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Valiant King (GB)
R105
Barrier 22
5 year old grey gelding
Valiant King 16
Roaring Lion (USA)
Sire Dam
Assembly (USA) ( Candy Ride (ARG) )
Trainer Location
Chris Waller (Flemington)
Jockey Groom Career
Craig Newitt 50.5kg
Happy Sharma
11:1-3-1 $322,472
Techform 81
Breeder The Assembly Partnership Owners A Kheir, Qatar Bloodstock Ltd (Mgr: D Redvers), J A O’Neill, YES Bloodstock (Mgr: B F Sokolski), Carty Racing (Mgr: B C Carty), Bromfield Park Pty Ltd (Mgr: W C Pearce), A K Racing (Mgr: Ms K L Solomon), BDTJJ Racing (Mgr: D Edmonds), B D Nettlefold & Solscaf Racing (Mgr: A J Scafidi) 4 -9 CURR m Sat 20Aug22 160 9 G 2Y MDN-SW 2 -12 LEOP m Sun 2Apr23 201 2 H 3Y HCP
1st Up Track Firm Heavy
2nd Up 3:1-0-0
3:0-1-1 1:0-0-0 0:0-0-0 1:0-1-0
Dist
Track/Dist 0:0-0-0
0:0-0-0 6:0-1-1 0:0-0-0
Good Synth
Soft
4:1-1-0
2000m - 2000m
Winning Distance Range
C rosse ( 4 )
60.5 $11 1-Hiawatha (IRE) 60.5
5.2L 1:38.63
O M urphy ( 7 )
59.5 $3.25f 1-Signora Bellissima (IRE) 52.5 0.1L 2:21.03
1 -14 NAVN m Sat 13May23 201 1 S 3Y MDN SW D B rowne McMonagle ( 1 ) 61 $1.44f 2-Cormac T (GB) 59.5
5.5L 2:18.11 0.2L 2:29.56 1.5L 2:35.41 6.0L 2:31.05
2 -19 ASC. m Thu 22Jun23 241 4 G 3Y RATING 105 2 -8 NAAS m Mon 7Aug23 241 4 S BALLYROAN -G3
O M urphy ( 8 )
1-Desert Hero (GB) 56.5
56 $8
D B rowne McMonagle ( 3 ) 56.5 $4.33 1-Vauban (FR) 61
5 -7 LEOP m Sat 9Sep23 241 4 G KILTERNAN STKS -G3 O M urphy ( 3 )
1-Adelaide River (IRE) 57.5
57.5 $5
6 -18 CAUL m Sat 21Oct23 240 0 G4 CAUL CUP -G1 1 6 -16 RAND m Sat 21Sep24 200 0 G4 KING TOWN -G3 1 0 -16 FLEM m Sat 5Oct24 200 0 S6 TURNBULL -G1 9 -18 CAUL m Sat 19Oct24 240 0 S6 CAUL CUP -G1
J K ah ( 1 ) T B erry ( 2 )
50 $10 1-Without A Fight (IRE) 55.5 55 $26 1-Eliyass (FR) 56 55 $101 1-Via Sistina (IRE) 57
5.4L 2:26.45 R109 14L 2:01.54 R100 6.9L 2:02.62 R98
B M ertens ( 3 ) T M Nugent ( 15 )
50.5 $71 1-Duke De Sessa (IRE) 52 13L 2:31.42 R105 Another ex-Joseph O’Brien horse, Valiant King was a game sixth in last year’s Caulfield Cup behind subsequent Lexus Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight, at what was just his eighth start. Now with Chris Waller, he hasn’t made an impression in three runs this time in, finishing ninth in the Caulfield Cup last time out. His last 200m in that race was the fourth-fastest when too far back, so he could be an improver at big odds over 3200m.
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