Race Result:
1st: Watadeel (Jamie Kah/Annabel Neasham) - $4.80
2nd: Von Hauke (James McDonald/Cliff Brown) - $3.10F
3rd: Kind Gesture (Craig Williams/Michael Kent) - $17
Winning Time: 1:36.30 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: Short Neck x 2½L
It was a 1600m battle between the two front-runners, but it was Watadeel & @jamieleekah07 who saluted in the first on Champions Day pic.twitter.com/buWq7MDgd4
— Racing.com (@Racing) November 11, 2023
Winning Trainer: Annabel Neasham
"I can't take much credit for that. He came to me in great order from the Stokes team and he was ready to come up in trip.
"He's obviously had a few bad draws this campaign but he jumped well today and I was glad to see Jamie take advantage of that.
"I was quite confident watching him in the run. He looked really relaxed and she still had a lapful of horse at the 300 (metre mark).
"Great ride by Jamie and hopefully she's in for a good day.
"Up to the mile he was hitting the line really well. We were hopeful that the big track here would really suit him.
"Von Hauke kept her honest but he won well in the end."
Winning Jockey: Jamie Kah
"That was a good starting point because I've been getting back on him from the barriers and Annabel said to be positive but to do what you want on him.
"That left us with an open book out of the gates. He's a nice horse and he's been running well but he's been getting too far back.
"It is nice when you're out there and you can make up your own mind when they jump well."
Australian Childhood Foundation Trophy
| FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
SP
WT |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
|
9. WATADEEL (AUS) 4yo G DUNDEEL (NZ) - WATER KISS (AUS) |
JAMIE KAH ANNABEL NEASHAM |
$4.8
53kg |
|||||||
| Bennett Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: N P Bennett), R Menchise, H P Sambor, League Of Gentleman (Mgr: A Kolenda), Foursome Awesome (Mgr: Mrs H Pentifallo), P G Wells, Barwon Racing (Mgr: S C Kerr), BNSL Racing (Mgr: N Black), Bennett Racing Water Kiss (Mgr: N P Bennett), A H Murphy, Ms K E Barun & D J Love | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| 2nd |
|
6. VON HAUKE (NZ) 4yo G SAVABEEL (AUS) - TIARA (NZ) |
JAMES MCDONALD CLIFF BROWN |
$3.1
54.5kg |
|||||||
| Barree Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (Mgr: G B Whittenbury) & Imperial Racing Stable (Mgr: M Harding) | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| 3rd |
|
10. KIND GESTURE (GB) 4yo F DECORATED KNIGHT (GB) - DAWN OF HOPE (IRE) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS MICHAEL KENT |
$17
53kg |
|||||||
| Honeycomb Stud (Mgr: A Whittingham), J B O'Rourke, C W Williams, G D Fagan, Mrs T Fagan, L A Tyler & R E Preston | |||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
| 4th |
|
5. FARHH FLUNG (GB) 4yo G FARHH (GB) - FLYCATCHER (IRE) |
BILLY EGAN DANNY O'BRIEN |
$10
54kg |
|||||||
|
|||||||||||
| 5th |
|
4. EXCELLERATION (AUS) 7yo G EXCELEBRATION (IRE) - RARE SUBJECT (AUS) |
DECLAN BATES RICHARD CULLY |
$8.5
55kg |
|||||||
|
|||||||||||
| 6th |
|
8. TYPHOON HARMONY (AUS) 7yo G WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - JUBILANT HARMONY (AUS) |
JYE MCNEIL PETER GELAGOTIS |
$12
53kg |
|||||||
| 7th |
|
2. JAPANESE EMPEROR (NZ) 4yo G SATONO ALADDIN (JPN) - INTHESPOTLIGHT (NZ) |
DAMIEN OLIVER MICHAEL MORONEY |
$12
56.5kg |
|||||||
|
|||||||||||
| 8th |
|
3. LYRICAL LAD (AUS) 6yo G ROMAN EMPEROR (NZ) - GRECIAN MELODY (NZ) |
JAMIE MOTT PHILLIP STOKES |
$51
56.5kg |
|||||||
| 9th |
|
7. SEQUESTERED (AUS) 4yo M PIERRO (AUS) - ABDUCTION (AUS) |
MICHAEL DEE JAMES CUMMINGS |
$5.5
53kg |
|||||||
