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VRC St Leger (Listed) (166 th of Series) 2800m
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Of $300,000 and trophies of $1,200. 1st $180,000 and trophies of $1,200, 2nd $54,000, 3rd $27,000, 4th $13,500, 5th $7,500, 6th $6,000, 7th $6,000, 8th $6,000. Prizemoney contribution totaling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution. This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses. For
Three-Years-Old. Set Weights. No allowances for apprentices. Track Record: 2-52.40E Verdant (GB) (06/11/2012) [Good3] Class Record: 2-54.60E Gossips (25/04/1994) [Good3]
TAB Assessed Odds
1 2s803 Alegron (9) James Cummings ............................................... Damien Oliver 2 19712 The Cunning Fox (NZ) (11) Patrick Payne (wt) .............................. Billy Egan
58 $1.90 58 $6.50
3 s8667 Raging Bull (7) David Payne .............................................. Craig Williams 58 $9 4 31684 Zoumon (10) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott (w) ................................ Tim Clark 58 $6.50 5 0s276 Celestial Fury (NZ) (6) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (wt) ......... Linda Meech 58 $31 6 51073 Fighting Arrow (8) Chris Calthorpe (w) ......................... Damien Thornton 58 $14 7 37496 Asternishing (12) Mick Bell ................................................ Beau Mertens 58 $126 8 s0211 Bastida (NZ) (2) John Sargent (w) . ................................................. Jamie Kah 58 $21 9 87316 Five Ounce (13) Michael Ryan . ............................................. Alana Kelly (a) 58 $201 10 31350 Morpurgo (5) Henry Dwyer ....................................................... John Allen 58 $101 11 77662 Winston Smurfhill (NZ) (4) Ben Brisbourne ............................ Tahlia Hope 58 $126 12 s3831 Sonic The Hedgehog (3) Mark Newnham (w) ......................... Daniel Moor 58 $61 13 5513 Fearentless (1) Paul Preusker (w) . ..................................... Jordan Childs 56 $12 FORM SUMMARY ALEGRON was fighting out the finish with Hitotsu in the Group 1 ATC Derby last start. That form line is top class and he gets in brilliantly at the set weights. THE CUNNING FOX only seems to improve going out in distance. Lone filly FEARENTLESS is in an astute stable VRC ST LEGER The St Leger at Flemington is older than the Melbourne Cup, first run by the Victoria Turf Club at Flemington in autumn 1857, two years after the first Victoria Derby. The rival Victoria Jockey Club took over the St Leger in 1858. The two clubs dissolved in 1864 to form the Victoria Racing Club, which has run the VRC St Leger annually ever since. The race name honoured England’s St Leger Stakes, first run in 1776, the world’s oldest 3YO classic, traditionally run at Doncaster, UK. Thirteen VRC St Leger winners including Phar Lap have gone on to win a Melbourne Cup, the most recent being Gurner’s Lane in 1982. The race was switched from March to Anzac Day in 1972.
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