View the Final Field for the 2016 VOBIS Gold Bullion. The VOBIS Gold Bullion will be run on Saturday 3rd December at Pakenham racecourse.
Time: 5:20pm
Distance: 1400m
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNING FRONT | Darren Weir | Luke Nolen | 15 | 60kg | |||
| 2 | ROUGH JUSTICE | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Ms Katelyn Mallyon | 8 | 59kg | |||
| 3 | DAN ZEPHYR | Pat Carey | Rhys McLeod | 12 | 59kg | |||
| 4 | WARRIOR OF FIRE | Jerome Hunter | Chris Symons | 11 | 59kg | |||
| 5 | LUCKY LIBERTY | Henry Dwyer | Jake Noonan | 1 | 58kg | |||
| 6 | HARD CALL | John Salanitri | Stephen Baster | 13 | 58kg | |||
| 7 | GRANDE ROSSO | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Craig Williams | 9 | 57kg | |||
| 8 | SEPTAMORE | Darren Weir | John Allen | 7 | 57kg | |||
| 9 | SCHNELLER | Clinton McDonald | Ms Linda Meech | 10 | 57kg | |||
| 10 | GLENROWAN PRINCE | Kym Hann | Ben E Thompson (a) | 6 | 57kg | |||
| 11 | GREDINGTON | Pat Hyland | Patrick Moloney | 4 | 57kg | |||
| 12 | LITTLE BITA SPUNK | Matthew Brown | Craig Newitt | 2 | 57kg | |||
| 13 | MARTHICK | Kevin Milham | Ryan Maloney | 3 | 57kg | |||
| 14 | CASTELO | Clinton McDonald | Noel Callow | 5 | 57kg | |||
| 15 | REWARDING EFFORT | Cindy Alderson | Jamie Mott | 14 | 57kg |
News:
Lindsay Park continues to learn about the imported Pilote D’essai and is hoping to find out even more in the Pakenham Cup.
A wide barrier forced Pilote D’essai into a leading role when he passed a distance test to win the Ballarat Cup on November 19 over 2200 metres,
The win has given senior trainer David Hayes confidence Pilote D’essai can run a strong 2500m in Saturday’s Pakenham Cup.
“We can give him a try at the trip and it will help me set a path for the autumn,” Hayes said.
“I don’t have any queries about him running the trip as he was strong at Ballarat, especially from that barrier.”
Hayes hopes to set Pilote D’essai on an Australian Cup and BMW path in the autumn.
Pilote D’essai had been frustrating for punters before his Ballarat Cup success after getting back in previous races and running on.
He looked an above average performer with his Australian debut win at Bendigo in the autumn after which he was spelled for a spring campaign in which he was winless until Ballarat.
But Hayes is predicting Pilote D’essai will be even better in the autumn.
“This is his first real preparation and he’s done a great job,” Hayes said.
Apprentice Regan Bayliss, who guided Pilote D’essai to victory at Ballarat, again has the ride on Saturday.
“I don’t think we’ll change the bowler,” Hayes said.
“He did a pretty good job on him the other day.”
A field of 14 will line up in Saturday’s $200,000 feature with former New Zealander Puccini to carry top weight of 60kg with Stephen Baster to ride.
A last-start fourth in the Ballarat Cup, Puccini will be lining up for his seventh start in a Cup race in his past seven starts.
The gelding contested the Avoca and Horsham Cups for Wayne Walters before Ballarat while under the training of Darren Weir he ran in the Brisbane, Ipswich and Caloundra Cups.
