Victoria Handicap Field – 2014

Race 6 – 3:25PM Race-Tech Victoria Handicap (1400 METRES)
Of $150,000.1st $90,000, 2nd $27,000, 3rd $13,500, 4th $6,750, 5th $3,750, 6th $3,000, 7th $3,000, 8th $3,000 GROUP 3
Handicap, Minimum Weight 54kg, Maidens at time of entry are ineligible, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM

Form Guide

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No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 MR O’CEIRIN (NZ) Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 5 58kg
2 READY TO RIP Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 9 57.5kg
3 SMOKIN’ JOEY Wez Hunter Jamie Mott 14 56.5kg
4 NATUZZI (NZ) Paul Richards Chris Johnson 10 56kg
5 ADAMANTIUM (NZ) Danny O’Brien James Winks 13 55.5kg
6 MECIR Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 3 55kg
7 BIANMICK Matt Laurie 17 54kg
8 HAWKS BAY Neil Dyer Dean Yendall 20 54kg
9 SISTINE DEMON Andrew Noblet Ms Jamie Kah (a) 18 54kg
10 HAPPY GALAXY Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 16 54kg
11 REPARATIONS Anthony Freedman 1 54kg
12 DECIRCLES Danny O’Brien 4 54kg
13 MISTER MILTON Norman Waymouth Steven King 8 54kg
14 ALMIGHTY BULLET John Hyam Jason Holder 19 54kg
15 GARUD (IRE) Michael Moroney Jake Noonan 7 54kg
16 TIGERLAND (NZ) Matt Laurie Damian Lane 11 54kg
17e GIG Shawn Mathrick Vlad Duric 2 54kg
18e CHILE EXPRESS (NZ) Robbie Griffiths Dean Holland 6 54kg
19e ELWICK JACK Greg Eurell Darren Gauci 12 54kg
20e LONDON STRIPE (IRE) Pat Carey 15 54kg

In the news:

Multiple Group One winning jockey Dwayne Dunn will make a low-key return from injury at Sandown on Wednesday.

Dunn has been sidelined since mid-December after being diagnosed with bulging disks in his neck.

The jockey has so far avoided surgery but admits his return to the races will still be a test.

Dunn received a medical clearance last week and has been riding a couple of horses in trackwork sessions for the past month.

“I’ve only been doing a couple every day, just slowly trying to build back up,” Dunn said.

He has also ridden in jump-outs in the past couple of weeks.

“I’ll restrict myself to the number of rides for a while until I’m satisfied that I can stand up to doing more,” Dunn said.

“It’s a bit of a question mark at the moment if I do stand up or not. Hopefully it will be all good.

“Everything has been positive so far.”

Dunn expects to have about three rides at Sandown as he continues to build up strength and race fitness.

His injury sidelined him for the autumn carnival in Melbourne and the major races in Sydney, something he said was frustrating.

“It was a real awkward injury,” he said.

“I could do most things, day-to-day living things, but it’s just frustrating missing the major races.

“Sitting back watching is never good, so it will be good to get back and we’ll see how we go from there.”

Dunn finished second in last year’s Melbourne jockeys’ premiership and third the season before.

His big race wins include four straight Group One Blue Diamond Stakes from 2005 to 2008 as well as a successful combination with star colt All Too Hard on whom he won four Group Ones last season.

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