VRC Country Race Day (Flemington) – June 18th

Country Racing Victoria Handicap

(BM78 Handicap - 1000m)

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Winning Horse: Nasraawy (Aus)

4yoG Snitzel (Aus) - Elzeeza (Aus)(Hussonet (USA))

12 starts - 4 wins 2 seconds 2 fourths $111525

Other Wins

1st Sale Gippsland Times (Bm70) 1000m (2022)

1st Pakenham Sportsbet Set Deposit Limit-C1 1200m (2021)

1st Geelong Taxi Network Geelong Mdn Plate 1230m (2021)

Other Placings

2nd Sale Powered Solutions (Bm64) 1000m (2021)

2nd Cranbourne Dirt Rock Civil Mdn Plate 1200m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Nasraawy (B Egan/G Bedggood) - $10

2nd: Sham I Am (L King/R Matthews) - $31
3rd:
 Grand Pope (J McNeil/N Ryan) - $3F

Winning Time: 58.83 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: ¾ lengths x Short Head

Winning Trainer: Gavin Bedggood

Progression of the horse: “I’ve got a share in this one so that’s good. We didn’t pay a lot for him, we bought him online and we won a maiden with him at Geelong and I think we won a 64 at Pakenham and I said to the boys we might’ve nearly met his mark, he might be one to look at moving on. He went to Sandown and jarred up really badly and he went out and had a good 10 week spell.”

This preparation: “I thought he could win first up (at Sale) and he did, he’s eligible for a benchmark 70 but he’s not very big, he’s not one to go around with 59kg so we thought we’d have a throw at the stumps today and have a go at the 78 with no weight.”

Looking ahead: “I’m realistic about his ability, but we paid $15,000 for him and that’s his fourth win for us so he owes us nothing, he can hang around for a bit now.”

Winning Jockey: Billy Egan

Improvement 2nd up: “He’s made good improvement from the run, credit to Gav’s training. He’s just kept him right, kept him fresh. He’s taken that natural improvement and fitness from that run and he hasn’t had to add too much more to that.”