Flemington Cup 1849 Race Day – July 17th

L.V. Lachal Handicap

(BM78 Handicap - 1200m)

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Winning Horse: Yulong Storm (Usa)

5yoG Scat Daddy (USA) - Dreams Of Fire (USA)(Dynaformer (USA))

22 starts - 6 wins 2 seconds 2 thirds 2 fourths $171410

Other Wins

1st Flemington Star Of The Realm (Bm70) 1100m (2020)

1st Swan Hill Mclardy Mcshane Insurance-Bm70 1200m (2020)

1st Bendigo Tac Be Races Ready (Bm64) 1100m (2020)

1st Swan Hill Hygain (Bm58) 975m (2020)

1st Swan Hill Shjc Become A 19/20 Member Mdn 1300m (2019)

Other Placings

2nd Caulfield Neds Same Race Multi (Bm78) 1100m (2021)

3rd Kilmore Evergreen Turf (Bm78) 1100m (2020)

3rd Bendigo The Metropolitan (Bm70) 1100m (2020)

2nd Swan Hill Bet365 Top Tote Plus (Bm78) 1200m (2020)

Race Result:

1st: Yulong Storm (C Newitt/N Hobson) - $41

2nd: Wilmot Pass (B Prebble/A & S Freedman) - $8
3rd:
 Zorro’s Dream (W Price/M Freedman) - $4.80 fav

Winning Time: 1:12.15  Last 600m: 35.10

Margins: Long Head x 1L

Winning Trainer: Nathan Hobson

“He’s been a little beauty. It was almost 12 months ago that he won here, so to come back and win again is exciting.

“I’m not sure what we’ll do. I was going to run him in the Mildura Cup next week. I’m have to see if there’s another meeting at Flemington and come back.

“If there’s a race there, we’ll probably come back then.”

Cost: “We paid $9500 for him. He was a cheapie. Last prep he went through his grades pretty quick, starting with a Benchmark 58 and won three in a row and then at the end of the prep here at Flemington.

“He’s been a good horse for us.”

Winning Jockey: Craig Newitt

Winning partnership with the horse : “Yeah he’s been a pretty good horse to me, it just goes to show how good of a trainer Nath (Hobson) is, he places his horses very well and that’s his second win down the straight now that horse. He was going to win that race a long way out, he just kept coming up underneath me, travelled really good and was just relying on a little bit of luck to get out and when he got out he accelerated nice.

Surface conditions : “It’s actually racing pretty good, it’s obviously a genuine winter track but it’s nowhere near heavy. Just getting their toe into it nicely is cutting out a little bit now but is racing overall really well.