Nov 1, 2016 - 21/10/2015. 1st G3 2400m. Geelong Cup. 20. REAL LOVE (Darren Weir). 6 m. 52.0 (inc 0.5kg pen). -6.0. $150,
2016 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP [GROUP 1] 3200m Handicap to be run Tuesday, 1 November, 2016 Benchmark Weights
3 4 5+
50.0 58.0 59.5
3f 4m 5m
48.5 56.5 58.0
NH Bred allowed 2.5kg
NOTE: The conditions of the 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup provide for the VRC Board, at its discretion, to eliminate a horse(s) from the final field of 24 in certain circumstances. The conditions DO NOT provide for the promotion of a horse(s) into the field. If such discretionary elimination does occur, replacement of such horse(s) will be according to the normal balloting order with the next horse(s) in the order of entry making its way into the final field of 24. In this regard horses outside the top 24 will not be promoted over other horses.
1
Exempt from Ballot as at 4 Oct 2016 : 1 ALMANDIN (GER) (Robert Hickmott)
7 g
51.0 (inc 1.0kg pen)
BENCH-
$ SINCE
DATE
DETAILS
RACE
-8.5
EXEMPT
2/10/2016
1st G3 2500m
Bart Cummings
Passed 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup first ballot clause as at 4 Oct 2016 : Total 35 2 3
PRINCE OF PENZANCE (NZ) (Darren Weir) PREFERMENT (NZ) (Chris Waller)
7 g 5 h
56.5 56.5
-3.0 -3.0
$3,845,000 $926,200
25/10/2014 26/03/2016
1st G1 3200m 1st G1 2400m
Emirates Melbourne Cup Tancred Stakes
4 5
BIG ORANGE (GB) (Michael Bell) OUR IVANHOWE (GER) (Lee & Anthony Freedman)
6 g 7 h
56.0 56.0
-3.5 -3.5
$1,377,354 $279,000
7/07/2016 17/10/2015
1st G2 2400m 3rd G1 2400m
Princess of Wales's Stakes UK Caulfield Cup
6 7 8
CURREN MIROTIC (JPN) (Osamu Hirata) TARZINO (NZ) (Mick Price) THE UNITED STATES (IRE) (Robert Hickmott)
9 g 4 h 7 h
55.5 54.0 55.5
-4.0 -4.0 -4.0
$1,254,881 $910,000 $161,000
1/05/2016 31/10/2015 24/10/2015
2nd G1 3200m 1st G1 2500m 1st G2 2500m
Tenno Sho Spring JPN VRC Derby Moonee Valley Cup
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
HARTNELL (GB) (John O'Shea) JAMEKA (Ciaron Maher) WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) (Chris Waller) WICKLOW BRAVE (GB) (Willie Mullins) BONDI BEACH (IRE) (Aidan O'Brien) EXOSPHERE (GB) (Lee and Anthony Freedman) SCOTTISH (IRE) (Charlie Appleby) TALLY (John O'Shea)
6 4 8 8 5 5 5 4
g m g g h h g h
55.0 52.0 (inc 0.5kg pen) 55.0 55.0 55.0 55.0 54.5 52.5
-4.5 -4.5 -4.5 -4.5 -4.5 -4.5 -5.0 -5.5
$1,291,200 $1,254,226 $891,000 $632,030 $533,584 $137,404 $40,913 $200,000
28/03/2015 5/11/2015 26/03/2016 11/09/2016 12/09/2015 30/04/2016 29/07/2015 2/04/2016
1st G1 2400m 1st G1 2500m 2nd G1 2400m 1st G1 2800m 2nd G1 2900m 1st G2 2400m 2nd G3 2400m 3rd G1 2400m
Tancred Stakes VRC Oaks Tancred Stakes Irish St Leger IRE English St Leger UK Jockey Club Stakes UK Gordon Stakes UK ATC Derby
17 18 19 20
GRAND MARSHAL (GB) (Chris Waller) GALLANTE (IRE) (Robert Hickmott) ALMOONQITH (USA) (D & B Hayes and T Dabernig) REAL LOVE (Darren Weir)
7 6 7 6
g g h m
53.5 53.5 53.5 52.0 (inc 0.5kg pen)
-6.0 -6.0 -6.0 -6.0
$1,465,750 $1,354,500 $482,113 $150,200
11/04/2015 9/04/2016 21/10/2015 14/03/2016
1st G1 3200m 1st G1 3200m 1st G3 2400m 3rd G2 3200m
Sydney Cup Sydney Cup Geelong Cup Adelaide Cup
21 22 23 24
SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (IRE) (John Thompson) HEARTBREAK CITY (FR) (Tony Martin) HOWARD BE THY NAME (Darren Weir) BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE (GB) (Saeed bin Suroor)
8 7 4 5
g g h m
53.0 (inc 1.5kg pen) 53.0 51.5 51.5
-6.5 -6.5 -6.5 -6.5
$631,500 $353,550 $321,000 $173,156
1/10/2016 20/08/2016 14/05/2016 17/10/2015
1st G1 2400m 1st EBOR 2800m 1st G1 2500m 3rd G1 2400m
25 26 27
EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB) (Waterhouse & Bott) FANATIC (NZ) (Graeme Sanders) ZANTECA (NZ) (Darren Weir)
7 h 4 m 7 m
52.5 50.0 50.0
-7.0 -7.0 -8.0
$280,500 $164,181 $172,250
31/10/2105 19/03/2016 31/10/2015
1st G3 2500m 1st G1 2400m 2nd G3 2500m
Lexus Stakes New Zealand Oaks NZ Lexus Stakes
28 29 30 31
SACRED MASTER (NZ) (Chris Waller) SECRET NUMBER (GB) (Saeed bin Suroor) GREY LION (IRE) (Matt Cumani) PENTATHLON (NZ) (John Wheeler)
5 7 5 5
g g h g
51.0 51.0 51.0 50.5
-8.5 -8.5 -8.5 -9.0
$133,287 $99,062 $17,935 $35,651
20/02/2016 12/09/2015 8/05/2016 23/01/2016
1st G2 2400m 1st LR 2500m 3rd G3 2400m 2nd G2 3200m
Avondale Cup NZ Stand Cup UK Prix de Hedouville FR Wellington Cup NZ
32
ANTONIO GIUSEPPE (NZ) (Chris Waller)
4 g
50.0
-9.5
$148,500
1/10/2016
1st G1 2400m
Metropoltan Handicap
33
ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ) (Lee & Shannon Hope)
7 m
50.0
-9.5
$118,679
12/03/2016
2nd G1 3200m
Auckland Cup NZ
34
ALOFT (IRE) (Robert Hickmott)
5 g
50.0
-9.5
$91,730
19/06/2015
1st LR 3200m
Queen's Vase UK
35 36
MANNDAWI (FR) (Darren Weir) ARAB DAWN (GB) (John O'Shea)
7 g 6 g
50.0 50.0
-9.5 -9.5
$27,000 $12,695
21/10/2015 5/09/2015
3rd G3 2400m 3rd G3 2400m
Geelong Cup September Stakes UK
Metropoltan Handicap Ebor UK South Australian Derby British Champions F & M UK
Not Passed 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup first ballot clause as at 4 Oct 2016 : Total 16 TOSEN STARDOM (JPN) (Darren Weir) SET SQUARE (Ciaron Maher) ASSIGN (IRE) (Robert Hickmott) DANDY GENT (Terry & Karina O'Sullivan) DE LITTLE ENGINE (Danny O'Brien) FOUNDRY (IRE) (Robert Hickmott) FRANCIS OF ASSISI (IRE) (Charlie Appleby) MASTER ZEPHYR (GB) (Darren Weir) OCEANOGRAPHER (GB) (Charlie Appleby) PEMBERLEY (NZ) (Ciaron Maher) QEWY (IRE) (Charlie Appleby) SECOND WAVE (IRE) (Charlie Appleby) THE BANDIT (JPN) (John Sadler) TOM MELBOURNE (IRE) (Lee & Anthony Freedman) VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE) (Michael Moroney) WHITE DOLLAR SIGN (John Thom) TOTAL : 52
6 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 5 5 6 5 5
h m g g g g g g g g g g h g g g
53.5 51.5 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0
-6.0 -6.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5 -9.5
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