 Damien Oliver 63
1991-92 Greg Childs 69
1990-91 Damien Oliver 71
1989-90 Michael Clarke 83
1988-89 Michael Clarke 79
1987-88 Michael Clarke 75
1986-87 Michael Clarke 85
1985-86 Darren Gauci 70
1984-85 Darren Gauci 62
1983-84 Darren Gauci 65
1982-83 Brent Thomson 52
1981-82 Brent Thomson 59 ½
1980-81 Harry White 63 ½
1979-80 Brent Thomson 63
1978-79 Harry White 51 ½
1977-78 Roy Higgins 48
1976-77 Roy Higgins 56
1975-76 Roy Higgins 41
1974-75 Roy Higgins 56 ½
1973-74 Harry White 48
1972-73 Roy Higgins 57
1971-72 Roy Higgins 75
1970-71 Roy Higgins 63
1969-70 Roy Higgins 53
1968-69 Roy Higgins 45
1967-68 Harry White 49 ½
1966-67 Jim Johnson 63
1965-66 Roy Higgins 45
1964-65 Roy Higgins 58
1963-64 Alan Burton 29 ½
1962-63 Bill Smith 27
1961-62 Jack Purtell 32 ½
1960-61 Jack Purtell 48 ½
1959-60 Geoff Lane * 44
1958-59 Ron Hutchison 49 ½
1957-58 Bill Williamson 53
1956-57 Bill Williamson 58.3
1955-56 Bill Williamson 45
1954-55 Jack Purtell 45
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
1953-54 Bill Williamson 67 ½
1952-53 Bill Williamson 48
1951-52 Bill Williamson 51
1950-51 Jack Purtell 64
1949-50 Jack Purtell 59 ½
1948-49 Jack Purtell 48
1947-48 Harold Badger 46
1946-47 Jack Purtell 43 ½
1945-46 Scobie Breasley 52 ½
1944-45 Scobie Breasley 53 ½
1943-44 Scobie Breasley 23
1942-43 Harold Badger 22 ½
1941-42 Harold Badger 57 ½
1940-41 Harold Badger 51 ½
1939-40 Harold Badger 52 ½
1938-39 Harold Badger 48 ½
1937-38 Bill Elliot 39 ½
1936-37 Bill Elliot 53 ½
1935-36 Harold Skidmore 45
1934-35 Harold Skidmore 53
1933-34 Harold Skidmore * 52 ½
1932-33 Bill Duncan 37 ½
1931-32 Bill Duncan 38 ½
1930-31 Bill Duncan 47 ½
1929-30 Bill Duncan 31
1928-29 J O’Brien * 27
1927-28 Bill Duncan 54
1926-27 Bill Duncan 49 ½
1925-26 Bill Duncan 41
1924-25 Bill Duncan 57
1923-24 Frank Dempsey 34
1922-23 Bill Duncan 30
1921-22 Vic Sleigh * 32
1920-21 Bill Duncan 35
1919-20 Bill Duncan 36
1918-19 Frank Dempsey 33 ½
1917-18 Frank Dempsey 31
1916-17 Frank Dempsey * 33
1915-16 Frank Dempsey * 39
1914-15 P Kelly 37
1913-14 J Killorn 27
1912-13 R Harris 25
1911-12 Bobby Lewis 25
1910-11 Cyril Bolton 34
1909-10 Cyril Bolton 40
1908-09 Cyril Bolton 46
1907-08 F Turner 31
1906-07 Fred Burn 26
1905-06 N Godby 27
1904-05 W Minter 30
1903-04 Brownie Carslake 38
1902-03 W Minter 40
1901-02 P Kelly 44
1900-01 Bobby Lewis 35
1899-00 Walter Burn 31
* Apprentice
# Dead heat
H I S T O R Y
[Roy Higgins and Bill Duncan share the record of 11 premierships.]
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Premierships
Victorian Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership
SEASON TRAINER WINS
2010-11 Peter Moody 103½
2009-10 Peter Moody 83
2008-09 Lee Freedman 65
2007-08 David Hayes 95
2006-07 David Hayes 103
2005-06 Lee Freedman 115
2004-05 Lee Freedman 81
2003-04 Lee Freedman 82
2002-03 Tony McEvoy 67
2001-02 Lee Freedman 59
2000-01 Peter Hayes 46
1999-00 Peter Hayes 68
1998-99 Peter Hayes 70
1997-98 Lee Freedman 94 ½
1996-97 Lee Freedman 81
1995-96 David Hayes 62 ½
1994-95 David Hayes 82 ½
1993-94 David Hayes 74
1992-93 David Hayes 84
1991-92 David Hayes 93 ½
1990-91 David Hayes 77
1989-90 Colin Hayes 87
1988-89 Colin Hayes 68
1987-88 Colin Hayes 61 ½
1986-87 Colin Hayes 71
1985-86 Colin Hayes 52 ½
1984-85 Colin Hayes 66
1983-84 Colin Hayes 57
1982-83 Colin Hayes 57
1981-82 Colin Hayes 67 ½
1980-81 Colin Hayes 71 ½
1979-80 Colin Hayes 71
1978-79 Colin Hayes 45 ½
1977-78 Colin Hayes 47
1976-77 Geoff Murphy 45 ½
1975-76 Bart Cummings 44
1974-75 Bart Cummings 57 ½
1973-74 Angus Armanasco 41
1972-73 Angus Armanasco 44
1971-72 Angus Armanasco 38 ½
1970-71 Bart Cummings 41 ½
1969-70 Bart Cummings 42
1968-69 Bart Cummings 37 ½
1967-68 Angus Armanasco 26 ½
1966-67 Des Judd 26
1965-66 Angus Armanasco/Des Judd # 18
1964-65 Angus Armanasco 26
SEASON TRAINER WINS
1963-64 Angus Armanasco 23
1962-63 Brian Courtney 26
1961-62 Brian Courtney 46
1960-61 Brian Courtney 29 ½
1959-60 Fred Hoysted 27
1958-59 Phil Burke 27 ½
1957-58 Fred Hoysted 37
1956-57 Roy Shaw 20.3
1955-56 T Lewis/Fred Hoysted # 33
1954-55 Des Judd 37 ½
1953-54 Fred Hoysted 34
1952-53 T Lewis 30
1951-52 Fred Hoysted 41
1950-51 Fred Hoysted 27
1949-50 Fred Hoysted 32 ½
1948-49 Fred Hoysted 26
1947-48 Fred Hoysted 39
1946-47 Fred Hoysted 25
1945-46 Fred Hoysted 21
1944-45 Lou Robertson 21
1943-44 Lou Robertson 24
1942-43 Fred Hoysted 22
1941-42 H Freedman 25
1940-41 Fred Hoysted 32 ½
1939-40 Stan Murphy 26
1938-39 W Burke 28
1937-38 Jack Holt/Fred Hoysted 28
1936-37 H Freedman 21 ½
1935-36 Fred Hoysted 29
1934-35 Fred Hoysted 45
1933-34 Jack Holt 25 ½
1932-33 Fred Hoysted 36 ½
1931-32 Jack Holt 26 ½
1930-31 Jack Holt 25
1929-30 Jack Holt 30
1928-29 Lou Robertson 20 ½
1927-28 Jack Holt 22
1926-27 Bill Burke 22
1925-26 Jack Holt 24
1924-25 Jack Holt 22
1923-24 Jack Holt 30
1922-23 Jack Holt/H McCalman # 19
1921-22 C T Godby 31 ½
1920-21 Jack Holt 34
1919-20 Jack Holt 29 ½
1918-19 Jack Holt 43
# Dead heat
H I S T O R Y
[Fred Hoysted holds the record of 17 premierships.
The Hayes family has won 24 premierships – father
Colin 13, sons David 8 and Peter 3.]
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Premierships
Victorian Metropolitan Apprentices’ Premiership – Flat
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
2010-11 Jake Noonan 37
2009-10 Jason Maskiell 52
2008-09 Nicholas Hall 33
2007-08 Sebastian Murphy 51
2006-07 Sebastian Murphy 51
2005-06 Ben Melham 43
2004-05 Nick Ryan 83
2003-04 Nick Ryan 50
2002-03 Craig Newitt 59
2001-02 Reece Wheeler 33
2000-01 Vin Hall 49
1999-00 Luke Nolen 34
1998-99 Matt Gatt 45
1997-98 Aaron Spiteri 37 ½
1996-97 Brett Prebble * 44
1995-96 Brett Prebble 39
1994-95 Brett Prebble 30
1993-94 Patrick Payne 40
1992-93 Damien Oliver * 61
1991-92 Damien Oliver 48
1990-91 Damien Oliver 71
1989-90 Steven King 42
1988-89 Steven King 33
1987-88 Simon Marshall 45 ½
1986-87 Len Maund 43
1985-86 Darren Gauci 70
1984-85 Darren Gauci 62
1983-84 Darren Gauci 65
1982-83 Darren Gauci 40
1981-82 Malcolm Pay 37
1980-81 Mark Riley 22
1979-80 Brendan Clements 37
1978-79 Dale Short 38
1977-78 Wayne Treloar * 37 ½
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
1976-77 Wayne Treloar 25
1975-76 Wayne Treloar 30
1974-75 Robert Heffernan -
Wayne Treloar
1973-74 Norm Waymouth 23
1972-73 Stan Aitken 35 ½
1971-72 Pat Trotter 16
1970-71 Stan Aitken 29
1969-70 Terry Finger 16
1968-69 Gary Gath 18
1967-68 Lee Hope 14
1966-67 Paul Jarman 25
1965-66 Paul Jarman 33
1964-65 Paul Jarman 18
1963-64 Jim Courtney - Harry White 22
1962-63 Rod Dawkins 22
1961-62 Peter Wallen 20
1960-61 Rod Scarlett 17
1959-60 Denis MacGregor 17
1958-59 Geoff Lane 43 ½
1957-58 Geoff Lane 41 ½
1956-57 Geoff Lane 32
1955-56 Geoff Lane 37
1954-55 Geoff Lane 23
1953-54 Brian Gilders 18
1952-53 Ray Ball 13 ½
1951-52 Norm Dickens 13
1950-51 R Irons 11 ½
1949-50 R Lindsay 9
1948-49 D Barclay 13
1947-48 D Barclay n/a
1946-47 Ron Hutchinson - D Snart n/a
1945-46 Ron Hutchinson n/a
* Came out of their apprenticeship during the season
Records before 1945 are incomplete
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H I S T O R Y
70

Premierships
Victorian State Jockeys’ Premiership Victorian Country Jockeys’ Premiership
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
2010-11 Dean Yendall 150½
2009-10 Luke Nolen 125
2008-09 Brad Rawiller 128
2007-08 Brad Rawiller 214
2006-07 Brad Rawiller 164
2005-06 Luke Nolen 128
2004-05 Nicholas Ryan 165
2003-04 Brad Rawiller 113
2002-03 Noel Callow 131
2001-02 Nash Rawiller 117
2000-01 Noel Callow 129
SEASON TRAINER WINS
2010-11 Peter Moody 177½
2009-10 Peter Moody 182
2008-09 Lee Freedman 152
2007-08 David Hayes 146
2006-07 Lee Freedman 161
2005-06 Lee Freedman 201
2004-05 Lee Freedman 147
2003-04 Lee Freedman 132
2002-03 Tony McEvoy 110
2001-02 Lee Freedman 91
2000-01 Lee Freedman 104
SEASON JOCKEY WINS
2010/11 Dean Yendall 126½
2009/10 Linda Meech 104½
2008/09 Linda Meech 105
2007/08 Brad Rawiller 173½
2006/07 Brad Rawiller 158
2005/06 Dean Yendall 89
2004/05 Peter Mertens 102
2003/04 Brad Rawiller 110
2002/03 Brad Rawiller 123½
2001/02 Vlad Duric 98
2000/01 Noel Callow 111.5
Victorian State Trainers’ Premiership Victorian Country Trainers’ Premiership
SEASON TRAINER WINS
2010/11 Darren Weir 104½
2009/10 Darren Weir 122
2008/09 Darren Weir 97
2007/08 Darren Weir 92
2006/07 Darren Weir 101
2005/06 Darren Weir 114½
2004/05 Darren Weir 90
2003/04 Peter Moody 67½
2002/03 Darren Weir 96
2001/02 Brian Cox 66
2000/01 Lee Freedman 63
H I S T O R Y
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Medals
The Scobie Breasley Medal
The Scobie Breasley Medal, named in honour of the late
Hall of Fame jockey who died in 2006 at the age of 92, is
awarded to the most outstanding flat jockey of the season
as voted by RVL Stewards.
Scobie Breasley was an inaugural inductee into the
Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2001. He won four
Caulfield Cups in succession between 1942 and 1945 and
later returned from England to record a fifth win in the
race in 1952. Breasley established a huge reputation during
a stellar career in the UK. He won the English Jockeys’
Premiership four times and his career total of 3251 winners
included more than 2000 in England.
Damien Oliver won the inaugural Medal in 1996 and has
won the most with six.
Scobie Breasley Medallists:
YEAR JOCKEY
2011 Luke Nolen
2010 Glen Boss
2009 Craig Williams
2008 Craig Williams
2007 Craig Williams
2006 Craig Williams
2005 Blake Shinn
2004 Damien Oliver
2003 Damien Oliver/Kerrin McEvoy
2002 Damien Oliver
2001 Damien Oliver/Brett Prebble
2000 Brett Prebble
1999 Damien Oliver
1998 Greg Childs
1997 Steven King
1996 Damien Oliver
[Damien Oliver has won a record
six Scobie Breasley Medals.]
Victorian Horse of the Year
YEAR HORSE
2011 Black Caviar
2010 Typhoon Tracy
2009 Scenic Blast
2008 Weekend Hussler
2007 Miss Andretti
The Fred Hoysted Medal
The Fred Hoysted award is named after the Hall of Fame
trainer and is awarded to the most outstanding trainer of
the season as voted by a panel nominated by the Australian
Trainers’ Association.
Fred Hoysted won a record 17 Trainers’ Premierships
between 1933 and 1958. A member of one of Australian
racing’s most famous families, his sons Bon and Bob were
also prominent trainers. Fred is best known for training New
Zealander Rising Fast to the second of his two Caulfield Cup
wins but his many other achievement include preparing 20
individual two-year-old winners in 1953/54.
YEAR TRAINER
2011 Peter Moody
2010 Bart Cummings
2009 Bart Cummings
2008 Mark Kavanagh
2007 David Hayes
2006 Lee Freedman
2005 Lee Freedman
2004 Tony Vasil
2003 Fred Kersley
2002 Sheila Laxon
2001 Michael Moroney
2000 Bart Cummings
1999 Jim Houlahan
1998 Jack Denham
The Tommy Corrigan Medal
The Tommy Corrigan Medal, named after the Champion
Jumps jockey of the late 1800s, is awarded to the most
outstanding jumps jockey of the season as voted on by
Stewards in Victoria and South Australia. Corrigan rode
230 winners in a career spanning 28 years. He won four
Warrnambool Grand Annuals, three Grand National
Steeplechases, a Grand National Hurdle and the Great
Eastern Steeplechase.
YEAR TRAINER
2011 Steven Pateman
2010 Steven Pateman
2009 Brett Scott
2008 Steven Pateman
2007 Steven Pateman
2006 Craig Durden
2005 Craig Durden
2004 Craig Durden
2003 Craig Durden
2002 Brett Scott
2001 Craig Durden
2000 Willie Harnett/Mick Patton #
1999 Craig Durden
1998 Brett Scott
1997 Craig Durden/Adrian Garraway #
1996 Ricky Maund
# Dead heat
H I S T O R Y
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Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame 2001
Inductees
HORSES
Bernborough
Carbine
Kingston Town
Phar Lap
Tulloch
JOCKEYS
A. (Scobie) Breasley
Tom Hales
Roy Higgins
George Moore
Darby Munro
TRAINERS
Bart Cummings
Colin Hayes
Jack Holt
James Scobie
Tommy Smith
ASSOCIATES
W.H. (Bill) Collins
Sir Adrian Knox
Sir Chester Manifold
A.B. (Banjo) Patterson
The Thompson Family
(Widden Stud)
Hall of Fame 2002
Inductees
HORSES
Manikato
Might and Power
Rising Fast
Sunline
Wakeful
JOCKEYS
Billy Cook
Mick Dittman
Bobby Lewis
Jim Pike
Neville Selwood
TRAINERS
Angus Armanasco
Etienne de Mestre
George Hanlon
Fred Hoysted
Maurice McCarten
ASSOCIATES
Ken Howard
Sol Green
Theo Green
James White
Wootton Family
Hall of Fame 2003
Inductees
HORSES
Heroic
Malua
Peter Pan
Tobin Bronze
Vain
JOCKEYS
Billy Duncan
Harry White
Bill Williamson
TRAINERS
Lee Freedman
Walter Hickenbotham
Frank McGrath
ASSOCIATES
Bert Bryant
The Inglis Family
Hall of Fame 2004
Inductees
HORSES
Ajax
Better Loosen Up
Gloaming
Poseidon
The Barb
JOCKEYS
Edgar Britt
Rae “Togo” Johnstone
Jack Purtell
TRAINERS
John Hawkes
Jim Houlahan
Lou Robertson
ASSOCIATES
Robert Cooper Bagot
Jack & Bob Ingham
Hall of Fame 2005
Inductees
HORSES
Eurythmic
Galilee
Chatham
Gunsynd
Todman
JOCKEYS
Pat Glennon
Ron Hutchinson
Jack Thompson
TRAINERS
Richard Bradfield
Jack Denham
Geoff Murphy
ASSOCIATES
Sir Patrick Hogan
Bert Wolfe
Hall of Fame 2006
Inductees
HORSES
Makybe Diva
Amounis
Shannon
JOCKEYS
Frank Bullock
Ron Quinton
TRAINERS
Tom Payten
John Tait
ASSOCIATES
W.S. Cox Family
Dr Percy Sykes
Hall of Fame 2007
Inductees
HORSES
Flight
Grand Flaneur
Super Impose
JOCKEYS
Darren Beadman
Arthur Ward
TRAINERS
Fred Best
Gai Waterhouse
ASSOCIATES
Harry (Henry Eugene)
Tancred
Hall of Fame 2008
Inductees
HORSES
Wenona Girl
Tranquil Star
JOCKEYS
Damien Oliver
Frank Dempsey
TRAINERS
Robert Hoysted AM
David Hayes
ASSOCIATE
Percy Miller
LEGEND AWARD
Bart Cummings
Hall of Fame 2009
Inductees
HORSES
Strawberry Road
Comic Court
JOCKEYS
Jim Johnson
Harold Badger
TRAINERS
Jack Green
Bayly Payten
ASSOCIATE
Bill Whittaker
LEGEND AWARD
Scobie Breasley
Hall of Fame
2010 Inductees
HORSES
Sky High
Northerly
JOCKEYS
John Letts
William Pyers
TRAINERS
Harry Plant
Jim Atkins
ASSOCIATE
Henry Byron Moore
LEGEND AWARD
Makybe Diva
H I S T O R Y
73

Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year Honour Roll
YEAR HORSE
1969 Rain Lover
1970 Vain
1971 Gay Icarus
1972 Gunsynd
1973 Dayana (NZ)
1974 Taj Rossi
1975 Leilani (NZ)
1976 Lord Dudley
1977 Surround (NZ)
1978 Maybe Mahal
1979 Manikato
1980 Kingston Town
1981 Hyperno (NZ)
1982 Rose of Kingston
1983 Strawberry Road *
Gurner’s Lane (NZ) +
1984 Emancipation
1985 Red Anchor (NZ)
1986 Bounding Away
1987 Bonecrusher (NZ) *
Placid Ark +
1988 Beau Zam (NZ)
1989 Research (NZ)
YEAR HORSE
1990 Almaarad (IRE)
1991 Better Loosen Up
1992 Let’s Elope (NZ)
1993 Veandercross (NZ)
1994 Mahogany
1995 Jeune (GB)
1996 Octagonal (NZ)
1997 Saintly (NZ)
1998 Might and Power (NZ)
1999 Might and Power (NZ)
2000 Sunline (NZ)
2001 Sunline (NZ)
2002 Sunline (NZ)
2003 Northerly
2004 Lonhro
2005 Makybe Diva (GB)
2006 Makybe Diva (GB)
2007 Miss Andretti
2008 Weekend Hussler
2009 Scenic Blast
2010 Typhoon Tracy
AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSE OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
* VRC Award Winner
+ ARWA Award Winner
Champion Group 1 Jockey Corey Brown Nash Rawiller Nash Rawiller
Champion Group 1 Trainer Ross McDonald Gai Waterhouse Bart Cummings
Champion Sire Encosta de Lago Encosta de Lago Redoute’s Choice
Champion Jumper Some Are Bent Pentiffic Black And Bent
Champion Australian-Bred International - Sacred Kingdom Starspangledbanner
Champion Australian-Trained International Takeover Target Scenic Blast -
Champion Two Year Old Sebring Phelan Ready Crystal Lily
Champion Three Year Old Filly Heavenly Glow Samantha Miss Faint Perfume
Champion Three Year Old Colt or Gelding Weekend Hussler Whobegotyou So You Think
Champion Sprinter Apache Cat Scenic Blast Starspangledbanner
Middle Distance Champion El Segundo Theseo Typhoon Tracy
Champion Stayer Efficient Viewed Shocking
Australian Racehorse of the Year Weekend Hussler Scenic Blast Typhoon Tracy
H I S T O R Y
74

2011 – 2012 Victorian Group & Listed Races
F E A T U R E R A C E L I S T
MEET DATE VENUE GRP CURRENT RACE NAME DIST PRIZE$$ AGE SEX COND
6/08/11 G3 FLEM AURIE'S STAR HANDICAP 1200 150,000 O O Hcp
13/08/11 G2 CAUL P.B.LAWRENCE STAKES 1400 200,000 3YO&Up O WFA
13/08/11 G3 CAUL W W COCKRAM STAKES 1200 125,000 4YO&Up M SWP
13/08/11 LR CAUL VAIN STAKES 1100 100,000 3-Y-O C&G SWP
13/08/11 LR CAUL QUEZETTE STAKES 1100 100,000 3-Y-O F SWP
13/08/11 LR CAUL REGAL ROLLER STAKES 1200 100,000 3YO&Up O Hcp
20/08/11 LR M V ADAPT AUSTRALIA CROCKETT STAKES 1200 100,000 3-Y-O F SWP
20/08/11 LR M V ESSENDON NISSAN MCKENZIE STAKES 1200 100,000 3-Y-O C&G SWP
20/08/11 LR M V PRINTHOUSE GRAPHICS STAKES 1000 100,000 4YO&Up O SWP
27/08/11 G2 CAUL NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK MEMSIE STAKES 1400 200,000 3YO&Up O WFA
27/08/11 G3 CAUL HDF MCNEIL STAKES 1200 125,000 3-Y-O O SWP
27/08/11 LR CAUL SLICKPIX HEATHERLIE HANDICAP 1700 100,000 O O Hcp
27/08/11 LR CAUL THE HEATH 1100 1100 100,000 O O SWP
3/09/11 G2 FLEM DANEHILL STAKES 1200 250,000 3-Y-O O SWP
3/09/11 G2 FLEM MAKYBE DIVA STAKES 1600 300,000 O O WFA
3/09/11 G2 FLEM LET'S ELOPE STAKES 1400 200,000 4YO&Up M SWP
3/09/11 G3 FLEM BOBBIE LEWIS QUALITY 1200 200,000 4YO&Up O Qlty
3/09/11 LR FLEM CAP D'ANTIBES STAKES 1100 125,000 3-Y-O F SWP
3/09/11 LR FLEM THE SOFITEL 1400 125,000 4YO&Up O Hcp
3/09/11 LR FLEM HENRY BUCKS BEST DRESSED PLATE 1400 125,000 3-Y-O O SWP
10/09/11 G2 M V DATO' TAN CHIN NAM STAKES 1600 300,000 O O WFA
10/09/11 G2 M V SPOTLESS STOCKS STAKES 1600 200,000 4YO&Up M WFA
10/09/11 G3 M V MITTY'S MCEWEN STAKES 1000 150,000 O O WFA
17/09/11 G1 CAUL HYLAND RACE COLOURS UNDERWOOD STAKES 1800 350,000 3YO&Up O WFA
17/09/11 G3 CAUL SCHWEPPES THOUSAND GUINEAS PRELUDE 1400 125,000 3-Y-O F SWP
17/09/11 G3 CAUL D'URBAN NATURALISM STAKES 2000 125,000 O O Qlty
17/09/11 G3 CAUL SPORTINGBET SPRINT SERIES HEAT 2 STAKES 1200 125,000 4YO&Up M SWP
24/09/11 G1 CAUL PFD SIR RUPERT CLARKE STAKES 1400 350,000 O O Hcp
24/09/11 G3 CAUL THE AGE CAULFIELD GUINEAS PRELUDE 1400 175,000 3-Y-O C&G SWP
24/09/11 LR CAUL HOCKING STUART TESTA ROSSA STAKES 1200 100,000 O O Hcp
30/09/11 G1 M V SPORTINGBET MANIKATO STAKES 1200 500,000 O O WFA
30/09/11 G2 M V ESSENDON JEEP STUTT STAKES 1600 200,000 3-Y-O O SW
30/09/11 G3 M V TBV/GALLAGHER BASSETT CHAMPAGNE STAKES 1200 150,000 3-Y-O F SW
30/09/11 G3 M V TATTS JRA CUP 2040 200,000 O O Qlty
1/10/11 LR MORN R.M. ANSETT CLASSIC 2400 100,000 O O Hcp
2/10/11 G1 FLEM TURNBULL STAKES 2000 500,000 4YO&Up O SWP
2/10/11 G2 FLEM TABCORP EDWARD MANIFOLD STAKES 1600 250,000 3-Y-O F SW
2/10/11 G2 FLEM GILGAI STAKES 1200 250,000 O O SWP
2/10/11 G2 FLEM BLAZER STAKES 1400 200,000 4YO&Up M SWP
2/10/11 LR FLEM WESTFIELD DONCASTER STAKES 1400 150,000 3-Y-O O SWP
2/10/11 LR FLEM HERALD SUN SUPERRACING STAKES 1000 100,000 2-Y-O O SW
2/10/11 LR FLEM UCI STAKES 1800 150,000 3-Y-O O SWP
2/10/11 LR FLEM THE BART CUMMINGS 2500 200,000 O O Qlty
8/10/11 G1 CAUL THE AGE CAULFIELD GUINEAS 1600 1,000,000 3-Y-O O SW
8/10/11 G1 CAUL NEW ZEALAND BLOODSTOCK CAULFIELD STAKES 2000 400,000 3YO&Up O WFA
8/10/11 G1 CAUL DAVID JONES TOORAK HANDICAP 1600 350,000 O O Hcp
8/10/11 G2 CAUL SCHWEPPES SCHILLACI STAKES 1000 200,000 3YO&Up O WFA
8/10/11 G2 CAUL SPORTINGBET HERBERT POWER STAKES 2400 200,000 O O Qlty
8/10/11 G3 CAUL THOROUGHBRED CLUB STAKES 1200 125,000 3-Y-O F SWP
8/10/11 LR CAUL SPORTINGBET SPRINT SERIES FINAL STAKES 1200 100,000 4YO&Up M SWP
9/10/11 LR CRAN TAB CRANBOURNE CUP 2025 200,000 O O Hcp
12/10/11 G1 CAUL SCHWEPPES THOUSAND GUINEAS 1600 500,000 3-Y-O F SW
12/10/11 LR CAUL INGLIS DEBUTANTS STAKES 1000 100,000 2-Y-O O SW
75

2011 – 2012 Victorian Group & Listed Races
F E A T U R E R A C E L I S T
MEET DATE VENUE GRP CURRENT RACE NAME DIST PRIZE$$ AGE SEX COND
12/10/11 LR CAUL LADIES DAY VASE 1600 100,000 4YO&Up M SWP
15/10/11 G1 CAUL BMW CAULFIELD CUP 2400 2,500,000 O O Hcp
15/10/11 G2 CAUL PERRI CUTTEN CAULFIELD SPRINT 1100 200,000 O O Hcp
15/10/11 G2 CAUL HARROLDS TRISTARC STAKES 1400 175,000 4YO&Up M SWP
15/10/11 G3 CAUL DAVID JONES CUP 2000 125,000 O O Hcp
15/10/11 G3 CAUL NORMAN ROBINSON STAKES 2000 125,000 3-Y-O O SWP
15/10/11 G3 CAUL BETFAIR STAKES 1400 125,000 4YO&Up O Hcp
15/10/11 LR CAUL LIGHTWAY AUSTRALIA STAKES 1400 100,000 3-Y-O C&G SWP
15/10/11 LR CAUL SPORTINGBET ETHEREAL STAKES 2000 100,000 3-Y-O F Hcp
16/10/11 LR SEYM DARLEY SEYMOUR CUP 1600 120,000 O O Hcp
19/10/11 G3 GEEL CENTREBET GEELONG CUP 2400 225,000 O O Hcp
19/10/11 LR GEEL MR PAPARAZZI.COM GEELONG CLASSIC 2200 100,000 3-Y-O O SWP
22/10/11 G1 M V TATTS COX PLATE 2040 3,000,000 3YO&Up O WFA
22/10/11 G2 M V MITCHELTON WINES VASE 2040 200,000 3-Y-O O SW
22/10/11 G2 M V SCHWEPPES STAKES 1200 300,000 O O WFA
22/10/11 G2 M V DRAKE INTERNATIONAL CUP 2500 250,000 4YO&Up O SWP
22/10/11 G2 M V DRUMMOND GOLF CRYSTAL MILE 1600 200,000 O O Hcp
22/10/11 G3 M V 1300 AUSTRALIA STAKES 1200 150,000 3-Y-O O SWP
22/10/11 G3 M V TROJAN STAKES 1600 150,000 4YO&Up M Hcp
22/10/11 LR M V ESSENDON JEEP STAKES 1600 100,000 3-Y-O F Hcp
26/10/11 LR BEND JAYCO BENDIGO CUP 2200 200,000 O O Hcp
29/10/11 G1 FLEM AAMI VICTORIA DERBY 2500 1,500,000 3-Y-O O SW
29/10/11 G1 FLEM COOLMORE STUD STAKES 1200 500,000 3-Y-O O SW
29/10/11 G1 FLEM LONGINES MACKINNON STAKES 2000 1,000,000 O O WFA
29/10/11 G1 FLEM MYER CLASSIC 1600 500,000 3YO&Up F&M WFA
29/10/11 G2 FLEM SEPPELT SALINGER STAKES 1200 300,000 O O HCP
29/10/11 G2 FLEM WAKEFUL STAKES 2000 300,000 3-Y-O F SWP
29/10/11 G3 FLEM INGLIS CARBINE CLUB STAKES 1600 250,000 3-Y-O O SWP
29/10/11 G3 FLEM THE LEXUS STAKES 2500 250,000 O O Qlty
29/10/11 G3 FLEM TABCORP STAKES 1400 250,000 O O Hcp
1/11/11 G1 FLEM EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP 3200 6,000,000 O O Hcp
1/11/11 G3 FLEM HERALD SUN STAKES 1400 200,000 4YO&Up M SWP
1/11/11 LR FLEM OTTAWA STAKES 1000 100,000 2-Y-O F SW
1/11/11 LR FLEM JOHNNIE WALKER STAKES 1800 150,000 O O Hcp
1/11/11 LR FLEM LEXUS HYBRID STAKES 1400 150,000 3-Y-O F SWP
1/11/11 LR FLEM MSS SECURITY SPRINT 1200 150,000 O O Hcp
3/11/11 G1 FLEM CROWN OAKS 2500 1,000,000 3-Y-O F SW
3/11/11 LR FLEM SWISSE VITAMINS STAKES 1000 150,000 O O SWP
3/11/11 LR FLEM MYER SPRING FASHIONS STAKES 1800 150,000 3-Y-O O Hcp
3/11/11 LR FLEM GUCCI STAKES 1200 150,000 3-Y-O F SWP
3/11/11 LR FLEM G.H. MUMM STAKES 1100 150,000 O M SWP
5/11/11 G1 FLEM EMIRATES STAKES 1600 1,000,000 O O Qlty
5/11/11 G1 FLEM PATINACK FARM CLASSIC 1200 1,000,000 O O WFA
5/11/11 G2 FLEM MATRIARCH STAKES 2000 300,000 4YO&Up M SWP
5/11/11 G3 FLEM HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MARIBYRNONG PLATE 1000 150,000 2-Y-O O SW
5/11/11 G3 FLEM QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES 2600 250,000 O O Qlty
5/11/11 LR FLEM HILTON HOTELS STAKES 1400 150,000 3-Y-O O Hcp
12/11/11 G2 SAND ZIPPING CLASSIC 2400 350,000 O O WFA
12/11/11 G2 SAND BETFAIR SANDOWN GUINEAS 1600 350,000 3-Y-O O SW
12/11/11 G3 SAND SANDOWN STAKES 1500 125,000 O O Qlty
12/11/11 G3 SAND BETFAIR ECLIPSE STAKES 1800 125,000 O O Qlty
12/11/11 LR SAND TWILIGHT GLOW STAKES 1400 100,000 3-Y-O F SWP
12/11/11 LR SAND MERSON COOPER STAKES 1000 100,000 2-Y-O O SW
76

2011 – 2012 Victorian Group & Listed Races
F E A T U R E R A C E L I S T
MEET DATE VENUE GRP CURRENT RACE NAME DIST PRIZE$$ AGE SEX COND
12/11/11 LR SAND TBV SUMMONED STAKES 1500 100,000 4YO&Up M SWP
12/11/11 LR SAND KEVIN HEFFERNAN STAKES 1300 100,000 O O WFA
20/11/11 LR BRAT SPORTSBET.COM.AU BALLARAT CUP 2200 150,000 O O Hcp
26/12/11 LR CAUL CHRISTMAS STAKES 1200 100,000 O O Hcp
26/12/11 LR CAUL LORD STAKES 1700 100,000 O O Hcp
2/01/12 G3 FLEM STANDISH HANDICAP 1200 200,000 O O Hcp
2/01/12 LR FLEM BAGOT HANDICAP 2800 150,000 O O Hcp
7/01/12 LR CAUL DOVETON STAKES 1200 100,000 O O Hcp
14/01/12 LR FLEM CHESTER MANIFOLD STAKES 1400 150,000 O O Hcp
21/01/12 LR FLEM KENSINGTON STAKES 1000 100,000 O O Hcp
26/01/12 LR CAUL JOHN DILLON STAKES 1400 100,000 O O Hcp
26/01/12 LR CAUL PATINACK FARM BLUE DIAMOND PREVIEW (C&G) 1000 100,000 2-Y-O C&G SWP
26/01/12 LR CAUL PATINACK FARM BLUE DIAMOND PREVIEW (F) 1000 100,000 2-Y-O F SWP
26/01/12 LR CAUL SPORTINGBET ZEDITAVE STAKES 1200 100,000 3-Y-O O SWP
27/01/12 G2 M V ESSENDON MAZDA AUSTRALIA STAKES 1200 200,000 O O WFA
29/01/12 LR WERR WERRIBEE CUP 2600 100,000 O O Hcp
4/02/12 LR CAUL CHAIRMAN'S STAKES 1100 100,000 2-Y-O O SWP
4/02/12 LR CAUL JRA STAKES 1000 100,000 O O Hcp
4/02/12 LR CAUL MANFRED STAKES 1200 100,000 3-Y-O O SWP
4/02/12 LR CAUL SHADWELL MORNINGTON CUP PRELUDE 2000 100,000 O O Qlty
11/02/12 G1 CAUL SPORTINGBET C.F.ORR STAKES 1400 400,000 O O WFA
11/02/12 G2 CAUL HYLANDS AUTUMN STAKES 1400 180,000 3-Y-O O SWP
11/02/12 G3 CAUL CARLYON CUP 1600 125,000 O O SWP
11/02/12 G3 CAUL PATINACK FARM BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (C&G) 1100 125,000 2-Y-O C&G SW
11/02/12 G3 CAUL PATINACK FARM BLUE DIAMOND PRELUDE (F) 1100 125,000 2-Y-O F SW
11/02/12 G3 CAUL RUBITON STAKES 1100 125,000 O O SWP
11/02/12 G3 CAUL GEOFFREY BELMAINE STAKES 1200 125,000 4YO&Up M SWP
11/02/12 LR CAUL KEVIN HAYES STAKES 1200 100,000 3-Y-O F SWP
15/02/12 LR MORN HAREEBA STAKES 1200 100,000 O O Hcp
15/02/12 LR MORN MORNINGTON CUP 2400 200,000 O O Hcp
18/02/12 G1 FLEM COOLMORE LIGHTNING STAKES 1000 750,000 O O WFA
18/02/12 G3 FLEM CS HAYES STAKES 1400 200,000 3-Y-O C&G SWP
18/02/12 G3 FLEM THE VANITY 1400 200,000 3-Y-O F SWP
18/02/12 LR FLEM TALINDERT STAKES 1100 100,000 2-Y-O O SWP
24/02/12 LR M V TYPHOON TRACY STAKES 1200 100,000 3-Y-O F SWP
24/02/12 LR M V SPORTINGBET NIGHT CUP 2500 150,000 O O Hcp
25/02/12 G1 CAUL FUTURITY STAKES 1400 500,000 O O WFA
25/02/12 G1 CAUL PATINACK FARM BLUE DIAMOND STAKES 1200 1,000,000 2-Y-O O SW
25/02/12 G1 CAUL SPORTINGBET OKLEIGH PLATE 1100 350,000 O O Hcp
25/02/12 G2 CAUL BMW CAULFIELD AUTUMN CLASSIC 1800 180,000 3-Y-O O SW
25/02/12 G2 CAUL CARLTON DRAUGHT ST GEORGE STAKES 1800 200,000 O O WFA
25/02/12 G2 CAUL D'URBAN ANGUS ARMANASCO STAKES 1400 180,000 3-Y-O F SW
25/02/12 G3 CAUL MANNERISM STAKES 1400 125,000 4YO&Up M SWP
26/02/12 LR KILM SPORTINGBET.COM KILMORE CUP 1600 110,000 O O Hcp
3/03/12 G1 FLEM AUSTRALIAN GUINEAS 1600 750,000 3-Y-O O SW
3/03/12 G3 FLEM FRANCES TRESSADY STAKES 1400 150,000 3YO&Up F&M SWP
3/03/12 LR FLEM BOB HOYSTED STAKES 1000 125,000 4YO&Up O Hcp
3/03/12 LR FLEM STREETS ICE CREAM STAKES 1000 100,000 2-Y-O O SWP
3/03/12 LR FLEM TAB STAKES 1400 125,000 O O Hcp
3/03/12 LR FLEM ROY HIGGINS QUALITY 2600 150,000 O O Qlty
10/03/12 G1 FLEM LEXUS NEWMARKET HANDICAP 1200 1,000,000 O O Hcp
10/03/12 G1 FLEM DUBAI AUSTRALIAN CUP 2000 1,000,000 O O WFA
10/03/12 G2 FLEM HENRY BUCKS SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES 1400 300,000 2-Y-O O SW
77

2011 – 2012 Victorian Group & Listed Races
F E A T U R E R A C E L I S T
MEET DATE VENUE GRP CURRENT RACE NAME DIST PRIZE$$ AGE SEX COND
10/03/12 G2 FLEM BLAMEY STAKES 1600 250,000 3YO&Up O SWP
10/03/12 G2 FLEM KEWNEY STAKES 1400 500,000 3-Y-O F SW
10/03/12 G3 FLEM THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ST 1200 150,000 2-Y-O F SWP
10/03/12 G3 FLEM MATRON STAKES 1600 150,000 3YO&Up F&M SWP
10/03/12 LR FLEM TAB SPORTSBET STAKES 1400 125,000 O O Hcp
10/03/12 LR FLEM MOOMBA PLATE 1100 125,000 3-Y-O O Hcp
16/03/12 G2 M V TOP CUT ALISTER CLARK STAKES 2040 200,000 3-Y-O C&G SW
16/03/12 LR M V SPORTINGBET ST. ALBANS STAKES 1000 100,000 2-Y-O O SW
16/03/12 LR M V MOONEE VALLEY QUALITY 1200 100,000 O O Hcp
23/03/12 G1 M V WILLIAM REID STAKES 1200 500,000 O O WFA
23/03/12 G2 M V SPORTINGBET SUNLINE STAKES 1600 200,000 3YO&Up F&M WFA
23/03/12 G2 M V SPORTINGBET FILLIES CLASSIC 1600 200,000 3-Y-O F SW
7/04/12 LR CAUL GALILEE SERIES FINAL 2400 100,000 3-Y-O O Hcp
7/04/12 G3 CAUL LE PINE FUNERALS EASTER CUP 2000 125,000 O O Hcp
7/04/12 G3 CAUL THE AGE VICTORIA HANDICAP 1400 125,000 O O Hcp
21/04/12 LR CAUL PROGRAMMED PROPERTY SERVICES
ANNIVERSARY VASE
1400 100,000 O O Hcp
25/04/12 LR FLEM VRC ST LEGER 2800 200,000 3-Y-O O SWP
25/04/12 LR FLEM ANZAC DAY HANDICAP 1400 100,000 2-Y-O O Hcp
28/04/12 LR CAUL BLUE SAPPHIRE CLASSIC 1200 100,000 2-Y-O O Hcp
2/05/12 LR WARN SCOTT PETROLUEM WANGOOM HCP 1200 100,000 O O Hcp
3/05/12 LR WARN TABCORP WARRNAMBOOL CUP 2350 130,000 O O Hcp
19/05/12 LR FLEM ANDREW RAMSDEN STAKES 3200 200,000 O O Hcp
19/05/12 LR FLEM GIBSON CARMICHAEL STAKES 1600 100,000 2-Y-O O Hcp
19/05/12 LR FLEM THE STRAIGHT SIX 1200 125,000 O O Hcp
9/06/12 LR FLEM A.R. CRESWICK STAKES 1200 125,000 3-Y-O O SWP
7/07/12 LR FLEM TROA/LUXBET WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP 1600 200,000 3YO&Up O Hcp
7/07/12 LR FLEM VRC ALL VICTORIAN SPRINT SERIES FINAL 1200 150,000 3YO&Up O Hcp
14/07/12 LR CAUL SIR JOHN MONASH STAKES 1100 100,000 O O WFA
28/07/12 G3 CAUL BLETCHINGLY STAKES 1200 125,000 O O WFA
78

2011 – 2012 Racing Calendar
AUGUST 2011
01 Mon Echuca
02 Tue Geelong Synthetic
03 Wed Sandown
04 Thu Bendigo
05 Fri Geelong Synthetic
06 Sat Flemington
07 Sun Coleraine (Cup)
07 Sun Seymour
08 Mon Swan Hill
09 Tue Geelong Synthetic
10 Wed Mornington
11 Thu Sale
12 Fri Geelong Synthetic
13 Sat Caulfield
14 Sun Sandown
14 Sun Wangaratta
15 Mon Mildura
16 Tue Warrnambool
17 Wed Ballarat
18 Thu Donald
19 Fri Geelong Synthetic
20 Sat Moonee Valley
20 Sat Bairnsdale
21 Sun Casterton
21 Sun Seymour
22 Mon Echuca
23 Tue Geelong Synthetic
24 Wed Sandown
25 Thu Sale
26 Fri Geelong Synthetic
27 Sat Caulfield
27 Sat Murtoa
28 Sun Sandown
28 Sun Pakenham
29 Mon Swan Hill
30 Tue Pakenham
31 Wed Ballarat
SEPTEMBER 2011
01 Thu Seymour
02 Fri Geelong Synthetic
03 Sat Flemington
03 Sat Tatura
04 Sun Cranbourne
04 Sun Wangaratta
05 Mon Warrnambool
06 Tue Mornington
07 Wed Sandown
08 Thu Ballarat
09 Fri Geelong Synthetic
10 Sat Moonee Valley
10 Sat Sale
11 Sun Bendigo
11 Sun Warracknabeal
12 Mon Warrnambool
13 Tue Kyneton
14 Wed Sandown
15 Thu Seymour
16 Fri Geelong Synthetic
17 Sat Caulfield
17 Sat Echuca
18 Sun Ballarat
18 Sun Swan Hill
19 Mon Mornington
20 Tue Sale
21 Wed Sandown
22 Thu Bendigo
23 Fri Ararat
24 Sat Caulfield
24 Sat Pakenham
25 Sun Bairnsdale (Cup)
25 Sun Seymour
26 Mon Hamilton
27 Tue Echuca
28 Wed Ballarat
N=Night T=Twilight P=Picnic #=Non-TAB
29 Thu Kyneton
30 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
30 Fri Geelong
OCTOBER 2011
01 Sat Mornington
01 Sat Gunbower (Cup)
02 Sun Flemington
02 Sun Murtoa (Cup)
02 Sun Colac #
03 Mon Wangaratta
04 Tue Terang
05 Wed Ballarat
06 Thu Bendigo
07 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
07 Fri Sale
08 Sat Caulfield
08 Sat Pakenham
08 Sat
Manangatang
(Cup) #
09 Sun Cranbourne (Cup)
09 Sun Tatura
10 Mon Donald
11 Tue Echuca
12 Wed Caulfield
13 Thu Moe (Cup)
14 Fri Mornington
15 Sat Caulfield (Cup)
15 Sat Bendigo
15 Sat Avoca (Cup) #
15 Sat Hamilton #
15 Sat Traralgon #
15 Sat Wodonga #
16 Sun Seymour (Cup)
16 Sun Horsham (Cup)
17 Mon Warrnambool
18 Tue Kyneton
19 Wed Geelong (Cup)
20 Thu Ballarat
21 Fri Kilmore
22 Sat
Moonee Valley
(Cox Plate)
22 Sat Cranbourne
22 Sat Tatura #
22 Sat St Arnaud (Cup) #
23 Sun Sale (Cup)
23 Sun Terang (Cup)
24 Mon Pakenham
25 Tue Seymour
26 Wed Bendigo (Cup)
27 Thu Ballarat
28 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
28 Fri Stawell
29 Sat Flemington (Derby)
29 Sat Traralgon
29 Sat Mortlake #
29 Sat Wycheproof (Cup) #
29 Sat Healesville (P)
30 Sun Kilmore
30 Sun Mornington
31 Mon Hamilton
NOVEMBER 2011
01 Tue
Flemington
(Melb Cup)
01 Tue Echuca
01 Tue Bairnsdale #
01 Tue Mildura #
01 Tue Moe #
01 Tue Wangaratta #
01 Tue Wodonga #
01 Tue Mansfield (P)
02 Wed Kyneton (Cup)
03 Thu Flemington (Oaks)
03 Thu Pakenham
03 Thu Warrnambool
V I C T O R I A N R A C E D A T E S
04 Fri Sale
05 Sat Flemington (Stakes)
05 Sat Geelong
05 Sat Balnarring (P)
06 Sun Wodonga
06 Sun Ararat (Cup)
07 Mon Mornington
08 Tue Moe
09 Wed Seymour
10 Thu Bendigo
11 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
11 Fri Pakenham
12 Sat Sandown
12 Sat Dunkeld (Cup)
12 Sat Healesville (P)
13 Sun Geelong
13 Sun Donald (Cup)
14 Mon Wangaratta
15 Tue Warrnambool
16 Wed Sale
17 Thu Seymour
18 Fri Cranbourne (N)
18 Fri Stawell
19 Sat Moonee Valley
19 Sat Mornington
20 Sun Ballarat (Cup)
20 Sun Kilmore
21 Mon Hamilton
22 Tue Moe
23 Wed Sandown
24 Thu Bendigo
25 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
25 Fri Kyneton
26 Sat Sandown
26 Sat Cranbourne
26 Sat Woolamai (P)
27 Sun Swan Hill
27 Sun Wodonga (Cup)
28 Mon Warrnambool
29 Tue Mornington
30 Wed Ballarat
DECEMBER 2011
01 Thu Seymour
02 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
02 Fri Pakenham
03 Sat Caulfield
03 Sat Cranbourne (N)
03 Sat Stony Creek
03 Sat Avoca #
03 Sat Balnarring (P)
04 Sun Geelong
04 Sun Tatura
05 Mon Ararat
06 Tue Kilmore
07 Wed Sale
08 Thu Warrnambool
09 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
09 Fri Mildura
09 Fri Mornington
10 Sat Flemington
10 Sat Werribee
10 Sat Stawell
10 Sat Healesville (P)
11 Sun Moonee Valley (N)
11 Sun Benalla
11 Sun Traralgon (Cup)
12 Mon Terang
13 Tue Wangaratta
14 Wed Caulfield
15 Thu Kyneton
16 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
16 Fri Bendigo (T)
16 Fri Moe
17 Sat Flemington
17 Sat Colac
17 Sat Cranbourne (N)
17 Sat Yea (P)
18 Sun Ballarat
18 Sun Horsham
19 Mon Bairnsdale
20 Tue Kilmore
21 Wed Sandown
22 Thu Seymour
23 Fri Cranbourne
24 Sat Sandown
24 Sat Sale
26 Mon Caulfield
26 Mon Geelong
26 Mon Kerang #
26 Mon Penshurst (Cup) #
26 Mon Nhill (Cup) #
26 Mon Wodonga #
26 Mon Drouin (P)
27 Tue Mornington
27 Tue Woodford
27 Tue Mansfield (P)
28 Wed Ballarat
29 Thu Echuca
30 Fri Cranbourne (N)
30 Fri Stony Creek
31 Sat Moonee Valley (N)
31 Sat Bendigo
31 Sat Towong #
JANUARY 2012
01 Sun Mornington
01 Sun Terang
01 Sun Burrumbeet (Cup) #
01 Sun Hanging Rock #
01 Sun Murtoa #
01 Sun Merton (P)
01 Sun Pakenham (P)
02 Mon Flemington
02 Mon Bairnsdale
02 Mon Balnarring (P)
03 Tue Wangaratta
04 Wed Geelong
05 Thu Ballarat (T)
06 Fri Cranbourne (N)
06 Fri Seymour
07 Sat Caulfield
07 Sat Pakenham
07 Sat Alexandra (P)
07 Sat Dederang (P)
08 Sun Kyneton
08 Sun Warrnambool
08 Sun Woolamai (P)
09 Mon Stony Creek RC
10 Tue Stawell
11 Wed Sandown
12 Thu Ballarat (T)
13 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
13 Fri Mornington
14 Sat Flemington
14 Sat Bairnsdale
14 Sat Healesville (P)
15 Sun Kilmore
15 Sun Werribee
16 Mon Ararat
17 Tue Warrnambool
18 Wed Sandown
19 Thu Seymour (T)
20 Fri Cranbourne (N)
20 Fri Mornington
21 Sat Flemington
21 Sat Moe
21 Sat Camperdown (Cup)#
21 Sat Great Western (Cup) #
21 Sat Woolamai (P)
22 Sun Ballarat
22 Sun Cranbourne
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2011 – 2012 Racing Calendar
23 Mon Terang
24 Tue Wangaratta
25 Wed Geelong
26 Thu Caulfield (T)
26 Thu Sale
26 Thu
Hanging Rock
(Cup) #
26 Thu Balnarring (P)
27 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
27 Fri Mornington
28 Sat Sandown
28 Sat Donald
28 Sat Yea (P)
29 Sun Benalla
29 Sun Werribee (Cup)
30 Mon Kilmore
31 Tue Warrnambool
FEBRUARY 2012
01 Wed Sandown
02 Thu Ballarat (T)
03 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
03 Fri Geelong
04 Sat Caulfield
04 Sat Kyneton
05 Sun Hamilton
05 Sun Sale
05 Sun Healesville (P)
06 Mon Benalla
07 Tue Stawell
08 Wed Sandown
09 Thu Werribee (T)
10 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
10 Fri Pakenham
11 Sat Caulfield
11 Sat Bendigo
11 Sat Woolamai (P)
12 Sun Ballarat
12 Sun Moe
13 Mon Warrnambool
14 Tue Swan Hill
15 Wed Mornington (Cup)
16 Thu Seymour (T)
17 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
17 Fri Sale
18 Sat Flemington
18 Sat Geelong
18 Sat Buchan (P)
19 Sun Bendigo
19 Sun Hamilton
20 Mon Benalla
21 Tue Ararat
22 Wed Sandown
23 Thu Werribee (T)
24 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
24 Fri Ballarat
25 Sat Caulfield
25 Sat Wodonga
25 Sat Woolamai (P)
26 Sun Colac (Cup)
26 Sun Kilmore (Cup)
26 Sun Yea (P)
27 Mon Moe
28 Tue Donald
29 Wed Sandown
MARCH 2012
01 Thu Ballarat (T)
02 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
02 Fri Sale
03 Sat Flemington
03 Sat Geelong
03 Sat Healesville (P)
04 Sun Bendigo
04 Sun Wangaratta (Cup)
05 Mon Warrnambool
N=Night T=Twilight P=Picnic #=Non-TAB
06 Tue Moe
07 Wed Sandown
08 Thu Ballarat (T)
09 Fri Cranbourne (N)
09 Fri Ararat
10 Sat Flemington
10 Sat Echuca
10 Sat Edenhope (Cup) #
10 Sat Kyneton #
10 Sat Towong (Cup) #
10 Sat Alexandra (P)
10 Sat Hinnomunjie (P)
11 Sun Echuca (Cup)
11 Sun Stony Creek (Cup)
12 Mon Moonee Valley
12 Mon Balnarring (P)
13 Tue Terang
14 Wed Sale
15 Thu Werribee (T)
16 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
16 Fri Swan Hill
17 Sat Bendigo
17 Sat Geelong
17 Sat Woolamai (P)
18 Sun Horsham
18 Sun Cranbourne
19 Mon Hamilton
20 Tue Benalla
21 Wed Sandown
22 Thu Ballarat (T)
23 Fri Moonee Valley (N)
23 Fri Bendigo
24 Sat Caulfield
24 Sat Colac
24 Sat Apsley (Cup) #
25 Sun Kyneton
25 Sun Pakenham (Cup)
26 Mon Donald
27 Tue Seymour
28 Wed Sandown
29 Thu Geelong (T)
30 Fri Cranbourne (N)
30 Fri Mornington
31 Sat Moonee Valley
31 Sat Werribee
31 Sat Alexandra (P)
APRIL 2012
01 Sun Benalla
01 Sun Sale
02 Mon Warrnambool
03 Tue Kyneton
04 Wed Sandown
05 Thu Ballarat
05 Thu Cranbourne (N)
07 Sat Caulfield
07 Sat Tatura (Cup)
07 Sat Bairnsdale #
07 Sat Kerang (Cup) #
07 Sat Terang #
07 Sat Warracknabeal #
07 Sat Balnarring (P)
08 Sun Mornington
08 Sun Stawell (Cup)
08 Sun Stony Creek #
08 Sun Swifts Creek (P)
09 Mon Caulfield
10 Tue Wodonga
11 Wed Bendigo
12 Thu Ballarat
13 Fri Cranbourne (N)
13 Fri Geelong Synthetic
14 Sat Flemington
14 Sat Hamilton
15 Sun Hamilton (Cup)
15 Sun Seymour
V I C T O R I A N R A C E D A T E S
16 Mon Mildura
17 Tue Kilmore
18 Wed Sandown
19 Thu Werribee
20 Fri Cranbourne (N)
20 Fri Geelong Synthetic
21 Sat Caulfield
21 Sat Bendigo
22 Sun Ballarat
22 Sun Wangaratta
23 Mon Kyneton
24 Tue Geelong Synthetic
25 Wed Flemington
25 Wed Moe
25 Wed Avoca #
25 Wed Swan Hill #
26 Thu Mornington
27 Fri Geelong Synthetic
28 Sat Caulfield
28 Sat Seymour
29 Sun Sale
29 Sun Ararat
30 Mon Kilmore
MAY 2012
01 Tue Warrnambool
02 Wed Warrnambool
03 Thu Warrnambool (Cup)
04 Fri Bendigo
05 Sat Flemington
05 Sat Wangaratta
06 Sun Geelong
06 Sun Sale
07 Mon Mornington
08 Tue Moe
09 Wed Sandown
10 Thu Ballarat
11 Fri Geelong Synthetic
12 Sat Caulfield
12 Sat Benalla
13 Sun Cranbourne
13 Sun Donald
14 Mon Kyneton
15 Tue Seymour
16 Wed Sandown
17 Thu Bendigo
18 Fri Geelong Synthetic
19 Sat Flemington
19 Sat Mildura
20 Sun Mildura (Cup)
20 Sun Mornington
21 Mon Moe
22 Tue Geelong Synthetic
23 Wed Sandown
24 Thu Werribee
25 Fri Geelong Synthetic
26 Sat Caulfield
26 Sat Kilmore
27 Sun Casterton (Cup)
27 Sun Cranbourne
28 Mon Benalla
29 Tue Geelong Synthetic
30 Wed Bendigo
31 Thu Sale
JUNE 2012
01 Fri Geelong Synthetic
02 Sat Sandown
02 Sat Seymour
03 Sun Ballarat
03 Sun Hamilton
04 Mon Kyneton
05 Tue Moe
06 Wed Moonee Valley
07 Thu Geelong Synthetic
08 Fri Swan Hill
09 Sat Flemington
09 Sat Swan Hill
10 Sun Cranbourne
10 Sun Swan Hill (Cup)
11 Mon Mornington
12 Tue Warrnambool
13 Wed Sandown
14 Thu Seymour
15 Fri Geelong Synthetic
16 Sat Moonee Valley
17 Sun Bairnsdale
17 Sun Bendigo
18 Mon Mildura
19 Tue Wodonga
20 Wed Sandown
21 Thu Ballarat
22 Fri Geelong Synthetic
23 Sat Flemington
24 Sun Casterton
24 Sun Cranbourne
25 Mon Echuca
26 Tue Geelong Synthetic
27 Wed Caulfield
28 Thu Werribee
29 Fri Geelong Synthetic
30 Sat Moonee Valley
JULY 2012
01 Sun Ballarat
01 Sun Warrnambool
02 Mon Mildura
03 Tue Sale
04 Wed Sandown
05 Thu Bendigo
06 Fri Geelong Synthetic
07 Sat Flemington
08 Sun Mornington
08 Sun Warracknabeal (Cup)
09 Mon Echuca
10 Tue Geelong Synthetic
11 Wed Sandown
12 Thu Ballarat
13 Fri Geelong Synthetic
14 Sat Caulfield
15 Sun Casterton
15 Sun Sale
16 Mon Mildura
17 Tue Geelong Synthetic
18 Wed Sandown
19 Thu Seymour
20 Fri Geelong Synthetic
21 Sat Flemington
22 Sun Bendigo
22 Sun Wodonga
23 Mon Swan Hill
24 Tue Pakenham
25 Wed Sandown
26 Thu Ballarat
27 Fri Geelong Synthetic
28 Sat Caulfield
29 Sun Sale
29 Sun Warrnambool
30 Mon Echuca
31 Tue Geelong Synthetic
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Racing Victoria
GROUP AND LISTED RACE
CHRONICLE 2011/2012

Feature races – Group 1
emirates Melbourne cup 3200m (Group 1) $6,000,000, tues 1 Nov 2011
Flemington, No age restriction Handicap
race History
First run in 1861, the ‘race that stops a nation’ is an internationally renowned race with record prize money of $6.2 million.
Based on the international conversion rate cut-off on 8 april 2011, it is not only the richest handicap in the world but is the
richest race on turf. only the $us10 million Dubai World cup on the artificial tapeta surface carries more prizemoney.
the 150th edition of the cup in 2010 was won by americain, the first French-trained galloper to win and the fourth internationally-trained
visitor to take the race after Vintage crop (1993), Media puzzle (2002) and Delta Blues (2006).
kingston rule (1990) holds the race record of 3:16.30 and is one of seven other imported horses to have won with local
trainers.
the race has always been run over two miles or 3200 metres, with piping Lane winning the first metric cup in 1972.
When archer won the first two cups in 1861-62, the race was run on a thursday. in 1863 it was run on a Friday and from
1864 to 1874 it was again run on a thursday. the first tuesday cup was 1875, won by Wollomai and only four times since –
1916 due to weather and in the war years of 1942-43-44 has it been run on a saturday.
internationally trained horses have
placed in 10 of the past 12 cups
2010 emirates Melbourne cup - result
No age restriction Handicap. tuesday 2 November, 2010. of $6,000,000 and $170,000 trophy. 1st $3,600,000, 2nd $900,000, 3rd $450,000,
4th $250,000, 5th $175,000, 6th $125,000, 7th $125,000, 8th $125,000., 9th $125,000, 10th $125,000. time: 3:26:87 track condition: slow 6
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st 08. americain(usa) Gerald Mosse 11 54.5 $13 alain de royer Dupre
2nd 24. Maluckyday(NZ) Luke Nolen 5 51 2.75L $9 Michael, Wayne & John
Hawkes
3rd 03. so you think(NZ) steven arnold 2 56 3.25L $3F Bart cummings
4th 04. Zipping Nicholas Hall 15 55.5 5L $26 robert Hickmott
5th 12. Harris tweed(NZ) Brad rawiller 12 54 5.5L $26 Murray Baker
6th 19. Holberg(uae) Frankie Dettori 9 53.5 6.25L $21 saeed Bin suroor
7th 13. Manighar(Fr) Damien oliver 19 54 9.25L $26 Luca cumani
8th 20. precedence(NZ) James Winks 14 53.5 9.35L $21 Bart cummings
9th 05. illustrious Blue(GB) Glen Boss 8 55 10.85L $51 chris Waller
10th 06. Mr Medici(ire) Darren Beadman 4 55 12.1L $61 peter Ho
11th 23. once Were Wild Jim cassidy 10 51.5 12.4L $31 Gai Waterhouse
12th 09. tokai trick(JpN) shinji Fujita 3 54.5 12.7L $91 kenji Nonaka
13th 07. shoot out corey Brown 16 55 13.45L $26 John Wallace
14th 15. Monaco consul(NZ) craig Williams 13 54 15.2L $31 Michael Moroney
15th 14. Master o'reilly(NZ) Vlad Duric 17 54 17.95L $201 Danny o’Brien
16th 02. campanologist(usa) kerrin Mcevoy 18 56 18.45L $71 saeed Bin suroor
17th 16. profound Beauty(ire) patrick smullen 21 54 18.95L $31 Dermot k Weld
18th 01. shocking Michael rodd 23 57 19.05L $12 Mark kavanagh
19th 21. red ruler(NZ) Mark Du plessis 7 53.5 20.05L $301 John sargent
20th 10. Buccellati(GB) steven king 20 54 23.05L $301 tony Noonan
21st 22. Linton Brett prebble 22 52 35.05L $26 robert Hickmott
22nd 17. Zavite(NZ) Michael Walker 6 54 47.05L $151 anthony cummings
FF 11. Descarado(NZ) Nash rawiller 1 54 $14 Gai Waterhouse
SCr 18. Bauer(ire) chris Munce 0 53.5 Luca cumani
caulfield cup / Melbourne cup
Horse year Horse year
poseidon 1906 Gurner’s Lane 1982
the trump 1937 Let’s elope 1991
rivette 1939 Doriemus 1995
rising Fast 1954 Might and power 1997
even stevens 1962 ethereal 2001
Galilee 1966
cox plate / Melbourne cup
Horse year
Makybe Diva 2005
saintly 1996
rising Fast 1954
phar Lap 1930
Nightmarch 1929
*rising Fast (1954) is the only horse to win the caulfield cup, cox plate and Melbourne cup in the same year.
Winners by age
aGe WiNs Last WoN
3 23 1941
4 43 2009
5 43 2008
6 28 2010
7 10 2005
8 2 1938
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Feature races – Group 1
emirates Melbourne cup 3200m (Group 1) continued
Flemington, No age restriction Handicap
Horses
Five horses have won the Melbourne cup more than once: Makybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005), think Big (1974, 1975), rain
Lover (1968, 1969), peter pan (1932, 1934) and archer (1861, 1862).
the Melbourne cup has been won by mares on 13 occasions, including Makybe Diva’s treble.
sixteen winners of the Mackinnon stakes on Derby Day have gone on to win the cup, but none since rogan Josh in 1999.
eight winners of the Lexus stakes on Derby Day have gone on to win the cup, the latest shocking in 2009. americain and
Media puzzle both won the Geelong cup on the way to their victories in 2010 and 2002.
phar Lap(1930) is the shortest priced runner and winner at 8/11 while the pearl (1871), Wotan (1936) and old rowley (1940)
are the longest priced winners at 100/1. the biggest winning margin is eight lengths – archer in 1862 and rain Lover in 1968.
eight horses have won the cup after being placed previously in the race, the latest empire rose in 1988.
the caulfield/Melbourne cup double
has been won by 11 different horses
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 americain 54.5kg, 6yo Horse Gerald Mosse alain de royer Dupre Maluckyday(NZ) 2nd, so you think(NZ) 3rd 3-26.87 slow
2009 shocking 51kgs, 4yo Horse, $10 corey Brown Mark kavanagh crime scene (ire) 2nd, Mourilyan (ire) 3rd 3-23.87 Dead
2008 Viewed 53kgs, 5yo Horse, $41 Blake shinn Bart cummings Bauer (ire) 2nd, c’est La Guerre (NZ) 3rd 3-20.40 Good
2007 efficient (NZ) 54.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, $17 Michael rodd Graeme rogerson purple Moon (ire) 2nd, Mahler (GB) 3rd 3-23.34 Good
2006 Delta Blues (JpN) 56kgs, 6yo Horse, $18 yasunari iwata katsuhiko sumii pop rock (JpN) 2nd, Maybe Better 3rd 3-21.42 Good
2005 Makybe Diva (GB) 58kgs, 7yo Mare, $4.40 Glen Boss Lee Freedman on a Jeune 2nd, Xcellent (NZ) 3rd 3-19.79 Dead
2004 Makybe Diva (GB) 55.5kgs, 6yo Mare, $3.60 Glen Boss Lee Freedman Vinnie roe (ire) 2nd, Zazzman 3rd 3-28.55 Dead
2003 Makybe Diva (GB) 51kgs, 5yo Mare, $8 Glen Boss David Hall she’s archie 2nd, Jardines Lookout (ire) 3rd 3-19.90 Good
2002 Media puzzle (usa) 52.5kgs, 6yo Gelding, $6.50 Damien oliver Dermot Weld Mr. prudent 2nd, Beekeeper (GB) 3rd 3-16.97 Good
2001 ethereal (NZ) 52kgs, 4yo Mare, $10 scott seamer sheila Laxon Give the slip (GB) 2nd, persian punch (ire) 3rd 3-21.08 Dead
2000 Brew (NZ) 49kgs, 6yo Gelding, 14-1 kerrin Mcevoy Michael Moroney yippyio 2nd, second coming (NZ) 3rd 3-18.68 Good
1999 rogan Josh 50kgs, 7yo Gelding, 5-1 John Marshall Bart cummings central park (ire) 2nd, Lahar 3rd 3-19.64 Good
1998 Jezabeel (NZ) 51kgs, 6yo Mare, 6-1 chris Munce Brian Jenkins champagne (NZ) 2nd, persian punch (ire) 3rd 3-18.59 Good
1997 Might and power (NZ) 56kgs, 4yo Gelding, 7-2 Jim cassidy Jack Denham Doriemus (NZ) 2nd, Markham 3rd 3-18.33 Good
1996 saintly 55.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 8-1 Darren Beadman Bart cummings count chivas (NZ) 2nd, skybeau (NZ) 3rd 3-18.80 Good
1995 Doriemus (NZ) 54.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, 10-1 Damien oliver Lee Freedman Nothin’ Leica Dane 2nd, Vintage crop (ire) 3rd 3-27.60 Heavy
1994 Jeune (GB) 56.5kgs, 6yo Horse, 16-1 Wayne Harris David Hayes paris Lane 2nd, oompala (NZ) 3rd 3-19.80 Good
1993 Vintage crop (ire) 55.5kgs, 7yo Gelding, 14-1 Michael kinane Dermot Weld te akau Nick (NZ) 2nd, Mercator (NZ) 3rd 3-23.40 slow
1992 subzero 54.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 4-1 Greg Hall Lee Freedman Veandercross (NZ) 2nd, castletown (NZ) 3rd 3-24.70 slow
1991 Let’s elope (NZ) 51kgs, 4yo Mare, 3-1 steven king Bart cummings super impose (NZ) 2nd, castletown (NZ) 3rd 3-18.90 Good
1990 kingston rule (usa) 53kgs, 5yo Horse, 7-1 Darren Beadman Bart cummings the phantom (NZ) 2nd, Mr. Brooker (NZ) 3rd 3-16.30 Good
1989 tawrrific (NZ) 54kgs, 5yo Horse, 30-1 shane Dye Lee Freedman super impose (NZ) 2nd, the phantom (NZ) 3rd 3-17.10 Good
1988 empire rose (NZ) 53.5kgs, 6yo Mare, 5-1 tony allen Laurie Laxon kensei (NZ) 2nd, tawrrific (NZ) 3rd 3-18.90 Good
1987 kensei (NZ) 51.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, 12-1 Larry olsen Les Bridge empire rose (NZ) 2nd, cossack Warrior 3rd 3-22.00 Good
traiNers
Hall of Fame Legend Bart cummings has trained the winner on 12 occasions: Viewed (2008), rogan Josh (1999), saintly
(1996), Let’s elope (1991), kingston rule (1990), Hyperno (1979), Gold and Black (1977), think Big (1975, 1974), Galilee
(1966) and Light Fingers (1965).
the closest trainers to that iconic feat are on five wins - Lee Freedman with Makybe Diva (2005, 2004), Doriemus (1995),
subzero (1992) and tawriffic (1989) and etienne de Mestre with calamia (1878), chester (1877), tim Whiffler (1867), and
archer (1862, 1861). in 2001, sheila Laxon, with ethereal, became the first woman to train a Melbourne cup winner.
John Meagher trained ‘What a Nuisance’
in 1985 to win the first Million Dollar
Melbourne cup
2

Feature races – Group 1
emirates Melbourne cup 3200m (Group 1) continued
Flemington, No age restriction Handicap
Jockeys
Bobbie Lewis and Harry White share the riding record in the cup, with four winners each. Lewis won on the Victory (1902),
patrobas (1915), artilleryman (1919) and trivalve (1927). White’s winners were think Big (1974, 1975), arwon (1978) and Hyperno
(1979). remarkably, White rode his four winners within a five-year period while there were 25 years between Lewis’s
first winner and his last. Glen Boss has three on Makybe Diva (2003, 2004, 2005).
Facts & Figures
FaCt year
record attendance 2003 122,736
race record 1990 3 minutes 16.3 seconds (kingston rule )
Most Number of starts - 6 (shadow king)
shortest priced Winner 1930 8-11 (phar Lap)
Longest priced Winner 1871 100-1 (the pearl)
Heaviest Winning Weight 1890 66kgs (carbine)
First imported Winner 1910 comedy king (GB)
Winning Barriers
Barrier WiNs Last WoN Barrier WiNs Last WoN
1 1 1990 13 1 1970
2 2 1997 14 5 2005
3 3 2002 15 1 1971
4 2 1987 16 3 1998
5 3 1994 17 2 1986
6 3 1965 18 - -
7 1 2004 19 2 1967
8 1 2008 20 2 1988
9 2 2007 21 4 2009
10 3 2001 22 3 2000
11 6 2010 23 2 1976
12 2 (1949) 24 2 1973
* these figures date from 1958 when barrier stalls were first used in the cup. (Figures in brackets indicate
last win prior to introduction of barrier stalls)
Winning saddlecloths (1903-2010)
s/cLotH WiNs Last WoN s/cLotH WiNs Last WoN
1 12 2005 13 7 2001
2 9 2006 14 5 2002
3 4 1997 15 5 1991
4 11 1986 16 3 1972
5 7 2004 17 7 1999
6 8 2007 18 3 1932
7 4 1981 19 6 1942
8 8 2010 20 3 1897
9 7 1957 21 2 2009
10 4 2008 22 4 1998
11 7 1988 23 2 1922
12 11 2003 24 7 2000
* since 1955 the field size has been limited to 24 runners. prior to that, number 25 had provided two winners
and numbers 26, 28 and 39 one each. includes all winners (1861-1876 determined by weight order).
the most successful saddlecloth number in the history of the cup is number 1 with 12 wins while number 4 and number12
have each provided 11 winners. the least successful saddlecloth numbers are 21 and 23. in 2009, shocking broke an 86-year
drought for saddle cloth number 21. currently, the longest drought is for number 20 – it was last carried by a cup winner in
1897 (Gaulus) – a losing streak of 112 years!
3

1 aBoVe aVeraGe (ire)
2 aBsoLuteLy
3
aBsoLuteLyaWesoMe (NZ)
4 akiNosHiraBe (JpN)
5 akZar (ire)
6 aLaNDi (ire)
7 aLcopop
8 aLLaNtHus
9 aLtius
10 aMericaiN (usa)
11 aMici Nero
12 aNacHeeVa
13 aNuDJaWuN (NZ)
14 at First siGHt (ire)
15 Back iN BLack (NZ)
16 Base (NZ)
17 Bauer (ire)
18 BLack aND BeNt
19 BLackie (NZ)
20 BoB Le Beau (ire)
21 BooMiNG (NZ)
22 BraZiLiaN puLse (NZ)
23 BrusHiNG (GB)
24 BuiLDer o’reiLLy (NZ)
25 caVaLryMaN (GB)
26 cosMoNaut
27 crocoDiLe caNyoN (NZ)
28 DaNGerous MiDGe (usa)
29 DeceMBer DraW (ire)
30 DescaraDo (NZ)
31 Diyaraka (Fr)
32 DoN carLos (Ger)
33 DoN DoMiNGo (NZ)
34 DoN’t put it tHere (NZ)
35 DreaMaWay
36 DruNkeN saiLor (ire)
37 DuBLiN DarLiN (NZ)
38 DuNaDeN (Fr)
39 eMas (NZ)
40 eruptious (NZ)
41 eXceptioNaLLy (NZ)
42 eXcLuDeD (NZ)
43 FiNiGuerra
44 ForeteLLer (GB)
45 FoX HuNt (ire)
46 GaLiLeo’s cHoice (ire)
47 GaLiZaNi
48 GLass HarMoNiuM (ire)
49 Go WitH tHe FLo (NZ)
50 GreeN MooN (ire)
51 Guest WiNG
52 Harris tWeeD (NZ)
53 HaWk isLaND (ire)
54 HeaD NortH
55 HeeZ BorN Lucky (NZ)
56 HercuLiaN priNce (NZ)
57 HiDDeN GeM
58 HissiNG siD
59 HoMe oN a WiNG
60 HuMe (NZ)
61 iLe De re (Fr)
62 iLLo (Ger)
63 iLLustrious BLue (GB)
64 i’M Jake (NZ)
65 iNNoceNt LaDy (NZ)
66 iroNsteiN
67 isHaNt
68 JukeBoX Jury (ire)
69 kiNG GLaDiator
70 kiNG’s rose (NZ)
71 kitteNs
72 LaLLa rookH
73 LaMasery
74 LaristaN (Fr)
75 LiGHts oF HeaVeN (NZ)
76 LiNtoN
77 LioN taMer (NZ)
78 Littorio
79 LopoV (NZ)
80 Lost iN tHe MoMeNt (ire)
81 Lucas craNacH (Ger)
82 Lucky eiGHty eiGHt
83 MaceDoNiaN (NZ)
84 MaLuckyDay (NZ)
85 MaNiGHar (Fr)
86 MaNy stars (NZ)
87 MarDeN (ire)
88 Master o’reiLLy (NZ)
89 MeeZNaH (usa)
90 MiDas toucH (GB)
91 MiDNiGHt MartiNi
92 MiGHty HiGH (Fr)
93 MoDuLe (NZ)
94 MoDuN (ire)
95 MoNtaHLia (NZ)
96 MoNtGoMery (NZ)
97 MourayaN (ire)
98 MoyeNNe corNicHe (GB)
99 Mr o’ceiriN (NZ)
100 MusHatta
101 My BeNtLey (NZ)
102 My kiNGDoM oF FiFe (GB)
103 My scotsGrey (NZ)
104 NiWot
105 oLDer tHaN tiMe
106 oLyMpic WiN (NZ)
107 oNce Were WiLD
108 paDDy o’reiLLy (NZ)
109 peGeMBak
110 perGoLa (NZ)
111 piNker piNker
112 pLaNet purpLe
113 pLatiNuM passioN
114 pLayiNG GoD
115 praeciDo (NZ)
116 preceDeNce (NZ)
117 raFFaeLLo
118 reBeL soLDier (ire)
119 reD caDeauX (GB)
120 reD coLossus
121 reD eye speciaL (NZ)
122 reprisaL
123 reuBeN perciVaL (NZ)
124 riGHt oF reFusaL
125 saDDLe tHe stars
126 saHara suN (cHi)
127 saptapaDi (ire)
128 scarLett LaDy (NZ)
129 seaN BaiLe Mor
130 seGuro (NZ)
131 seNse oF purpose (ire)
132 septeMBer MorN (ire)
133 sHaDoWs iN tHe suN
134 sHaMrocker (NZ)
135 sHeWaN
136 sHoWcause
137 sierra NeVaDa (NZ)
138 siMpre arriBa (NZ)
139 specHeNka
140 spLeNDiD HoNours
141 staND to GaiN (ire)
142 stratocracy
143 SuNSet CaFe
144 sWooper
145 syreoN
146 tactic (GB)
147 taMaNu park
148 taNBy
149 teD spreaD (GB)
150 tHe VerMiNator
151 tiNseLtoWN (NZ)
152 titcH (NZ)
153 traiN crusHer (NZ)
154 trustiNG
155 tuLLaMore (NZ)
156 tWo For tea (NZ)
157 uNusuaL suspect (usa)
158 Vesper
159 ViGor (NZ)
160 VikiNG LeGeND
161 WesterN syMBoL (NZ)
162 ZaGreB
163 Zara DaNcer (NZ)
Feature races – Group 1
emirates Melbourne cup 3200m (Group 1) continued
Flemington, No age restriction Handicap
2011 Melbourne cup Nominations
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Feature races – Group 1
tatts cox plate 2040m (Group 1) $3,000,000, sat 22 oct 2011
Moonee Valley, three-year-old and upwards Weight For age
race History
First run in 1922, the cox plate is australia’s premier weight for age race. it is the second of the ‘big three’ Group 1 events of spring and
the third richest race in australia behind the Melbourne cup and the Golden slipper. the race was divided in 1946 when Flight and
Leonard won the two divisions.
the cox plate has been a race dominated by the males. only five mares and one filly have won the race: Makybe Diva (2005), sunline
(2000, 1999), Dane ripper (1997), tranquil star (1944, 1942), Flight (1946, 1945) and lone filly surround (1976).
rising Fast (1954) is the only horse to have won the cox plate, caulfield cup and Melbourne cup in the same year.
there are 12 multiple winners. the tommy smith trained kingston town, who won it on three occasions (1982, 1981, 1980) and dual
winners are: Fields of omagh (2006, 2003), Northerly (2002, 2001), sunline (2000, 1999), tobin Bronze (1967, 1966), Flight (1946,
1945), tranquil star (1944, 1942), Beau Vite (1941, 1940), young idea (1937, 1936), chatham (1932, 1934) and phar Lap (1931, 1930).
phar Lap and tobin Bronze ran their last australian races in the cox plate before leaving for the us. Fields of omagh, the oldest winner
at nine, was retired immediately after his second win.
Dato tan chin Nam is the only
owner to win the cox plate with two
different horses – saintly (1996) and
so you think (2009, 2010).
2010 tatts cox plate - result
three-years-old and upwards standard Weight for age. saturday 23 october, 2010. of $3,000,000 and $50,000 trophy. 1st $1,800,000, 2nd $440,000, 3rd
$220,000, 4th $130,000, 5th $110,000, 6th $100,000, 7th $100,000, 8th $100,000. time: 2:73:45 track condition: Dead 4
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st 05. so you think(NZ) steven arnold 5 57.5 $1.50F Bart cummings
2nd 01. Zipping Nicholas Hall 6 59 1.25L $17 robert Hickmott
3rd 02. Whobegotyou Michael rodd 10 59 1.45L $15 Mark kavanagh
4th 06. shoot out corey Brown 9 57.5 2.7L $13 John Wallace
5th 10. More Joyous(NZ) Nash rawiller 3 55.5 4.45L $7.50 Gai Waterhouse
6th 09. avienus craig Williams 7 57 4.55L $151 Mark Webb
7th 04. Wall street(NZ) Michael coleman 4 59 6.55L $21 Jeff Lynds
8th 08. captain sonador Glen Boss 8 57.5 6.65L $91 roger Milne
9th 07. trusting Jim cassidy 1 57.5 6.85L $41 John p thompson
10th 03. Luen yat Forever Dwayne Dunn 2 59 15.85L $101 pou choi
Winning Barriers (1922-2010)
Barrier WiNs Last WoN Barrier WiNs Last WoN
1 6 1989 11 4 1994
2 6 1996 12 - -
3 6 2001 13 2 2000
4 7 2005 14 - -
5 6 2010 15 1 1960
6 9 2008 16 - -
7 11 2009 17 - -
8 2 1957 18 - -
9 4 1991 19 1 1942
10 4 1986
Winning saddlecloths (1903-2010)
s/cLotH WiNs Last WoN s/cLotH WiNs Last WoN
1 20 2007 10 4 1993
2 12 2008 11 5 2005
3 10 2003 12 3 1984
4 5 1999 13 1 1949
5 6 2010 14 4 2009
6 7 1983 15 3 1995
7 2 1997 16 - -
8 7 1996
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Moonee Valley, three-year-old and upwards Weight For age
recent History
Feature races – Group 1
Horses
Notable horses before 1986, apart from multiple winners, include: strawberry road (1983), Dulcify (1979),
Gunsynd (1972), tulloch (1960), redcraze (1957), rising Fast (1954), ajax (1938), Manfred (1925) and Violoncello (1922).
six 3yos have won the cox plate and the Victoria Derby in the same year: red anchor (1984), taj rossi (1973), Daryl’s Joy
(1969), alister (1950), Delta (1949) and Manfred (1925). so you think (2009) became the 18th 3yo to win and the same
horse became the 26th 4yo to win in 2010. Northerly (2001) is the latest of 22 5yos, Maldivian (2008) is the latest of 14 6yos,
Makybe Diva (2005) is the latest of six 7yos, super impose (1992) is the latest of two 8yos and the only 9yo was Fields of
omagh (2006).
Dulcify (1979) and sunline (2001) have the biggest winning margin of seven lengths. Better Loosen up (1990) won the Japan
cup after his cox plate win. While five winners went on to win the Melbourne cup, Might and power (1998) is the only galloper
to take the double in reverse, winning the cup in 1997. Four caulfield cup winners went on to take the cox plate in the
same year while eight have won both races in different years.
Fields of omagh ran in the cox plate five
times for two wins (2003, 2006), one
second (2004), one third (2005) and one
fifth (2002).
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 so you think 57.5kgs, 4yo Horse, $1.50 steven arnold Bart cummings Zipping 2nd, Whobegotyou 3rd 2:03:98 Good
2009 so you think 49.5kgs, 3yo colt, $14 Glen Boss Bart cummings Manhattan rain 2nd, Zipping 3rd 2:03:98 Good
2008 Maldivian (NZ), 59.0kg, 6yo gelding, $11 Michael rodd Mark kavanagh Zipping 2nd, samantha Miss 3rd 2:06:92 Good
2007 el segundo (NZ), 59.0kg, 6yo gelding, $7 Luke Nolen colin Little Wonderful World 2nd, Haradasun 3rd 2:06:33 Good
2006 Fields of omagh, 58.0kg, 9yo gelding, $19 craig Williams David Hayes el segundo (NZ) 2nd, pompeii ruler 3rd 2:06:89 Good
2005 Makybe Diva (GB), 55.5kg, 7yo mare, $2 Glen Boss Lee Freedman Lotteria 2nd, Fields of omagh 3rd 2:09:27 slow
2004 savabeel, 48.5kg, 3yo colt, $15 chris Munce Graeme rogerson Fields of omagh 2nd, starcraft (NZ) 3rd 2:06:88 Good
2003 Fields of omagh, 58.0kg, 6yo gelding, $17 steven king tony Mcevoy Defier 2nd, Lonhro 3rd 2:07:61 Good
2002 Northerly, 58.0kg, 6yo gelding, $4 patrick payne Fred kersley Defier 2nd, Grandera (ire) 3rd 2:06:27 Good
2001 Northerly, 58.0kg, 5yo gelding, $4 Damien oliver Fred kersley sunline (NZ) 2nd, Viscount 3rd 2:05:84 Good
2000 sunline (NZ), 55.5kg, 5yo mare, $118 Greg childs trevor Mckee Diatribe 2nd, referral 3rd 2:07:70 slow
1999 sunline (NZ), 54.0kg, 4yo mare, $61 Greg childs trevor Mckee tie the knot 2nd, sky Heights (NZ) 3rd 2:05:40 Good
1998 Might and power 58kgs, 5yo Gelding 8-11 Jim cassidy Jack Denham Northern Drake 2nd, tycoon Lil 3rd 2.03.54 Good
1997 Dane ripper 54.5kgs, 4yo Mare, 40-1 Damien oliver Bart cummings Filante (NZ) 2nd, Vialli (ire) 3rd 2.07.65 Good
1996 saintly 57kgs, 4yo Gelding, 5-1 Darren Beadman Bart cummings Filante (NZ) 2nd, all our Mob 3rd 2.05.73 Good
1995 octagonal 48.5kgs, 3yo colt, 15-2 shane Dye John Hawkes Mahogany 2nd, station Hand 3rd 2.06.38 Good
1994 solvit 59kgs, 6yo Gelding, 10-1 David Walsh Moira Murdoch rough Habit (NZ) 2nd, redding (NZ) 3rd 2.02.6 Good
1993 the phantom chance 57kgs, 3yo Gelding, 4-1 Bob Vance colin Jillings solvit (NZ) 2nd, Golden sword (NZ) 3rd 2.02.8 Fast
1992 super impose 59kgs, 8yo Gelding, 16-1 Greg Hall Lee Freedman kinjite (NZ) 2nd, slight chance (NZ) 3rd 2.05.5 Good
1991 surfers paradise, 57kgs, 4yo Gelding, 14-1 Lance o'sullivan David J. o'sullivan super impose (NZ) 2nd, sydeston 3rd 2.03.8 Good
1990 Better Loosen up, 59kgs, 5yo Gelding, 2-1 Michael clarke David Hayes sydeston 2nd, canny Lad 3rd 2.01.5 Fast
1989 almaarad 59kgs, 6yo Horse, 11-4 Michael clarke colin Hayes stylish century 2nd, empire rose (NZ) 3rd 2.03.2 Good
1988 our poetic prince 57kgs, 4yo Horse, 5-4 Noel Harris John Wheeler Horlicks (NZ) 2nd, Bonecrusher (NZ) 3rd 2.06.9 Good
1987 rubiton 57kgs, 4yo Horse, 7-4 Harry White pat Barns our poetic prince 2nd, Fair sir (NZ) 3rd 2.02.9 Fast
1986 Bonecrusher 57kgs, 4yo Gelding, 9-10 Gary stewart Frank ritchie our Waverley star (NZ) 2nd, the Filbert 3rd 2.07.2 Dead
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Moonee Valley, three-year-old and upwards Weight For age
traiNers
Feature races – Group 1
Hall of Fame member tommy smith is the most successful trainer in the cox plate with seven wins: red anchor (1984), kingston
town (1982,1981, 1980), Gunsynd (1972), tulloch (1960) and redcraze (1957).
Jack Holt trained six winners: chanak (1947), young idea (1937, 1936), Highland (1928), Heroic (1926) and easingwold (1923).
Bart cummings has five: so you think (2009, 2010) Dane ripper (1997), saintly (1996) and taj rossi (1973).
current trainers
traiNer WiNs Horses (year)
Bart cummings 5 taj rossi (1973) saintly (1996) Dane ripper (1997) so you think (2009 & 2010)
David Hayes 2 Better Loosen up (1990) Fields of omagh (2006)
Lee Freedman 2 super impose (1992) Makybe Diva (2005)
Fred kersley 2 Northerly (2001–02)
trevor Mckee 2 sunline (1999, 2000)
John Hawkes 1 octagonal (1995)
Mark kavanagh 1 Maldivian (2008)
colin Little 1 el segundo (2007)
Moira Murdoch 1 solvit (1994)
Frank ritchie 1 Bonecrusher (1986)
Graeme rogerson 1 savabeel (2004)
John Wheeler 1 our poetic prince (1988)
Jockeys
the leading jockey in the cox plate is Darby Munro, having ridden five winners: Hydrogen (1952), Beau Vite (1941), Mosaic
(1939), young idea (1937) and rogilla (1933). in recent times, there are three jockeys that have won the cox plate on two occasions.
Glen Boss rode so you think to win in 2009 and Makybe Diva in 2005. Greg childs won on sunline in 2000 and 1999
(and also finished second in 2001 and fourth on the great mare in 2002) and Damien oliver won on Northerly in 2001 and
Dane ripper in 1997.
current Jockeys
Jockey WiNs Horses (year)
Glen Boss 2 Makybe Diva (2005) so you think (2009)
Damien oliver 2 Dane ripper (1997) Northerly (2001)
steven arnold 1 so you think (2010)
Darren Beadman 1 saintly (1996)
Jim cassidy 1 Might and power (1998)
shane Dye 1 octagonal (1995)
Noel Harris 1 our poetic prince (1988)
steven king 1 Fields of omagh (2003)
chris Munce 1 savabeel (2004)
Luke Nolen 1 el segundo (2007)
Michael rodd 1 Maldivian (2008)
David Walsh 1 solvit (1994)
craig Williams 1 Fields of omagh (2006)
Leading trainer
traiNer WiNs Horses (year)
tommy smith 7 redcraze (1957) tulloch (1960) Gunsynd (1972) kingston
town (1980-81-82) red anchor (1984)
Leading Jockey
Jockey WiNs Horses (year)
Darby Munro 5 rogilla (1933) young idea (1937) Mosaic (1939)
Beau Vite (1941) Hydrogen (1952)
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Moonee Valley, three-year-old and upwards Weight For age
Lead-up Form
year Horse LeaD-up ForM
2010 so you think 1st yalumba G1 2000m, 1st underwood G1 1800m
2009 so you think 5th caulfield Guineas G1 1600m, 1st Gloaming stakes G3 1800m
2008 Maldivian 9th caulfield cup G1 2400m, 6th turnbull stakes G1 2000m
2007 el segundo 6th turnbull stakes G1, 2000m, 1st Feehan stakes G2, 1600m
2006 Fields of omagh 4th yalumba stakes G1, 2000m, 5th Feehan stakes G2, 1600m
2005 Makybe Diva 1st turnbull stakes G2 2000m, 2nd Feehan stakes G2, 1600m
2004 savabeel 1st spring champion stakes G1 2000m, 2nd Gloaming stakes G2, 1800m
2003 Fields of omagh 2nd toorak Handicap G1 1600m, 18th Dubai rc cup G1, 1400m
2002 Northerly 1st caulfield cup G1, 2400m, 1st turnbull stakes G1 2000m
2001 Northerly 1st yalumba stakes G1, 2000m, 1st underwood stakes G1, 1800m
2000 sunline 2nd turnbull stakes G2, 2000m, 1st Feehan stakes G2, 1600m
1999 sunline 4th epsom Handicap G1, 1600m, 2nd George Main stakes G1, 1600m
2011 cox plate Nominations
1 aBsoLuteLy
2 aBsoLuteLyaWesoMe (NZ)
3 akZar (ire)
4 aLaNDi (ire)
5 aLcopop
6 aLL siLeNt
7 aLoHa
8 aLtius
9 aMericaiN (usa)
10 aNacHeeVa
11 aNuDJaWuN (NZ)
12 apoLLo creeD
13 at First siGHt (ire)
14 aVieNus
15 aWakeN tHe DraGoN (NZ)
16 BaLDoViNo
17 Base (NZ)
18 BecQu aDoree (Fr)
19 BiGeLoW
20 BLackie (NZ)
21 BooMiNG (NZ)
22 Boys oN tour
23 BraZiLiaN puLse (NZ)
24 BriDGestoNe (NZ)
25 BriGHt HoriZoN (GB)
26 BuDai (Ger)
27 caBeZa (NZ)
28 cape BLaNco (ire)
29 ceDarBerG
30 c’est La Guerre (NZ)
31 cHariNG cross
32 city oF soNG
33 coLDeNs cHoice
34 coLuMBus
35 cosMoNaut
36 costLy coMMitMeNt
37 DaNGerous MiDGe (usa)
38 DeaD eND (NZ)
39 DeaLer priNcipaL
40 DeceMBer DraW (ire)
41 DescaraDo (NZ)
42 Diyaraka (Fr)
43 Do ra Mi (NZ)
44 Do you tHiNk
45 DoMesky
46 DoN carLos (Ger)
47 DoWaGer QueeN (NZ)
48 DreaMaWay
49 eFFicieNt (NZ)
50 esseNce oF success
51 eXtra Zero
52 Fast cLip
53 FaWkNer
54 FiNiGuerra
55 FLat cHat
56 FLeur De LuNe (NZ)
57 FLiGHt oF peGasus
58 FoLDiNG Gear (NZ)
59 FoNteLiNa
60 ForeteLLer (GB)
61 FoXHaM
62 GaLiZaNi
63 GatHeriNG
64 GiGiNo (NZ)
65 GiNGerBreaD MaN
66 GLass HarMoNiuM (ire)
67 Go WitH tHe FLo (NZ)
68 GreeN MooN (ire)
69 Guest WiNG
70 Happy traiLs
71 HaWk isLaND (ire)
72 Heart oF DreaMs
73 HeiDiLicious (NZ)
74 HeLMet
75 HercuLiaN priNce (NZ)
76 HiDDeN GeM
77 iLLo (Ger)
78 iLLustrious BLue (GB)
79 iLoVetHiscity
80 i’M iMposiNG (GB)
81 JiMMy cHouX (NZ)
82 JustWarMiNGup (NZ)
83 keep tHe peace (NZ)
84 kiM DiViNe
85 kiNG top GuN (JpN)
86 kiNG’s pact
87 kiNG’s rose (NZ)
88 LarGo LaD
89 LiGHt BriGaDe
90 LiGHts oF HeaVeN (NZ)
91 LiNtoN
92 LioN taMer (NZ)
93 Littorio
94 LoNDoN stripe (ire)
95 LoVe coNQuers aLL
96 Lucas craNacH (Ger)
97 LueN yat ForeVer
98 MaLuckyDay (NZ)
99 MaraaseeM
100 MeiNer kitZ (JpN)
101 MiDas toucH (GB)
102 MiDNiGHt MartiNi
103 MirJuLisa Lass
104 More Joyous (NZ)
105 More straWBerries
106 MosHeeN
107 MouDre
108 MourayaN (ire)
109 MusHatta
110 Musir
111 My BeNtLey (NZ)
112 My kiNGDoM oF FiFe (GB)
113 NeesoN
114 NeVer ForGet (Fr)
115 NiBLick
116 NoBLe park (NZ)
117 oLDer tHaN tiMe
118 oNce Were WiLD
119 paNe iN tHe GLass
120 piNker piNker
121 pLatiNuM passioN
122 pLayiNG GoD
123 poLisH
124 praeciDo (NZ)
125 preceDeNce (NZ)
126 pressDay
127 raFFaeLLo
128 raHVeeL
129 reBeL raiDer
130 reBeL soLDier (ire)
131 reD coLossus
132 reD eye speciaL (NZ)
133 rekiNDLeD iNterest
134 rHyNo cHaser
135 riVer JeteZ (saF)
136 rotHera
137 saBraGe
138 sacreD cHoice
139 saDaLBari
140 saFari (NZ)
141 saHara suN (cHi)
142 saNGster (NZ)
143 scarLett LaDy (NZ)
144 secret aDMirer
145 secret HiLLs
146 seGuro (NZ)
147 sHaMasH
148 sHaMrocker (NZ)
149 sHootoFF (NZ)
150 siLVer Meteor
151 siNcero
152 sMart MissiLe
153 so you tHiNk (NZ)
Feature races – Group 1
154 soMepiN aNypiN (NZ)
155 soutHerN speeD
156 spacecraFt
157 staND to GaiN (ire)
158 state GraDe
159 straWBerry Boy
160 stuDLey park
161 supreMe Warrior (NZ)
162 sWeetest MeLoDy
163 sWiFt JuDGeMeNt
164 syreoN
165 tearDrop rock
166 tHat’s tHe Way (NZ)
167 tHe JaZZ siNGer
168 tHe NeW Boy
169 tokuGaWa
170 toM’s rocket
171 toorak toFF
172 torio’s Quest
173 tripLe eLeGaNce
174 trustiNG
175 tuLLaMore (NZ)
176 uNusuaL suspect (usa)
177 VaLDeMoro
178 Vesper
179 ViGor (NZ)
180 VikiNG LeGeND
181 Vittoria (NZ)
182 WaLL street (NZ)
183 WHoBeGotyou
184 WooriM
185 yosei
186 ZaBeeLioNaire (NZ)
187 Zack HaLL (Fr)
188 ZaGreB
189 Zara DaNcer (NZ)
190 ZepHyroN (NZ)
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Feature races – Group 1
BMW caulfield cup 2400m (Group 1) $2,500,000, sat 15 oct 2011
caulfield, No age restriction Handicap
race History
First run in 1879, the Group 1 caulfield cup is the world’s richest 2400m handicap. it is the first of the big three spring features
(caulfield cup, cox plate & Melbourne cup) although in its first three years it was run in the autumn. it was switched to
the spring in 1881 meaning there were two editions of the race that year. there were two divisions of the race in 1943 and it
was run at Flemington in the war years of 1940-1943 because caulfield was used as an army base.
the caulfield cup has become a magnet in recent years for international raiders using it as a stepping stone to the Melbourne
cup. taufan’s Melody, trained by Lady Herries, was the first international to win the race, surviving a protest in 1998
and the Godolphin galloper all the Good won for saeed Bin suroor in 2008.
While 11 horses have completed the caulfield cup/Melbourne cup double in the same year, Viewed (2009) won the caulfield
cup the year after he won the Melbourne. so did rising Fast (1955), the year after his cups double.
2010 BMW caulfield cup - result
No age restriction Handicap. saturday 16 october, 2010. of $2500000 and $100000 trophy. 1st $1500000 and trophy of $100000, 2nd $375000, 3rd $200000,
4th $110000, 5th $90000, 6th $75000, 7th $75000, 8th $75000. time: 2:35:69 track condition: Heavy 9
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st Descarado(NZ) chris Munce 15 52.5 $17 Gai Waterhouse
2nd Harris tweed(NZ) Brad rawiller 8 54 1L $17 Murray & Bjorn Baker
3rd Monaco consul(NZ) craig Williams 12 54 2.25L $21 Michael Moroney
4th shocking Michael rodd 10 57 2.45L $4.60F Mark kavanagh
5th Manighar(Fr) Damien oliver 3 54 2.85L $15 Luca cumani
6th Mr Medici(ire) Gerald Mosse 13 55 4.1L $17 peter Ho
7th Zavite(NZ) Ben Melham 16 54 7.35L $101 anthony cummings
8th Metal Bender(NZ) Hugh Bowman 2 56 8.1L $11 chris Waller
9th Herculian prince(NZ) Glyn schofield 5 53.5 10.1L $9 Gai Waterhouse
10th triple Honour(NZ) Larry cassidy 9 54 10.85L $26 chris Waller
11th alcopop Mark Zahra 18 53.5 11.25L $6 Jake stephens
12th tokai trick(JpN) shinji Fujita 17 54.5 12.25L $81 kenji Nonaka
13th Mourayan(ire) Nicholas Hall 4 53.5 13.75L $21 robert Hickmott
14th red ruler(NZ) Mark Du plessis 1 53.5 15L $81 John sargent
15th Valdemoro Jason Maskiell 11 50 17.25L $61 tony Vasil
16th Buccellati(GB) steven king 14 54 18L $81 tony Noonan
17th Faint perfume Glen Boss 6 52 19.5L $10 Bart cummings
18th Dariana Luke Nolen 7 51.5 25.5L $26 Bart cummings
SCr Master o'reilly(NZ) 54 Danny o’Brien
SCr Zabrasive(NZ) 53 John o’shea
SCr Jessicabeel(NZ) 52.5 John o’shea
SCr Drunken sailor(ire) 53 Luca cumani
caulfield cup / Melbourne cup Double
Horse year Horse year
poseidon 1906 Gurner’s Lane 1982
the trump 1937 Let’s elope 1991
rivette 1939 Doriemus 1995
rising Fast 1954 Might and power 1997
even stevens 1962 ethereal 2001
Galilee 1966
Winners by age
aGe WiNs Last WoN
3 15 1979
4 461/2 2010
5 381/2 2006
6 20 2009
7 6 1980
8 5 1998
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caulfield, No age restriction Handicap
Horses
Feature races – Group 1
there are seven multiple winners: Ming Dynasty (1977, 1980), rising Fast (1955, 1954), Whittier (1925. 1922), uncle sam
(1914, 1912), poseidon (1907, 1906), Hymettus (1901, 1898) and paris (1894, 1892). Nineteen mares and one three-year-old
filly (sweet Nell 1903) have won the race.
there are four horses who have won the caulfield cup/cox plate double in the same year: Northerly (2002), tobin Bronze
(1967), rising Fast (1954) and tranquil star(1942).there are also four horses who have won the caulfield cup/Victoria Derby
double in the same year: tulloch (1957), Whittier (1922), poseidon (1906) and amberite (1897).
Descarado (2010) gave Gai Waterhouse her first caulfield cup, following her father tommy smith who won it four times with redcraze
(1956), tulloch (1957), taksan (1978) and Mighty kingdom (1979). Mighty kingdom is the last of 15 3yos to win the event.
arctic scent (1996) won the first Million
Dollar caulfield cup
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 Descarado (NZ) 52.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, $17 chris Munce Gai Waterhouse Harris tweed (NZ) 2nd, Monaco consul (NZ) 3rd 2-35.69 Heavy
2009 Viewed 57kgs, 6yo Horse, $13 Brad rawiller Bart cummings roman emperor (NZ) 2nd, Vigor (NZ) 3rd 2-29.70 Dead
2008 all the Good (ire) 54.5kgs, 6yo Horse, $41 kerrin Mcevoy saeed Bin suroor Nom du Jeu (NZ) 2nd, Barbaricus 3rd 2-27.45 Good
2007 Master o’reilly (NZ) 50.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, $9.50 Vlad Duric Danny o’Brien Douro Valley 2nd, princess coup 3rd 2-26.15 Good
2006 tawqeet (usa) 53.5kgs, 5yo Horse, $17 Dwayne Dunn David Hayes aqua D’amore 2nd, Delta Blues (JpN) 3rd 2-27.69 Good
2005 railings 52kgs, 4yo Gelding, $8.50 Greg childs John Hawkes eye popper (JpN) 2nd, Mummify 3rd 2-27.96 Good
2004 elvstroem 54kgs, 4yo Horse, $3.90 Nash rawiller tony Vasil Makybe Diva (GB) 2nd, Grey song 3rd 2-31.37 Dead
2003 Mummify 53kgs, 4yo Gelding, $5.50 Danny Nikolic Lee Freedman Grey song 2nd, Distinctly secret (NZ) 3rd 2-25.98 Good
2002 Northerly 58kgs, 6yo Gelding, $5.50 Greg childs Fred kersley Fields of omagh 2nd, republic Lass 3rd 2-30.38 Good
2001 ethereal (NZ) 50kgs, 4yo Mare, $8 scott seamer sheila Laxon sky Heights (NZ) 2nd, celestial show 3rd 2-30.93 slow
2000 Diatribe 52.5kgs, 4yo Horse, 8-1 Jim cassidy George Hanlon kaapstad Way (NZ) 2nd, Fairway 3rd 2-25.32 Good
1999 sky Heights (NZ) 56.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 5-2 Damien oliver colin alderson Laebeel (NZ) 2nd, inaflury (NZ) 3rd 2-30.10 Dead
1998 taufan’s Melody (GB) 53.5kgs, 7yo Gelding, 66-1 raymond cochrane Lady Herries Lisa’s Game 2nd, tie the knot 3rd 2-30.16 Good
1997 Might and power (NZ) 52.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 8-1 Jim cassidy Jack Denham Doriemus (NZ) 2nd, catalan opening (NZ) 3rd 2-26.20 Good
1996 arctic scent 49kgs, 4yo Mare, 20-1 Brent stanley Jim Mason circles of Gold 2nd, iron Horse 3rd 2-30.27 Dead
1995 Doriemus (NZ) 52kgs, 5yo Gelding, 8-1 Damien oliver Lee Freedman count chivas (NZ) 2nd, Beaux art 3rd 2-28.10 Good
1994 paris Lane 53kgs, 4yo Gelding, 3-1 Damien oliver Lee Freedman alcove 2nd, tenor 3rd 2-26.50 Good
1993 Fraar (usa) 54.5kgs, 6yo Horse, 30-1 peter Hutchinson David Hayes air seattle 2nd, the phantom (NZ) 3rd 2-28.00 Fast
1992 Mannerism 54.5kgs, 5yo Mare, 9-1 Damien oliver Lee Freedman Veandercross (NZ) 2nd, subzero 3rd 2-34.90 slow
1991 Let’s elope (NZ) 48.5kgs, 4yo Mare, 7-1 steven king Bart cummings Lord revenir (NZ) 2nd, castletown (NZ) 3rd 2-30.30 Fast
1990 sydeston 57kgs, 5yo Gelding, 11-2 Mick Dittman Bob Hoysted Water Boatman (ire) 2nd, Donegal Mist (NZ) 3rd 2-31.60 slow
1989 cole Diesel 50kgs, 5yo Gelding. 8-1 Max kerr George Mance Nayrizi 2nd, the phantom 3rd 2-27.20 Good
1988 imposera (NZ) 51kgs, 3yo Mare, 50-1 Brian york ross Mcdonald Fair sir (NZ) 2nd, Water Boatman (ire) 3rd 2-29.40 Fast
Biggest Winning Margin
MarGiN year Horse Jockey traiNer
7.5 Lengths 1997 Might and power, 52.5kgs, 4yo gelding J cassidy Jack Denham
10

BMW caulfield cup 2400m (Group 1) continued
caulfield, No age restriction Handicap
traiNers
Feature races – Group 1
Bart cummings is by far the most successful trainer in caulfield cup history, having won it seven times: Viewed (2009) Let’s elope
(1991), Ming Dynasty (1980, 1977), Leilani (1974), Big philou (1969) and Galilee (1966).
Both Lee Freedman and tommy smith are next with four.
current trainers
traiNer WiNs Horses (year)
Bart cummings 7 Viewed (2009), Let’s elope (1991), Ming Dynasty (1980 & 1977), Leilani (1974), Big philou (1969), Galilee (1966)
Lee Freedman 4 Mannerism (1992), paris Lane (1994), Doriemus (1995), Mummify (2003)
David Hayes 2 Fraar (1993), tawqeet (2006)
ross McDonald 2 tristarc (1985), imposera (1988)
colin alderson 1 sky Heights (1999)
John Hawkes 1 railings (2005)
Fred kersley 1 Northerly (2002)
sheila Laxon 1 ethereal (2001)
Jim Mason 1 arctic scent (1996)
tony Vasil 1 elvstroem (2004)
Gai Waterhouse 1 Descarado (2010)
Jockeys
arthur (scobie) Breasley holds the riding record with five victories: peshawar (1952), st Fairy (1945), counsel (1944), skipton
(1943) and tranquil star (1942). Damien oliver is next with four winners: sky Heights (1999), Doriemus (1995), paris Lane
(1994) and Mannerism (1992).
Big philou (1969 roy Higgins) is the only
horse to win a caulfield cup on protest
Facts & FiGures
FaCt year
record attendance 1946 108,123
race record 2000 2 minutes 25.3 seconds (Diatribe )
Biggest Winning Margin 1997 7.5 lengths (Might and power)
shortest priced Winner 1957 tulloch (4/6 fav.)
Longest priced Winner 1943 saint Warden (100/1)
Heaviest Winning Weights 1956 redcraze 9st 13lbs (63kg)
Lightest Winning Weights 1887 oakleigh 6st 9lbs (42kg)
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BMW caulfield cup 2400m (Group 1)
caulfield, No age restriction Handicap
2011 caulfield cup Nominations
1 aBoVe aVeraGe (ire)
2 aBsoLuteLy
3 aBsoLuteLyaWesoMe (NZ)
4 aGeNt Bauer
5 akiNosHiraBe (JpN)
6 akZar (ire)
7 aLaNDi (ire)
8 aLcopop
9 aLLaNtHus
10 aLLieD poWers (ire)
11 aLMoDoVar (NZ)
12 aLtius
13 aMBer Grey (ire)
14 aMericaiN (usa)
15 aNacHeeVa
16 aNuDJaWuN (NZ)
17 at First siGHt (ire)
18 Base (NZ)
19 Bauer (ire)
20 Beat BLack (JpN)
21 BeLLaBaci (NZ)
22 BLack aND BeNt
23 BLack NiNJa (NZ)
24 BLackie (NZ)
25 BooM ’N’ ZooM
26 BooMiNG (NZ)
27 BrayroaN (NZ)
28 BraZiLiaN puLse (NZ)
29 BriDGestoNe (NZ)
30 BriGHt HoriZoN (GB)
31 BriLLiaNt LiGHt
32 BuDai (Ger)
33 BuiLDer o’reiLLy (NZ)
34 ceDarBerG
35 c’est La Guerre (NZ)
36 cHartreuX
37 coLDeNs cHoice
38 coMpouND (NZ)
39 cosMoNaut
40 crocoDiLe caNyoN (NZ)
41 DaNaupair starLet
42 DaNGerous MiDGe (usa)
43 DeaD eND (NZ)
44 DeceMBer DraW (ire)
45 DescaraDo (NZ)
46 Diyaraka (Fr)
47 DoMesky
48 DoN carLos (Ger)
49 DoN’t put it tHere (NZ)
50 DreaM peDLar
51 DreaMaWay
52 DruNkeN saiLor (ire)
53 DuBLiN DarLiN (NZ)
54 DuNaDeN (Fr)
55 eau De DaLi
56 eFFicieNt (NZ)
57 eLMs
58 eLusiVe kiNG
59 eruptious (NZ)
60 eXceptioNaLLy (NZ)
61 eXcLuDeD (NZ)
62 eXtra Zero
63 FaNJura (ire)
64 Fast cLip
65 FaWkNer
66 FiNiGuerra
67 FLat cHat
68 FoLDiNG Gear (NZ)
69 ForeteLLer (GB)
70 ForeVercLeVer (NZ)
71 FoXHaM
72 GaLiZaNi
73 GiGiNo (NZ)
74 GLass HarMoNiuM (ire)
75 Go WitH tHe FLo (NZ)
76 GopaNa
77 GreeN MooN (ire)
78 Guest WiNG
79 Harris tWeeD (NZ)
80 Harris tWeeD (GB)
81 HaWk isLaND (ire)
82 HeeZ BorN Lucky (NZ)
83 HeiDiLicious (NZ)
84 HercuLiaN priNce (NZ)
85 HiDDeN GeM
86 HissiNG siD
87 HoMe oN a WiNG
88 HussoNator
89 iLLo (Ger)
90 iLLustrious BLue (GB)
91 i’M iMposiNG (GB)
92 iNNoceNt LaDy (NZ)
93 irisH GoLFer (NZ)
94 iroNsteiN
95 isHaNt
96 kiM DiViNe
97 kiM Warrior
98 kiNG DiaMoND
99 kiNG GLaDiator
100 kiNG top GuN (JpN)
101 kiNG’s rose (NZ)
102 kitteNs
103 LaLLa rookH
104 LaMasery
105 LaNGriDGe street
106 LaristaN (Fr)
107 LetHaL arroW
108 LeVecHe (NZ)
109 LiGHt BriGaDe
110 LiGHts oF HeaVeN (NZ)
111 LiNtoN
112 LioN taMer (NZ)
113 Littorio
114 LoNDoN stripe (ire)
115 LopoV (NZ)
116 LorDoFtHeparrots (NZ)
117 Lucas craNacH (Ger)
118 Lucky eiGHty eiGHt
119 MaceDoNiaN (NZ)
120 MaDaNG FLyer (NZ)
121 MakaNi Bisty (JpN)
122 MaLuckyDay (NZ)
123 MaNiGHar (Fr)
124 MaNy stars (NZ)
125 MaraaseeM
126 MarDeN (ire)
127 Master o’reiLLy (NZ)
128 MeiNer kitZ (JpN)
129 MiDas toucH (GB)
130 MiDNiGHt MartiNi
131 MiGHty HiGH (Fr)
132 MirJuLisa Lass
133 MoDuLe (NZ)
134 MoDuN (ire)
135 MouDre
136 MourayaN (ire)
137 MusHatta
138 My BeNtLey (NZ)
139 My kiNGDoM oF FiFe (GB)
140 My scotsGrey (NZ)
141 NeVer ForGet (Fr)
142 NeXtaNiX
143 NiBLick
144 NiWot
145 NoBLe park (NZ)
146 oLDer tHaN tiMe
147 oLyMpic WiN (NZ)
148 oNce Were WiLD
149 paDDy o’reiLLy (NZ)
150 peGeMBak
151 peNQuiL (NZ)
152 perFect pecs
153 pierreMoNt eXpress
154 piNker piNker
155 piNNacLes
156 pLaNet purpLe
157 pLatiNuM passioN
158 pLayiNG GoD
159 praeciDo (NZ)
160 preceDeNce (NZ)
161 pressDay
162 raFFaeLLo
163 reBeL raiDer
164 reBeL soLDier (ire)
165 reD caDeauX (GB)
166 reD coLossus
167 reD eye speciaL (NZ)
168 reD ruLer (NZ)
Feature races – Group 1
169 rekiNDLeD iNterest
170 riaLya
171 riceMaN
172 riGHt oF reFusaL
173 roi D’Jeu (NZ)
174 rotHera
175 rusticateD
176 saDaLBari
177 saHara suN (cHi)
178 saptapaDi (ire)
179 scarLett LaDy (NZ)
180 seaN BaiLe Mor
181 secret aDMirer
182 seGuro (NZ)
183 septeMBer MorN (ire)
184 sHaDoWoFeXceLLeNce
185 sHaDoWs iN tHe suN
186 sHaMrocker (NZ)
187 sHeaHaN
188 sHeWaN
189 sHootoFF (NZ)
190 sHoWcause
191 siNcero
192 sMokiN’ Joey
193 soutHerN speeD
194 specHeNka
195 staND to GaiN (ire)
196 stratocracy
197 stuDLey park
198 SuNSet CaFe
199 surFace teNsioN (ire)
200 sWeetest MeLoDy
201 sWiFt JuDGeMeNt
202 syreoN
203 tactic (GB)
204 tacticiaN (GB)
205 take out
206 take tHe MoMeNt
207 taMaNu park
208 taNBy
209 tara MaN
210 tearDrop rock
211 teLesMoN
212 tHe BiG steeL
213 tHe cHeVroN (NZ)
214 tHe VerMiNator
215 tiNseLtoWN (NZ)
216 titcH (NZ)
217 toM’s rocket
218 toorak toFF
219 torio’s Quest
220 traiLBLaZer (JpN)
221 traiN crusHer (NZ)
222 trustiNG
223 tuLLaMore (NZ)
224 ucHiMura
225 uNusuaL suspect (usa)
226 VaLDeMoro
227 Vesper
228 ViGor (NZ)
229 VikiNG LeGeND
230 Warrior WitHiN
231 WesterN syMBoL (NZ)
232 WiNDsurFer
233 yaMaVite (NZ)
234 Zack HaLL (Fr)
235 ZaGreB
236 Zara DaNcer (NZ)
237 ZauBeriN
238 ZeNaWoMaNN
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Feature races – Group 1
Hyland race colours underwood stakes 1800m (Group 1)
$352,000, sat 17 sept 2011. caulfield, three-years-old and upwards standard Weight for age
Registered Name: Underwood Stakes
race History
originating as the Williamstown stakes in 1924 when won by Whittier, the underwood is named after long time chairman of
the Williamstown racing club and later Vrc vice-chairman and prominent owner and owner e.a. underwood. Group 1 since
1979, it had a number of distance changes and venues in its first 30 years but was conducted at 2000m between 1954-1993
and has been at 1800m since 1994.
it has been a reliable guide to the big three races of spring, its honour roll producing 12 winners of the yalumba stakes, seven
caulfield cup winners, 15 cox plate winners and two Melbourne cup winners (Jeune 1994) and rain Lover (1969).
so you think (2010) was the fourth horse to win the underwood, yalumba, cox plate treble, following Northerly (2001),
Bonecrusher (1986) and ajax (1938).
the last mare to win the race was tristarc in 1985, while the last three-year-old to win was sobar in 1972. other prominent
winners before 2000 include: octagonal (1996), rubiton (1987), sobar (1972), rain Lover (1969), tobin Bronze (1966), Lord
(1960, 1958), ajax (1940, 1939, 1938) and phar Lap (1931).
traiNers
ken Hilton won it six times: Lord (1958, 1960), Havelock (1963), Future (1965, 1967), sobar (1972). Lee Freedman has trained four
winners: Mummify (2003), always aloof (1997), sharscay (1995) and runyon (1993).
Jockeys
the leading current jockey in the underwood stakes is Danny Nikolic with four winners: rubiscent (2007), perlin (2005),
Mummify (2003) and always aloof (1997).
2010 underwood stakes - result
three-years-old and upwards standard Weight for age. saturday 18-sep-2010. of $350,000.00 and $2,000 trophy. 1st $210,000, 2nd $63,000, 3rd $31,500,
4th $15,750, 5th $8,750, 6th $7,000, 7th $7,000, 8th $7,000. time: 1:49.54 track condition: Good 3
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st so you think(NZ) steven arnold 2 58kg $1.75F Bart cummings
2nd Dariana Luke Nolen 8 56kg 2.25L $31 Bart cummings
3rd Metal Bender(NZ) Hugh Bowman 7 59kg 2.35L $8 chris Waller
4th Zavite(NZ) Ben Melham 3 59kg 4.1L $51 anthony cummings
5th shocking Michael rodd 6 59kg 4.2L $8.50 Mark kavanagh
6th red ruler(NZ) Nicholas Hall 9 59kg 4.6L $61 John sargent
7th Heart of Dreams Damien oliver 1 59kg 4.8L $6.50 Mick price
8th Master o'reilly(NZ) Dwayne Dunn 4 59kg 5.1L $151 Danny o’Brien
9th Largo Lad Brad rawiller 5 59kg 5.3L $31 David Hayes
10th Zabrasive(NZ) craig Newitt 10 58kg 6.55L $41 John o’shea
11th Buccellati(GB) craig Williams 11 59kg 8.05L $151 tony Noonan
SCr Moatize 59kg Bart cummings
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 so you think(NZ) 58kgs, 4yo Horse, $1.75 steven arnold Bart cummings Dariana 2nd, Metal Bender(NZ) 3rd 1-49.54 Good
2009 Heart of Dreams 58kgs, 4yo Gelding, $10 craig Newitt Mick price Whobegotyou 2nd, predatory pricer 3rd 1-49.54 Dead
2008 Weekend Hussler 58kgs, 4yo Gelding, $1.55 Brad rawiller ross McDonald pompeii ruler 2nd, Littorio 3rd 1-49.86 Dead
2007 rubiscent 59kgs, 5yo Gelding, $41 Danny Nikolic Mick price Miss Finland 2nd, Marasco 3rd 1-49.08 Good
2006 el segundo (NZ) 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, $3.10 Darren Gauci colin Little polar Bear (GB) 2nd, Molotov 3rd 1-49.56 Good
2005 perlin (NZ) 58kgs, 6yo Gelding, $7 Danny Nikolic Graeme rogerson our smoking Joe 2nd, she’s Justa tad (NZ) 3rd 1-52.69 Heavy
2004 elvstroem 57kgs, 4yo Horse, $8 Nash rawiller tony Vasil she’s archie 2nd, Delzao 3rd 1-50.00 Dead
2003 Mummify 57kgs, 4yo Gelding, $6.50 Danny Nikolic Lee Freedman Grey song 2nd, ain’t seen Nothin’ 3rd 1-49.50 Good
2002 Northerly 58kgs, 6yo Gelding, $3 Greg childs Fred kersley Magical Miss 2nd, Don eduardo (NZ) 3rd 1-48.90 Dead
2001 Northerly 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, $1.80 Damien oliver Fred kersley universal prince 2nd, kaapstad Way (NZ) 3rd 1-50.21 Good
2000 oliver twist 58kgs, 6yo Gelding, 9-2 Greg childs Brian Mayfield-smith skoozi please (NZ) 2nd, kaapstad Way (NZ) 3rd 1-47.63 Good
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Feature races – Group 1
pFD sir rupert clarke stakes 1400m (Group 1)
$352,000, sat 24 sept 2011. caulfield, open Handicap
Registered Name: Invitation Stakes
race History
First run in 1951 as the invitation stakes for invited jockeys and Group 1 since 1979, the sir rupert clarke stakes has a colourful
history and an honour roll of exciting sprinters. st Joel, trained by arthur smerdon, won it three times in a span of six
years – the first as a four-year-old in 1953, again at seven in 1956 and then at ten in 1959. other notable winners included
Matrice (1955), samson (1963), ripa (1964) and the cox plate winner tauto (1970, 1971).
But the race moved into a new era when it was renamed the Marlboro cup in 1975 and won by cap D’antibes. it was won
sensationally in 1978 by the great Manikato, twice by private talk (1976, 1979) and by raffindale (1977), Magari (1982) and
canny Lass (1986). From 1989 it had several other sponsored names until 2006 when it was renamed to honour the longserving
Vatc (Mrc) chairman sir rupert clarke. stud careers have followed for winners including turffontein (2009), Bon
Hoffa (2008), Barely a Moment (2005), exceed and excel (2003), testa rossa (2000, 1999), encosta De Lago (1996) and our
Maizcay (1995).
response (2010) became the fourth mare to win in the last 20 years, following rewaaya (2006), pernod (2002) and
Mannerism (1992).
traiNers
Lee Freedman has won four times with Mr Murphy (2001), encosta De Lago (1996), poetic king (1994) and Mannerism (1992).
Jockeys
Damien oliver has won the race six times with orange county (2008), Mr Murphy (2001), testa rossa (1999), poetic king (1994),
Mannerism (1992) and submariner (1990), his first Group 1 winner.
2010 sir rupert clarke stakes - result
No age restriction Handicap. saturday 18-sep-2010. of $350,000.00 and $2,000 trophy. 1st $210,000, 2nd $63,000, 3rd $31,500, 4th $15,750, 5th $8,750,
6th $7,000, 7th $7,000, 8th $7,000. time: 1:22.23 track condition: Good 3
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st response craig Williams 5 53.5kg $4.80 Mathew ellerton & simon Zahra
2nd No evidence Needed James Winks 6 53.5kg 0.4L $13 John p thompson
3rd Woorim Danny Nikolic 2 54.5kg 0.5L $17 robert Heathcote
4th sister Madly Dwayne Dunn 7 53.5kg 1.5L $12 anthony cummings
5th We're Gonna rock Michael rodd 12 53.5kg 3.75L $9 Mark kavanagh
6th Doubtful Jack Luke Nolen 10 58kg 4.5L $3.30F peter G Moody
7th rightfully yours Glen Boss 4 58kg 4.6L $11 Mick price
8th Gathering Dean Holland 3 53.5kg 5.6L $41 John p thompson
9th La rocket stephen Baster 1 58kg 5.7L $41 Dale sutton
10th pinnacles steven arnold 15 57kg 6.95L $81 rick Hore-Lacy
11th kidnapped Mark Zahra 8 57kg 7.15L $41 peter snowden
12th Beltrois Luke currie 14 55kg 7.25L $26 robbie Griffiths
13th raffaello Ben Melham 16 57kg 7.45L $31 Jim Marconi
14th electromotive craig Newitt 13 53.5kg 9.45L $31 Lee Freedman
15th Delayedreaction(NZ) Brent stanley 11 53.5kg 9.65L $71 Leon corstens
16th Jungle ruler Darren Gauci 17 57kg 9.75L $51 peter White
17th Gold salute Damien oliver 9 58kg 10.25L $14 Mark riley
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 response 53.5kgs, 4yo Mare, $4.80 craig Williams Mathew ellerton & simon Zahra No evidence Needed 2nd, Woorim 3rd 1-22.23 Good
2009 turffontein 55.5kgs, 5yo Horse, $15 Glen Boss anthony cummings stickpin (NZ) 2nd, raffaello 3rd 1-25.36 Dead
2008 orange county (NZ) 54kgs, 6yo Gelding, $9 Damien oliver Brian Mayfield-smith Bon Hoffa 2nd, turffontein 3rd 1-24.43 Dead
2007 Bon Hoffa 53kgs, 5yo Horse, $3.80 Vlad Duric Wendy kelly Niconero 2nd, Wonderful World 3rd 1-22.53 Good
2006 rewaaya (NZ) 51kgs, 4yo Mare, $3.70 craig Williams David Hayes Miss andretti 2nd, undue 3rd 1-23.46 Good
2005 Barely a Moment 52kgs, 4yo Horse, $8 craig Williams David Hayes super kid (NZ) 2nd, sky cuddle 3rd 1-25.76 Heavy
2004 regal roller 55.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, $4.60 Mark Flaherty clinton McDonald our egyptian raine (NZ) 2nd, alinghi 3rd 1-24.28 Dead
2003 exceed and excel 52.5kgs, 3yo colt, $7 corey Brown tim Martin reactive 2nd, titanic Jack 3rd 1-21.20 Good
2002 pernod (NZ) 53.5kgs, 5yo Mare, $12 kerrin Mcevoy Michael Moroney Bel esprit 2nd, royal code 3rd 1-22.63 Dead
2001 Mr. Murphy 54.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, $11 Damien oliver Lee Freedman Fubu 2nd, umrum 3rd 1-23.57 Good
2000 testa rossa 58.5kgs, 4yo Horse, 7-2 Brett prebble Dean Lawson camarena (NZ) 2nd, porto roca 3rd 1-21.97 Good
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sportingbet Manikato stakes 1200m (Group 1)
$500,000, Fri(N) 30 sept 2011. Moonee Valley, standard Weight for age
Registered Name: Manikato Stakes
race History
Feature races – Group 1
First run in 1968 as the Freeway stakes, the Manikato stakes is one of australia’s premier sprint races and is run under lights
at Moonee Valley.
Named after the champion racehorse Manikato, who won this race twice, in 1979 and 1982, plus a further 23 stakes races
including the caulfield Guineas, George ryder stakes, Golden slipper, Blue Diamond and five successive William reid stakes
at Moonee Valley. the great sprinter was buried at the Valley between the main entrance and the administration block.
its honour roll includes some of australia’s greatest sprinters including Vain, Dual choice, century, strawberry road, rubiton,
rancho ruler, redoute’s choice, sunline and Miss andretti. three horses have won the Manikato stakes, Dato tan chin Nam
stakes and cox plate treble: sunline (2000), rubiton (1987) and strawberry road (1983). the last mare to win was Gold edition
(2007) and the last three-year-old to win was redoute’s choice (1999).
traiNers
Bart cummings is the leading trainer in the race, having trained four winners: Dane ripper (1998), Never undercharge
(1993), Lord Dudley (1975) and century (1972). Dane ripper had won the cox plate the previous year.
Jockeys
Gary Willetts holds the riding record with three wins – on Manikato twice and strawberry road.
2010 sportingbet Manikato stakes - result
No age restriction standard Weight for age. Friday 24-sep-2010. of $500,000.00 and $10,000 trophy. 1st $300,000, 2nd $90,000, 3rd $45,000, 4th $22,500,
5th $12,500, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000. time: 1:09.94 track condition: Good 3
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st Hay List Glyn schofield 1 58.5kg $1.50F John McNair
2nd true persuasion craig Newitt 3 58.5kg 2.5L $51 Mick price
3rd eagle Falls Damien oliver 6 58.5kg 3.75L $12 David Hayes
4th Love conquers all Jim cassidy 5 58.5kg 4.5L $8.50 Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
5th all silent Blake shinn 4 58.5kg 5.25L $10 Grahame Begg
6th stanzout craig Williams 8 58.5kg 5.75L $61 colin Davies
7th reward for effort Luke Nolen 2 58.5kg 6.75L $8.50 peter G Moody
8th Latin News steven arnold 7 58.5kg 9.75L $21 Bart cummings
SCr Bank robber 58.5kg Mark kavanagh
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 Hay List 58.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, $1.50 Glyn schofield John McNair true persuasion 2nd, eagle Falls 3rd 1-09.94 Good
2009 Danleigh 58.5kgs, 6yo Gelding, $17 kerrin Mcevoy chris Waller phelan ready 2nd, Nicconi 3rd 1-12.58 slow
2008 typhoon Zed 58.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, $8 Nash rawiller tim Martin absolut Glam 2nd, kaphero 3rd 1-10.68 Good
2007 Gold edition 56kgs, 4yo Mare, $3.20 stathi katsidis ron Maund Vormista 2nd, Dr Nipandtuck 3rd 1-10.36 Good
2006 Miss andretti 55kgs, 5yo Mare, $5 craig Newitt Lee Freedman Dance Hero 2nd, sassbee 3rd 1-09.29 Good
2005 spark of Life 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, $5.50 Glen Boss allan Denham perfectly ready 2nd, our egyptian raine (NZ) 3rd 1-11.59 Dead
2004 spark of Life 57.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, $1.85 Danny Nikolic allan Denham yell 2nd, Dilly Dally 3rd 1-13.36 Heavy
2003 spinning Hill 57.5kgs, 7yo Mare, $4.80 patrick payne Guy Walter true Glo 2nd, the Big chill (NZ) 3rd 1-11.25 Good
2002 spinning Hill 55kgs, 6yo Mare, $8.50 patrick payne Guy Walter Bel esprit 2nd, Mistegic 3rd 1-10.52 Good
2001 piavonic 55kgs, 6yo Mare, $21 Nash rawiller tony Noonan sunline (NZ) 2nd, Falvelon 3rd 1-12.96 slow
2000 sunline (NZ) 55kgs, 5yo Mare, 15-8 Greg childs trevor Mckee Honour the Name 2nd, Miss pennymoney 3rd 1-11.69 Dead
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Feature races – Group 1
turnbull stakes 2000m (Group 1)
$500,000, sun 2 oct 2011. Flemington, Four-years-old and upwards set Weights plus penalties.
Registered Name: Turnbull Stakes
race History
First run in 1865 as the royal park stakes over 3200m, the turnbull stakes is a traditional lead-up for the big three races of
spring. Distance changes saw it reduced to 2400m, 2000m and then 1600m in the mid 1920s. Named for former Vrc chairman
richard turnbull, it is a set weights with penalties race, elevated to Group 1 status in 2006. richard turnbull was the first
incumbent Vrc chairman to own a Melbourne cup winner when sirius saluted in 1944. He also owned east end, who took
the Vrc oaks in 1942.
since becoming the turnbull in 1948, eight horses have won the turnbull stakes/caulfield cup double include: elvstroem (2004),
Northerly (2002), sky Heights (1999), Let’s elope (1991), analight (1975), Leilani (1974), sometime (1963) and rising Fast (1954).
Nine horses have won the turnbull stakes/cox plate double including: Makybe Diva (2005), Northerly (2002), the phantom
chance (1993), Better Loosen up (1990), Dulcify (1979), tobin Bronze (1966), sir Dane (1964), aquanita (1962) and rising
Fast (1954).
Four horses that have won the turnbull stakes/Melbourne cup double: Makybe Diva (2005), Let’s elope (1991), rising Fast
(1954) and comic court (1950). Let’s elope and rising Fast won the turnbull and both cups in the one year with rising Fast
also taking the cox plate.
other notable winners include: efficient (2009), Doriemus (1996), super impose (1989), Vo rogue (1988, 1987) and ajax
(1940, 1938).
2010 turnbull stakes - result
Four-years-old and upwards set Weights plus penalties. sunday 3 october, 2010. of $500,000 and $2,500 trophy. 1st $300,000, 2nd $90,000, 3rd $45,000,
4th $22,500, 5th $12,500, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000. time: 2:03.23 track condition: Dead 4
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st Zipping Nicholas Hall 6 59kg $17 robert Hickmott
2nd shocking Michael rodd 12 59kg 0.2L $5.50 Mark kavanagh
3rd shoot out stathi katsidis 2 58kg 0.3L $5F John Wallace
4th Metal Bender(NZ) Hugh Bowman 13 59kg 1.3L $11 chris Waller
5th typhoon tracy Luke Nolen 9 57kg 1.7L $8 peter G Moody
6th Faint perfume Glen Boss 5 56kg 4.95L $13 Bart cummings
7th Buccellati(GB) Blake shinn 7 55.5kg 6.7L $301 tony Noonan
8th Vigor(NZ) James Winks 11 57.5kg 6.9L $16 Danny o’Brien
9th Zabrasive(NZ) craig Newitt 10 56.5kg 7.1L $31 John o’shea
10th Jessicabeel(NZ) Mark Zahra 16 55.5kg 7.6L $101 John o’shea
11th Dariana steven arnold 15 54.5kg 7.8L $8.50 Bart cummings
12th Monaco consul(NZ) craig Williams 1 58kg 8.8L $20 Michael Moroney
13th sterling prince(NZ) steven king 4 56.5kg 10.8L $151 Wayne Hillis
14th Descarado(NZ) Dwayne Dunn 14 54.5kg 11.8L $11 Gai Waterhouse
15th speed Gifted(GB) Danny Nikolic 3 57.5kg 15.3L $41 Lee Freedman
16th Zavite(NZ) Ben Melham 8 59kg 16.3L $81 anthony cummings
SCr raffaello 55kg Jim Marconi
SCr Moudre 55kg ciaron Maher
SCr c'est La Guerre(NZ) 54.5kg robert Hickmott
SCr Valdemoro 51.5kg tony Vasil
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 Zipping 59kgs, 9yo Gelding, $17 Nicholas Hall robert Hickmott shocking 2nd, shoot out 3rd 2-03.23 Dead
2009 efficient (NZ) 57.5kgs, 6yo Gelding, $26 Nicholas Hall John sadler predatory pricer 2nd, scenic shot 3rd 2-01.60 Good
2008 Littorio 53kgs, 4yo Gelding, $9 steven king Nigel Blackiston Master o’reilly (NZ) 2nd, Zipping 3rd 2-02.44 Dead
2007 Devil Moon 54kgs, 4yo Mare, $14 corey Brown Mark kavanagh scenic shot 2nd, Haradasun 3rd 2-03.46 Dead
2006 sphenophyta (NZ) 56.5kgs, 6yo Gelding, $5.50 Danny Nikolic Lee Freedman our smoking Joe 2nd, aqua D’amore 3rd 2-01.90 Good
2005 Makybe Diva (GB) 56.5kgs, 7yo Mare, $3 steven king Lee Freedman Lad of the Manor (NZ) 2nd, confectioner 3rd 2-01.57 Good
2004 elvstroem 57.5kgs, 4yo Horse, $3.80 Nash rawiller tony Vasil Mummify 2nd, confectioner 3rd 2-00.46 Good
2003 studebaker (NZ) 54.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, $15 stephen Baster John Hawkes pentastic 2nd, strasbourg 3rd 2-04.06 Good
2002 Northerly 59kgs, 6yo Gelding, $2.90 Greg childs Fred kersley Dash for cash 2nd, Fields of omagh 3rd 2-02.30 Dead
2001 sunline (NZ) 57kgs, 6yo Mare, $2.25 Greg childs trevor Mckee universal prince 2nd, primrose sands (NZ) 3rd 2-03.96 Dead
2000 Fairway 57.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 10-1 Darren Beadman Jack Denham sunline (NZ) 2nd, Diatribe 3rd 2-02.22 Good
1999 sky Heights (NZ) 57.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 9-10 Damien oliver colin alderson ruy Lopez (NZ) 2nd, inaflury (NZ) 3rd 2-04.60 Dead
1998 aerosmith (NZ) 59kgs, 6yo Gelding, 15-1 Greg childs peter Hurdle Gold Guru 2nd, our unicorn (NZ) 3rd 2-05.82 Dead
1997 Marble Halls (NZ) 57kgs, 4yo Gelding, 15-4 Damien oliver Lee Freedman always aloof (usa) 2nd, seascay (NZ) 3rd 2-03.14 Good
1996 Doriemus (NZ) 59kgs, 5yo Gelding, 3-1 Greg Hall Lee Freedman Beaux art 2nd, cheviot 3rd 2-09.30 Heavy
1995 all our Mob 59kgs, 5yo Gelding, 33-1 Wayne Harris Gai Waterhouse Doriemus (NZ) 2nd, sir kingi (NZ) 3rd 2-01.10 Good
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turnbull stakes 2000m (Group 1) continued
Flemington, Four-years-old and upwards set Weights plus penalties.
traiNers
Fastest time
tiMe year Horse Jockey traiNer
2:00.40 2004 elvstroem, 57.5kgs, 4yo horse $3.80 Nash rawiller tony Vasil
Feature races – Group 1
Lee Freedman, is the leading trainer of the turnbull stakes, with six winners: sphenophyta (2006), Makybe Diva (2005), Marble
Halls (1997), Doriemus (1996), Naturalism (1992) and super impose (1989).
in 1994 paris Lane was first past
the post but lost the race on protest
to redding
Last Mare to Win
tiMe year Horse Jockey traiNer
2:03.46 2007 Devil Moon, 54kgs, 4yo mare $14 corey Brown Mark kavanagh
Jockeys
roy Higgins and Harry White both rode four winners while in more recent times Greg childs rode three winners: Northerly (2002),
sunline (2001) and aerosmith (1998).
since 1948 only comic court
(1949/50) and Vo rogue (1987/88)
have won multiple turnbull stakes
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the age caulfield Guineas 1600m (Group 1)
$1,000,000, sat 8 oct 2011. caulfield, three-years-old set Weights
Registered Name: Caulfield Guineas
race History
Feature races – Group 1
First run in 1881, the caulfield Guineas is the premier Group 1 1600m race for three-year-olds in australia. the race’s reputation
as a stallion maker has been enhanced over the last 15 years with starspangledbanner (2009), Wonderful World (2006), God’s
own (2005), econsul (2004), Lonhro (2001), show a Heart (2000) and redoute’s choice (1999) going on to stud careers.
starspangledbanner went on to win the Group 1 oakleigh plate and then to international success, winning the Group 1
Golden Jubilee at royal ascot and the Group 1 July cup at Newmarket. 18 winners of the Guineas have gone on to win the
Victoria Derby, the latest Helenus in 2002. some of the greats of the turf have won the race on their way to lasting fame including:
Weekend Hussler (2007), Lonhro (2001), Mahogany (1993), red anchor (1984), Manikato (1978), Luskin star (1977),
surround (1976), Vain (1969), tulloch (1957), ajax (1937), Heroic (1924) and patrobas (1915). 14 fillies have won but none
since surround in 1976.
skalato won the race in 2000 but was later disqualified for returning a positive swab. Marwong won in 1987 on protest from
our poetic prince and in 1979 runaway kid won on protest from Bold Diplomat.
2010 the age caulfield Guineas - result
three-years-old set Weights. saturday 9 october, 2010. of $1,000,000 and $8,000 trophy. 1st $600,000, 2nd $180,000, 3rd $90,000, 4th $45,000, 5th
$25,000, 6th $20,000, 7th $20,000, 8th $20,000. time: 1:37:01 track condition: Good 3
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st anacheeva Luke Nolen 1 55.5 $6 peter G Moody
2nd run for Levi craig Newitt 2 55.5 0.4L $31 John p thompson
3rd Masquerader Weichong Marwing 3 55.5 1.15L $10 David payne
4th toorak toff Damien oliver 8 55.5 3.9L $5eF rick Hore-Lacy
5th rekindled interest craig Williams 9 55.5 6.15L $9 Jim conlan
6th smokin' Joey Nash rawiller 16 55.5 6.35L $17 Lee Freedman
7th cosmonaut Michael rodd 14 55.5 6.55L $31 Bart cummings
8th Bullbars Mark Zahra 6 55.5 6.75L $15 peter snowden
9th intencion Danny Nikolic 4 55.5 7.25L $21 tony Vasil
10th ilovethiscity Glen Boss 11 55.5 7.35L $5eF Grahame Begg
11th Quarterbar James Winks 5 55.5 7.85L $81 Michael Moroney
12th epic Dragon Brent stanley 7 55.5 9.35L $81 Leon corstens
13th Hollowlea Nicholas Hall 12 55.5 11.1L $26 terry & karina o’sullivan
14th kudakulari(NZ) steven arnold 15 55.5 11.85L $21 Bart cummings
15th Fort chauvel Michael Walker 10 55.5 19.85L $151 anthony cummings
FF seriously Good Blake shinn 13 55.5 $61 peter Morgan
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 anacheeva 55.5kg, 3yo colt, $6 Luke Nolen peter G Moody run for Levi 2nd, Masquerader 3rd 1-37.01 Good
2009 starspangledbanner 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, $13 Danny Nikolic Leon corstens carrara 2nd, Manhattan rain 3rd 1-35.69 Good
2008 Whobegotyou 55.5kgs, 3yo Gelding, $3 Michael rodd Mark kavanagh time thief 2nd, Von costa de Hero 3rd 1-36.40 Dead
2007 Weekend Hussler 55.5kgs, 3yo Gelding, $1.95 Brad rawiller ross McDonald scenic Blast 2nd, Marching 3rd 1-36.42 Good
2006 Wonderful World 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, $6.50 Luke Nolen Bart cummings excites 2nd, court command 3rd 1-35.98 Good
2005 God’s own 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, $7.50 Glen Boss Bart cummings paratroopers 2nd, primus 3rd 1-37.69 Dead
2004 econsul (NZ) 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, $41 chris Munce Graeme rogerson Barely a Moment 2nd, under command 3rd 1-38.02 Good
2003 in top swing 55.5kgs, 3yo Gelding, $19 Noel callow Noel Mayfield-smith Face Value 2nd, kempinsky 3rd 1-36.09 Dead
2002 Helenus 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, $4.20 steven king Leon corstens Bel esprit 2nd, choisir 3rd 1-35.43 Good
2001 Lonhro 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, $7 Darren Gauci John Hawkes ustinov 2nd, pure theatre 3rd 1-36.70 Dead
2000 show a Heart 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, 3-1 steven king Barry Miller Fubu 2nd, sale of century (NZ) 3rd 1-37.63 Dead
1999 redoute’s choice 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, 10-9 Jim cassidy rick Hore-Lacy testa rossa 2nd, commands 3rd 1-35.87 Good
1998 kenwood Melody 55.5kgs, 3yo Gelding, 4-1 shane Dye Bill Mitchell Laurie’s Lottery 2nd, spectacular Gold (NZ) 3rd 1-38.02 slow
1997 encounter 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, 5-2 shane Dye clarry conners schubert 2nd, General Nediym 3rd 1-36.20 Good
1996 alfa 55.5kgs, 3yo Gelding, 8-1 rod Griffiths Bart cummings intergaze 2nd, encosta de Lago 3rd 1-35.95 Good
1995 our Maizcay 55.5kgs, 3yo colt, 4-5 Brian york G searle ravarda 2nd, octagonal (NZ) 3rd 1-36.70 Good
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Feature races – Group 1
the age caulfield Guineas 1600m (Group 1) continued
caulfield, three-years-old set Weights
traiNers
Bart cummings has won the race on five occasions: Wonderful World (2006), God’s own (2005), alfa (1996), kenmark (1974)
and storm Queen (1966). His long time foreman Leon corstens has also won the race twice.
Jockeys
in the past 30 years, Brent thomson is the leading jockey in the caulfield Guineas, having won the race on three occasions:
Vitalic (1988), Marwong (1987) and Beechcraft (1983).
points of interest
FaCt
Last Filly to win surround (1976)
Fastest time (1600m) Helenus (2002) 1:35.40
Leading Jockey (post 1975) Brett thomson - 3 wins: Vitalic (1988), Marwong (1987) and Beechcraft (1983)
Leading trainer Bart cummings - 5 wins: Wonderful World (2006), God’s own (2005), alfa (1996), kenmark (1974) and
storm Queen (1966)
in 1987 Marwong gained the race on
protest after suffering interference by
our poetic prince
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Feature races – Group 1
New Zealand Bloodstock caulfield stakes 2000m (Group 1)
$400,000, sat 8 oct 2010. caulfield, three-years-old and upwards standard Weight for age
Registered Name: Caulfield Stakes
race History
run on the opening day of the Mrc’s spring carnival, a week before the caulfield cup and two weeks before the cox plate,
the caulfield stakes is a serious stepping stone for contenders for those races.
First run in 1886 when won by isonomy, it was predominantly held over 1800m until its extension to 2000m in 1968. For
some years it was known as the yalumba stakes but has reverted to its registered name.
there have been 14 horses to complete the caulfield stakes/caulfield cup double but none since sydeston (1990). the last
mare to win the race, tristarc (1985) and the last three-year-old to win it, Mighty kingdom (1979) also went on to take the
cup along with How Now (1976), Gay icarus (1971), sometime (1963), redcraze (1956), rising Fast (1954), peshewar (1952),
columnist (1947), tranquil star (1942), amounis (1930), Manfred (1926) and eurythmic (1920).
so you think (2010) became the 13th horse to complete the caulfield stakes/cox plate double, preceded by Northerly
(2001), Might and power (1998), almaraad (1989), Bonecrusher (1986), kingston town (1982, 1981), Family of Man (1977),
Gunsynd (1972), rising Fast (1954), amana (1943), ajax (1938), young idea (1936), tranquil star (1942).
there have been y three horses that have successfully completed the caulfield stakes/Melbourne cup double: rising Fast
(1954), comic court (1950) and Mentor (1888).
so you think (2010) also became the 19th horse to win the caulfield and the Mackinnon stakes on Derby Day.
other horses of note to have won the caulfield stakes include: Lonhro (2003, 2002), sky Heights (2000), rough Habit (1994),
shaftesbury avenue (1991), Hyperno (1980), Lord (1960, 1959, 1958), Winfreux (1967, 1966,1965), eurythmic (1922, 1921,
1920) and Wakeful (1902, 1901). ten have won it on multiple occasions.
2010 caulfield stakes - result
three-years-old and upwards standard Weight for age. saturday 9 october, 2010. of $400,000 and $3,000 trophy. 1st $240,000, 2nd $72,000, 3rd $36,000,
4th $18,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $8,000, 7th $8,000, 8th $8,000. time: 2:02:45 track condition: Good 3
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st 06. so you think(NZ) steven arnold 3 58 $1.40F Bart cummings
2nd 05. alcopop Mark Zahra 4 59 3.25L $41 Jake stephens
3rd 02. Whobegotyou Michael rodd 5 59 4.75L $4 Mark kavanagh
4th 03. red ruler(NZ) M r du plessis 2 59 7.5L $61 John sargent
5th 01. Master o'reilly(NZ) Dwayne Dunn 1 59 8.5L $81 Danny o’Brien
6th 04. empires choice(NZ) Damien oliver 6 59 17.5L $26 Bart cummings
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 so you think(NZ) 58kgs, 4yo Horse, $1.40 steven arnold Bart cummings alcopop 2nd, Whobegotyou 3rd 2-02.45 Good
2009 Whobegotyou 58kgs, 4yo Gelding, $2.15 Damien oliver Mark kavanagh Heart of Dreams 2nd, Vision and power (NZ) 3rd 2-01.57 Good
2008 Douro Valley 59kgs, 7yo Gelding, $41 James Winks Danny o’Brien pompeii ruler 2nd, Guillotine (NZ) 3rd 2-04.37 Dead
2007 Maldivian (NZ) 59kgs, 5yo Gelding, $4.20 Michael rodd Mark kavanagh Miss Finland 2nd, anamato 3rd 2-01.97 Good
2006 casual pass 58kgs, 6yo Gelding, $13 Nash rawiller Mathew ellerton pompeii ruler 2nd, el segundo (NZ) 3rd 2-02.69 Good
2005 el segundo (NZ) 57kgs, 4yo Gelding, $6 Darren Gauci colin Little Fields of omagh 2nd, confectioner 3rd 2-04.83 Dead
2004 Mummify 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, $7 Danny Nikolic Lee Freedman Grand armee 2nd, starcraft (NZ) 3rd 2-03.24 Good
2003 Lonhro 58kgs, 5yo Horse, $1.60 Darren Beadman John Hawkes Mummify 2nd, Defier 3rd 2-02.30 Dead
2002 Lonhro 57kgs, 4yo Horse, $2.10 Darren Beadman John Hawkes sunline (NZ) 2nd, ustinov 3rd 2-00.60 Good
2001 Northerly 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, $1.90 Damien oliver Fred kersley shogun Lodge 2nd, ethereal (NZ) 3rd 2-02.58 Dead
2000 sky Heights (NZ) 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, 9-2 Glen Boss colin alderson shogun Lodge 2nd, tie the knot 3rd 2-03.62 Dead
1999 Northern Drake 58kgs, 5yo Horse, 8-1 Grant cooksley kenny Man tie the knot 2nd, aerosmith (NZ) 3rd 2-02.19 Good
1998 Might and power (NZ) 58kgs, 5yo Gelding, 7-4 Jim cassidy Jack Denham tycoon Lil 2nd, Gold Guru 3rd 2-03.51 slow
1997 Filante (NZ) 59kgs, 4yo Horse, 9-4 Jim cassidy Jack Denham alfa 2nd, tarnpir Lane 3rd 2-02.74 Good
1996 Juggler 59kgs, 5yo Gelding, 13-8 steven king Gai Waterhouse Magnet Bay (NZ) 2nd, peep on the sly 3rd 2-05.38 Good
1995 Danewin 57kgs, 4yo Horse, 7-4 Damien oliver Bob thomson it’s all in Fun (NZ) 2nd, Mr. Marconee (NZ) 3rd 2-02.70 Good
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Feature races – Group 1
New Zealand Bloodstock caulfield stakes 2000m (Group 1)
caulfield, three-years-old and upwards standard Weight for age
traiNers
champion trainer tommy smith won the race seven times: alibhai (1984), kingston town (1982, 1981), Mighty kingdom
(1979), Zambari (1975), Gunsynd (1972) and redcraze (1956).
in the past four years, Melbourne trainer Mark kavanagh has won the race with Whobegotyou (2009) and Maldivian (2007).
in the last 50 years there has been three
dead-heats for first
points of interest
FaCt
Last 3yo to Win Mighty kingdom (1979)
Last Mare to Win tristarc (1985)
Fastest time (2000m) 1:59.30 shaftesbury avenue (1991)
Leading Jockey (post 1975) Damien oliver - 4 wins: Whobegotyou (2009), Northerly (2001), Danewin (1995) and Naturalism (1993)
Leading trainer tommy smith - 7 wins: alibhai (1984), kingston town (1982 & 1981), Mighty kingdom (1979), Zambari
(1975), Gunsynd (1972) and redcraze (1956)
Jockeys
in recent years, champion jockey Damien oliver has been the most successful in the yalumba stakes, having won the race on
four occasions: Whobegotyou (2009), Northerly (2001), Danewin (1995) and Naturalism (1993).
shaftesbury avenue (1991) set a sizzling
time for for the caulfield 2000m of 1:59.30
in winning the yalumba
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David Jones toorak Handicap 1600m (Group 1)
$350,000, sat 8 oct 2011. caulfield, open Handicap
Registered Name: Toorak Handicap
race History
Feature races – Group 1
First run in 1881 when won by Josephine, the toorak Handicap is a premier 1600m event for horses on their way to races
such as the caulfield cup, cox plate and emirates stakes.
there are nine horses to have completed the toorak Handicap/caulfield cup double but none since cole Diesel (1989). the
others were: Leilani (1974), tobin Bronze (1967), Galilee (1966), Grey Boots (1950), royal Gem (1946), the trump, (1937),
textile (1927) and uncle sam (1912).
only one horse has been successful in winning both toorak Handicap/cox plate, tobin Bronze (1967) and only won has taken
the toorak/Melbourne cup double, Galilee (1966).
Five horses have taken the toorak Handicap/emirates stakes double: Magari (1982), all shot (1972), Gunsynd (1971), Burberry
(1943) and Gold salute (1940).
other winners of note include: Barely a Moment (2005), regal roller (2004), show a Heart (2001), umrum (2000, 1999),
planet ruler (1988), canny Lass (1986), Nicopolis (1964, 1963), plato (1954), Desert Breeze (1953, 1952), saxony (1949
&1948), Gold salute (1940), soorak (1924) and Hopscotch (1896). Four horses have won it on multiple occasions.
2010 David Jones toorak Handicap - result
No age restriction Handicap. saturday 9 october, 2010. of $350,000 and $3,000 trophy. 1st $210,000, 2nd $63,000, 3rd $31,500, 4th $15,750, 5th $8,750,
6th $7,000, 7th $7,000, 8th $7,000. time: 1:36:40 track condition: Good 3
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st 01. More Joyous(NZ) Nash rawiller 10 58 $2.30F Gai Waterhouse
2nd 15. We're Gonna rock Michael rodd 6 53 0.4L $12 Mark kavanagh
3rd 08. poor Judge Darren Gauci 15 55 0.8L $51 Norm Hilton
4th 06. Luen yat Forever Dwayne Dunn 2 55.5 0.9L $101 pou choi
5th 05. kidnapped craig Newitt 1 55.5 1.4L $51 peter snowden
6th 12. avienus Glen Boss 5 53 1.6L $16 Mark Webb
7th 04. Gold salute Mark pegus 12 55.5 1.7L $61 Mark riley
8th 07. spacecraft Damien oliver 13 55.5 1.8L $8 Mick price
9th 09. chasm Brad rawiller 14 54.5 2.2L $15 Heath conners
10th 03. La rocket stephen Baster 9 56 2.3L $71 Dale sutton
11th 13. Ghostmilk(ire) Luke Nolen 3 53 3.3L $41 peter G Moody
12th 02. Drumbeats Mark Zahra 7 56 4.3L $9 peter snowden
13th 10. response craig Williams 11 54.5 4.7L $10 Mathew ellerton &
simon Zahra
14th 11. allez Wonder Michelle payne 8 53.5 7.7L $21 Bart cummings
15th 14. No Jurisdiction James Winks 4 53 7.9L $61 Danny o’Brien
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 More Joyous(NZ) 58kg, 4yo Mare, $2.30 Nash rawiller Gai Waterhouse We’re Gonna rock 2nd, poor Judge 3rd 1-36.40 Good
2009 allez Wonder 52kgs, 4yo Mare, $41 Michelle payne Bart cummings Gold salute 2nd, rock kingdom 3rd 1-35.09 Good
2008 alamosa (NZ) 55.5kgs, 4yo Horse, $9 craig Newitt Mick price rockwood 2nd, pillar of Hercules 3rd 1-36.95 Dead
2007 Divine Madonna 55kgs, 5yo Mare, $4.80 Michael rodd Mark kavanagh Niconero 2nd, Wonderful World 3rd 1-37.36 Good
2006 red Dazzler 55kgs, 4yo Horse, $4 Jim cassidy Mick price rewaaya (NZ) 2nd, Niconero 3rd 1-37.58 Good
2005 Barely a Moment 54.5kgs, 4yo Horse, $5.50 craig Williams David Hayes super kid (NZ) 2nd, calveen (NZ) 3rd 1-37.96 Dead
2004 regal roller 57kgs, 5yo Gelding, $3.30 Mark Flaherty clinton McDonald osca Warrior 2nd, infinite Grace 3rd 1-37.41 Good
2003 roman arch 52.5kgs, 5yo Gelding, $21 Luke currie Mick Whittle Fields of omagh 2nd, umrum 3rd 1-36.09 Dead
2002 shot of thunder 52.5kgs, 5yo Horse, $4.80 Glen Boss John o’shea umrum 2nd, pernod (NZ) 3rd 1-36.15 Good
2001 show a Heart 55kgs, 4yo Horse, $13 Glen Boss Barry Miller Le Zagaletta 2nd, shot of thunder 3rd 1-35.84 Dead
2000 umrum 55kgs, 6yo Gelding, 7-2 Jim cassidy Leon Macdonald Go Flash Go 2nd, crawl 3rd 1-36.48 Dead
1999 umrum 55kgs, 5yo Gelding, 30-1 eddie Wilkinson Leon Macdonald Nina Haraka 2nd, Go Flash Go 3rd 1-36.09 Good
1998 Marble Halls (NZ) 55kgs, 4yo Gelding, 10-1 Jim cassidy Lee Freedman rustic Dream 2nd, umrum 3rd 1-38.29 slow
1997 penghulu 53.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 16-1 Greg childs peter Hayes catalan opening (NZ) 2nd, ravarda 3rd 1-35.21 Good
1996 poetic king 56.5kgs, 6yo Gelding, 4-1 simon Marshall Lee Freedman scenic royale 2nd, shame 3rd 1-35.88 Good
1995 sober suit 50.5kgs, 4yo Gelding, 9-1 Brett prebble Gerald ryan seascay (NZ) 2nd, Danarani 3rd 1-35.20 Good
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Feature races – Group 1
David Jones toorak Handicap 1600m (Group 1) continued
caulfield, open Handicap
traiNers
in recent years there have been a handful of trainers to train the winner of the toorak Handicap on two occasions. Mick price
with alamosa (2008) and red Dazzler (2006), Lee Freedman with Marble Halls (1998) and poetic king (1996), Leon Macdonald
with umrum (2000, 1999), and John Meagher with Golden sword (1993) and ready to explode (1992).
Jockeys
in recent years, jockeys that have won the toorak Handicap on more than one occasion include: Jim cassidy: red Dazzler
(2006), umrum (2000) and Marble Halls (1998); Glen Boss: shot of thunder (2002) and show a Heart (2001) and steven
king: Golden sword (1993) and ready to explode (1992).
points of interest
FaCt
Last mare to win More Joyous (2010)
Last 3yo to win k. cid (1929)
Fastest time (1600m) 1:35.20 penghulu (1997), sobar suit (1995), oppressor (1994)
Galilee (1966) is the only horse to win the
toorak Handicap and the Melbourne cup
in the same year
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schweppes thousand Guineas 1600m (Group 1)
$500,000, Wed 12 oct 2011. caulfield, three-year-old Fillies set Weights
Registered Name: The Thousand Guineas
race History
Feature races – Group 1
the thousand Guineas is the premier 1600m event for 3yo fillies in the spring. First run in 1946, it is often used as a lead-up
to the Vrc oaks with there are 17 horses who have won the double: Miss Finland (2006), special Harmony (2003), Magical
Miss (2001), Northwood plume (1994), arborea (1993), richfield Lady (1991), tristanagh (1989), toltrice (1972), rom’s
stiletto (1982), Brava Jeannie (1979), Gipsy Queen (1965), indian summer (1961), Lady Mogambo (1954), true course (1950),
chicquita (1949), Nizam’s ring (1947) and sweet chime (1946).
there have been 10 fillies to win the thousand Guineas/Wakeful stakes/Vrc oaks treble: arborea (1993), richfield Lady
(1991), tristanagh (1989), Brava Jeannie (1979), toltrice (1972), indian summer (1961), true course (1950), chicquita (1949),
Nizam’s ring (1947) and sweet chime (1946). richfield Lady (1991), indian summer (1961) and chicquita (1949) also won the
edward Manifold stakes, a race preceeding the thousand Guineas with 14 fillies taking the double.
two Golden slipper winners have gone on to win the thousand Guineas as a 3 year old: Miss Finland (2006) and toy show
(1975). yosei (2010) had won the aJc sires produce.
2010 schweppes thousand Guineas - result
three-year-old Fillies set Weights. Wednesday 13 october, 2010. of $500,000 and $3,000 trophy. 1st $300,000, 2nd $90,000, 3rd $45,000,
4th $22,500, 5th $12,500, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000. time: 1:39:81 track condition: slow 7
pos. Horse NaMe Jockey Bar WGt MarGiN price traiNer
1st 04. yosei Michelle payne 5 55.5 $11 stuart Webb
2nd 08. Heartsareforlove James Winks 9 55.5 2l $151 John p thompson
3rd 11. Brazilian pulse(NZ) Michael rodd 11 55.5 3L $4.80 Michael Moroney
4th 02. ambers Waltz Glen Boss 8 55.5 4L $51 John o’shea
5th 03. sistine angel craig Williams 10 55.5 4.5L $6 andrew Noblet
6th 01. More strawberries Nash rawiller 3 55.5 4.6L $3.50F Gai Waterhouse
7th 10. pinker pinker chris symons 4 55.5 4.9L $13 Greg eurell
8th 06. Divorces Mark Zahra 6 55.5 8.15L $12 peter snowden
9th 15. Maraaseem steven arnold 15 55.5 9.4L $41 David Hayes
10th 13. sussuro craig Newitt 2 55.5 10.9L $21 tony Noonan
11th 09. alittlebitofmonica Danny Nikolic 1 55.5 11.4L $21 Marc conners
12th 07. Jesse's Girl Blake shinn 12 55.5 11.9L $26 peter Morgan
13th 05. ringa ringa rosie Dwayne Dunn 14 55.5 17.9L $21 Bevan Laming
14th 12. Melted Brent stanley 13 55.5 19.15L $51 Leon corstens
15th 17. party Hard Michael Walker 16 55.5 19.9L $41 anthony cummings
16th 18. plastic Fantastic Luke Nolen 7 55.5 21.15L $201 anthony cummings
SCr 14. ain'tnofallenstar Luke Nolen 55.5 Lee Freedman
SCr 16. Dizlago Nicholas Hall 55.5 Lee Freedman
recent History
year reSult Jockey traiNer pLaceGetters tiMe/track
2010 yosei 55.5kg, 3yo Filly, $11 Michelle payne stuart Webb Heartsareforlove 2nd, Brazilian pulse(NZ) 3rd 1-39.81 slow
2009 irish Lights 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $3.50 Glen Boss David Hayes Melito 2nd, Faint perfume 3rd 1-38.38 Good
2008 Gallica 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $5 Damien oliver Mick price cats Whisker 2nd, Glowlamp 3rd 1-38.66 Dead
2007 serious speed 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $16 Danny Nikolic Leon Macdonald extension of time 2nd, antarctic Miss (NZ) 3rd 1-36.37 Good
2006 Miss Finland 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $1.90 craig Williams David Hayes permaiscuous 2nd, cheeky choice 3rd 1-37.19 Good
2005 Mnemosyne 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $5.50 Darren Beadman John Hawkes rewaaya (NZ) 2nd, serenade rose 3rd 1-36.37 Good
2004 alinghi 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $1.70 Damien oliver Lee Freedman Hollow Bullet 2nd, Ballet society (NZ) 3rd 1-37.14 Good
2003 special Harmony 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $4.80 Damien oliver Lee Freedman Hinting 2nd, spurcent 3rd 1-36.48 Good
2002 Macedon Lady 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $8 steven king John symons La Bella Dame 2nd, Fuji Dancer 3rd 1-36.48 Good
2001 Magical Miss 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, $13 steven arnold Bart cummings Ha Ha 2nd, Li Lo Lill 3rd 1-37.03 Dead
2000 all time High 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, 9-1 steven arnold russell cameron ponton Flyer 2nd, tanith 3rd 1-36.37 Good
1999 shizu (NZ) 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, 12-1 Jim cassidy Michael Moroney Danglissa 2nd, Beat the Fade (NZ) 3rd 1-39.45 slow
1998 inaflury (NZ) 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, 2-1 Darren Gauci colin alderson Danelagh 2nd, st. clemens Belle 3rd 1-38.40 Dead
1997 Lady of the pines 55.5kgs, 3yo Filly, 15-1 Darren Beadman peter Hayes rose of Danehill 2nd, regal sashay 3rd 1-36.97 Good
1996 Dashing eagle 54kgs, 3yo Filly, 11-4 Darren Beadman pe