7 FLEMINGTON Kizlyar (IRE) Kizlyar 19 5 year old bay gelding Sire Make Believe (GB) Dam Trainer Jockey Beau Mertens 53.5kg Career 11:3-2-2 Earnings $202,850 Techform 88
Barrier 20
Kisanga (IRE) (Redoute’s Choice) Joseph O’Brien (Co. Kilkenny (IRE))
Breeder His Highness The Aga Khan’s Studs S.C. Owners H O S Syndicate
1st Up Track Firm Heavy
2nd Up 3:1-1-0
5:0-1-1 1:0-0-0 0:0-0-0 1:0-0-0
Dist
Track/Dist 0:0-0-0
2:0-0-1 4:2-1-0 0:0-0-0
Good Synth
Soft
6:1-1-2
Winning Distance Range
2800m-4000m
2 -10 LYON m Sat 7Jun25 1 -10 COMP m Fri 27Jun25 5 -11 CORK m Sun 7Dec25
2400 S 3Y MDN SW A Lemaitre (2) 2800 S 3Y MDN SW M Barzalona (4) 3419 S 3Y MDN HDL SW J J Slevin (0)
1-Native Irish (IRE) 56.5 4.5L 2:38.12
58 $2f
58.5 $2.40 2-Seine (IRE) 57
3.0L 3:10.08
70 $4.50f 1-Glen To Glen (IRE) 70 11.3L 4:46.90
9 -19 LEOP m Sat 27Dec25 3218 S 3Y MDN HDL SW J J Slevin (0) 3 -15 PUNC m Mon 12Jan26 3218 S 4Y MDN HDL SW P Enright (0)
1-Hardy Stuff (USA) 70 12.6L 3:57.00
70 $26 73 $15
1-Kilmeaden (IRE) 73
8.3L 4:13.70 80.0L 3:23.65
10 -11 NAVN m Mon 30Mar26 2816 H 4UP HCP
D P McDonogh (1)
60.5 $9.50 1-Mordor (FR) 57.5
1 -6
KILL m Tue 12May26 2816 G 4UP SW
D Browne McMonagle (3) 62.5 $12
2-Sky Captain (IRE) 62.5 0.8L 3:12.08
1 -20 ASC. m Tue 16Jun26 4013 G 4UP RATING 100 J M Sheridan (6)
2-Defiantly (FR) 59.5
0.1L 4:20.94
58.5 $26
2 -6 CURR m Sat 22Aug26 2816 G ST LEGER TRL -G3 D Browne McMonagle (2) 61 $4.30f 1-Queenstown (IRE) 61 4.5L 2:58.65 11 -16 FLEM m Sat 24Oct26 2500 G4 MV CUP -G2 B J Melham (6) 56 $3.80f 1-Juja Kibo (IRE) 58 4.0L 2:38.68 Rtg 104 Joseph O’Brien sneaks another into the field at the last minute with Kizlyar who also went over hurdles as a younger horse before returning to the flat. He beat stablemate and one-time Cup favourite Defiantly over 4023m at Ascot in June and makes the field at that horse’s expense. His Melbourne debut in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup was poor when heavily supported, beaten for a change of speed he doesn’t have. Needs to improve but should do so in a stronger test of stamina. Strapper Ashley Hussey
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