HERITAGE STAKES 2010 (1000 MTRES)
2010 Heritage Stakes field (Moonee Valley)
Standard Weight for Age. (GROUP 3).
No Allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 15 + 4 EM

1 ARINOS David Jolly 105
2 CATAPULTED Mark Kavanagh 108
3 CROWN SEAL Brett Cavanough 74
4 GALBRAITH Peter Healey 88
5 HAY LIST John McNair 102
6 HOONESS Jason Petch 78
7 KEANO (NZ) Danny O’Brien 96
8 MORGAN DOLLAR Stuart Gower 93
9 MY GIRL HELEN Pat Hyland 80
10 REWARD FOR EFFORT Peter G Moody 108
11 ROSTOVA Steve Richards 102
12 SOLCHOW Kel Chapman 94
13 STIRLING GROVE Richard Jolly 89

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1 ALITTLEBITOFMONICA Marc Conners
2 BUTT I’M READY Gary Portelli
3 CLASSICS Peter Snowden 70
4 DECISION TIME Clarry Conners 94
5 FROM THE VAULT Mark de Montfort 71
6 GOLDEN MILLENNIUM Anthony Cummings 71
7 GYBE Anthony Cummings 74
8 HALEKULANI Gai Waterhouse 67
9 HINCHINBROOK Gerald Ryan 91
10 MISS GAI FLYER Peter G Moody
11 RENEWED VITALITY John P Thompson 66
12 SEA LORD David Payne 69
13 STARSTREAMED Tony Webb

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1 CARNEGIE HOUSE Anthony Cummings 78
2 GET UP JUDE Kevin Moses
3 HERCULIAN PRINCE (NZ) Gai Waterhouse
4 MARTIAL LAW (IRE) Robert Hickmott
5 MUIR (GB) Robert Hickmott 81
6 NEWPORT Paul Perry 101
7 NO WINE NO SONG Kevin Moses
8 RUNDLE Robert Hickmott 79
9 SCOTTISH BORDER Garry Frazer 74
10 SCOUTING WIDE (NZ) Tim Martin 95
11 SHERPA TENZING (NZ) Jim Conlan 72
12 STORMHILL Clinton McDonald
13 THE EMBASSY (NZ) Chris Waller 91

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1 BREAK CARD Gerald Ryan 86
2 CLOTHING Peter Snowden 84
3 DORF COMMAND Clarry Conners 97
4 FIRST LOOK Chris Waller 84
5 FLOWERCHILD Paul Messara 78
6 GIRL HUSSLER David Payne 89
7 LOVEMELIKEAROCK Anthony Cummings 82
8 MARQUARDT (NZ) John P Thompson 87
9 MISS DARCEY Anthony Cummings 93
10 MONTANA FLYER Gai Waterhouse 99
11 PATRONYME Joseph Pride 100
12 SHANNARA Peter Snowden 84
13 SINGLE PLAY Kris Lees 80
14 SISTER MADLY Anthony Cummings 93
15 SLAPSTICK Guy Walter 82
16 STRAWBERRY FIELD Gerald Ryan 97
17 TRIM Peter Snowden 90
18 VERBALLED Neville & Christopher Voigt 82
19 VINYASA Les Bridge 62
20 ZINGALING Kris Lees 84

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THEO MARKS STAKES 2010 (1400 MTRES)
2010 Theo Marks Stakes field (Rosehill)
For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Quality. (GROUP 2).
No Allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 15 + 4 EM

1 BLACK PIRANHA Con Karakatsanis
2 BRILLIANT LIGHT Kerry Parker 104
3 CENTENNIAL PARK (NZ) David Payne 102
4 CONISTON BLUEBIRD Bede Murray 97
5 DEALER PRINCIPAL Anthony Cummings 103
6 DESCARADO (NZ) Gai Waterhouse 106
7 DRUMBEATS Peter Snowden 101
8 EMPIRES CHOICE (NZ) Bart Cummings 102
9 GATHERING John P Thompson
10 MORE JOYOUS (NZ) Gai Waterhouse 108
11 ROTHESAY Gerald Ryan 100
12 SKILLED Peter Snowden 95
13 SNIPER’S BULLET Tracey Bartley 114
14 TRUSTING John P Thompson 101

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Exciting four-year-old Linton will avoid the top horses in the 2010 Makybe Diva Stakes and pursue an easier first-up assignment at Flemington.

The Galileo gelding was one of five horses nominated for Saturday’s 1600m Group Two event by leading owner Lloyd Williams who is happy to take a low-key approach with the Australian Guineas placegetter in the 2010 Voodoo Plate (1400m).

“He is a handicap horse and only rated 99 for the time being,” Williams said.

He said that Linton had matured since the autumn and was looking forward to ramping him up in distance.

“He is probably crying out for further,” Williams said,.

“He’s matured in the last six months and is probably a mile and quarter (2000m) and mile and half horse (2400m), I would think.

“It might be a bit short (on Saturday) but Flemington is a good place to start him.”

Williams said Linton’s second spring start was likely to be over 2000 metres in the Group Three Naturalism Stakes at Caulfield on September 18.

“He will probably run in the 2010 Caulfield Cup. We will see. It depends on how is going,” he said.

“He’s a good horse, a natural, but whether this is his program or the autumn is his program we will let him tell us.

“He has only had four race starts but at the moment I am happy with him.”

Linton’s two wins have been in a maiden at Cranbourne at his second run and the Group Two Alister Clark Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley at his third.

He was spelled after his last-start third to Rock Classic and Set For Fame in the Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on March 13.

Nick Hall has retained the ride on Saturday.

He will also ride stablemate Mourayan in the Makybe Diva while Dan Nikolic and Steven Arnold will ride Williams’ other runners C’est La Guerre and Alandi respectively.

Star European stayers Mourayan and Alandi had acclimatising runs with down track finishes in the Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington in May and Williams isn’t expecting much from the pair again on Saturday.

“They have come on but look for them in six to eight weeks time,” Williams said.

He predicted that 2008 Melbourne Cup placegetter C’est La Guerre, who was fourth in last year’s Makybe Diva, would run an improved race on Saturday after his first-up 12th to Shoot Out in the Liston Stakes on August 14.

“He was a bit fresh and was up in the first two or three last start whereas he is normally last,” Williams said.

“He will run a lot better this week.”

Williams also entered emerging stayer Rundle for the Makybe Diva Stakes but will instead run him first-up over 1700 metres in the Spring Is The Season Handicap.

“He has won three of his four starts and is not a bad horse,” Williams said.

Last start he beat WA Derby winner Chartreux and SA Derby placegetter Sea Galleon in the Galilee Series Final (2500m) at Flemington in April.

“I would be surprised if he doesn’t step up to reasonable handicap company,” Williams said.

It could be a case of third time lucky for Triple Honour in the 2010 Chelmsford Stakes with the six-year-old showing all the signs of being in the best form of his career.

The 2008 Doncaster winner finished second to Gallant Tess in the Chelmsford later that year and was third in the race won by O’Lonhro 12 months ago.

His form over the 12 months following trainer Chris Waller’s breakthrough Group One victory in the Doncaster was mixed but 2010 has so far been a positive year.

His biggest threat in the 1600m Group Two at Randwick on Saturday could come from stablemate Metal Bender who beat him home in the Warwick Stakes.

“Metal Bender and Triple Honour both look like they’ve improved out of the Warwick Stakes,” Waller said.

“I am very happy with Triple Honour, he gets stronger and easier to train each year.

“Glyn Schofield will ride him and Hugh Bowman will be back on Metal Bender.

“Metal Bender will go to Melbourne after Saturday to get ready for the Underwood Stakes while Triple Honour will stay in Sydney for the Hill Stakes and the Craven Plate.”

Triple Honour showed he was back on top of his game last preparation with his second to Road To Rock in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and third to Metal Bender in the Doomben Cup.

He finally got a stakes win for the preparation when he took out the Group Two Eagle Farm Cup (2200m) in June.

Triple Honour came from back in the field in the Warwick Stakes (1400m) on August 21 to get within a short neck of Metal Bender.

He finished three-quarters of a length ahead of another stablemate Danleigh who will be at Flemington on Saturday.

“Danleigh is on the truck tonight going to Melbourne for the Makybe Diva,” Waller said on Tuesday.

“I think the trip away will do him good.

“As he gets older it’s getting harder to get him fit and he’s probably about ten kilos over his ideal weight.

“Last year when we took him to Melbourne he lost that weight on the trip so I’m hoping that happens again.

“There is no problem bringing him back to Sydney for the George Main Stakes three weeks later.

“Last preparation the trip away was a big advantage.”

Danleigh won the Group One Manikato Stakes (1200m) last year but Waller has extended him in the intervening 12 months to longer trips for success over 1500 metres in the George Ryder and a close fifth to another stablemate, Rangirangdoo, in the Doncaster.

Dual Stradbroke winner Black Piranha and boom galloper Rothesay impressed in barrier trials on Tuesday and are set to clash first-up in the Theo Marks Stakes.

Black Piranha’s half-length win in a 1030m heat was the gelding’s second trial win, while trainer Gerald Ryan declared Rothesay ready to head to the races on the back of his three-quarter length victory over the same distance.

The Rosehill session also featured Sydney’s first official two-year-old trial of the season, taken out by the David Payne-trained Snippets Of Glory.

Ryan said a spring path was mapped out for Rothesay during his recent spell and so far everything had gone to plan leading into the Theo Marks (1400m) at Rosehill on September 11.

Rothesay displayed his talent during the Brisbane winter carnival with a 2-1/4-length win in the Group Three Lord Mayor’s Cup (1600m) followed by a 3-1/4-length win in the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m).

“He’s stronger, he’s bigger and he’s more forward than what he’s been at this stage of any of his previous preparations,” Ryan said.

“I sat down last week and watched the replays of his two wins in Queensland and he was impressive doing that, but looking at it I reckon he still needs to improve to measure right up.

“In saying that I think he has improved.”

Rothesay is scheduled to progress to the Group One George Main Stakes 2010 (1600m) at Randwick second-up and then the Group One Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield, meaning a start in the Epsom Handicap is unlikely for the four-year-old.

Trainer Con Karakatsanis said Black Piranha had returned even better than anticipated but the seven-year-old was still without a jockey for his Theo Marks return.

Nash Rawiller rode him to victory in this year’s Stradbroke and has been aboard in both trials but is suspended for the Theo Marks meeting.

“Nash (Rawiller) was rapt with him this morning,” Karakatsanis said.

“He spelled well, really strengthened up and mentally he’s right there which is half the battle with older horses.

“If they don’t want to be there they won’t race well, but he was rapt to be here (at the trials) this morning.”

Meanwhile, the Kim Waugh-trained Kimillsy continued her comeback with a 1-1/4-length win in an 800m barrier trial at Newcastle on Tuesday.

It was the five-year-old mare’s second trial but a return race has yet to be determined.

Kimillsy hasn’t raced since finishing 11th in the Group One VRC Oaks in November 2008.

Earlier that preparation Kimillsy was placed in the Group One Flight Stakes and Group Two Tea Rose Stakes.

Tim Clark’s recent winning form for Darley has been rewarded with the jockey retaining the plum ride on Parables in the Group Two Furious Stakes 2010 at Randwick.

With Darley’s number one rider Kerrin McEvoy out of action in recent months with a back injury, Clark rode Obsequious to win the San Domenico Stakes (1000m) on August 7 and Parables to win the Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) on August 21.

“He’s filled in two spots when we couldn’t get anyone and he’s done a great job, so we reward him with the good ride again on Saturday,” trainer Peter Snowden said.

Parables will be joined in the second leg of the Princess Series by stablemate Divorces who resumes from a spell.

While Parables is being aimed at the Group One Flight Stakes (1600m) in Sydney via the Furious (1400m) and Tea Rose Stakes (1500m), Divorces, to be ridden by Josh Parr, is set to head to Melbourne after her first-up run.

Snowden said the rise to 1400m looked ideal for Parables who jumped out of the ground to win the Silver Shadow first-up against a quality field.

The daughter of Lonhro made up many lengths to reel in Solar Charged, winning by a length running away.

“It surprised me how easy she won because in my mind she’s not fully wound up, but it didn’t surprise me at all that she won,” Snowden said.

He said Parables’ ability to reel off a blistering final sectional was her biggest asset.

“I think the finish she’s got, that’s what most horses haven’t got,” he said.

“She’s got the ability to relax really well in races and has a really good turn of foot. How far that goes, time will tell.

“Sometimes you get to seven (furlongs, 1400m) or a mile (1600m) and that’s not there when you get to that distance, so it’s just a matter of seeing what happens now when she gets to those trips.”

Divorces is still a maiden after five starts but ended her two-year-old career with a Group One minor placing in the Champagne Stakes (1600m) and has impressed Snowden in two recent barrier trials.

“I’ve been very happy with her,” Snowden said.

“I don’t know that she’ll beat Parables but she’ll be very competitive.”

Divorces has always indicated she would appreciate getting over further and Snowden said a decision on whether the filly headed to the 2010 VRC Oaks would be made later.

“Her third run is the 2010 Thousand Guineas, the fourth run maybe the Wakeful Stakes and then we’ll see what happens,” he said.

Stablemate Purple will run in Saturday’s Group Two 2010 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) after producing an eye-catching fourth first-up in the Warwick Stakes (1400m).

The five-year-old takes on a strong weight-for-age field headed by multiple Group One winners Theseo and Metal Bender.

Snowden expects another good showing but won’t be surprised if Purple isn’t as sharp second-up.

“But I know in my mind that she’s back where she was as a three-year-old,” he said.

Purple was a dual Group One winner of the Queensland Oaks and Storm Queen Stakes at three.

Dual Cox Plate winner Northerly has returned to Moonee Valley to receive the ultimate accolade of a stellar career as an inductee of the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame.

Damien Oliver rode the champion out onto the track on Tuesday and the 14-year-old gelding was at his mischievous best, refusing a celebratory gallop past the winning post until his paddock mate, a pony called Kid, made an appearance on the track as well.

“He is a quirky little horse and jacking up there was something he used to do when he was racing too,” Oliver said.

Northerly won 19 of his 37 starts, including nine Group One races, and $9,341,850 in prizemoney between March 2000 and October 2004.

Oliver rode him nine times for five wins including four in a row in the 2001 spring in the Group Two Feehan Stakes and Group One features the Underwood Stakes, Yalumba Stakes and Cox Plate.

“He is right up there with the best for sure, if not the best I have ridden,” Oliver said.

“He is a unique champion. Most champions actually feel like a champion but he doesn’t look like a champion and he didn’t feel like a champion.

“He could sustain a long run and keep it going and I think that was his biggest attribute.”

Greg Childs, who won the Caulfield Cup on Northerly, and Patrick Payne who won the 2002 Cox Plate on the son of Serheed were both at Moonee Valley to be part of the celebrations on Tuesday.

Northerly, who was the 2003 Australian Racehorse of the Year, joins great names in the Hall Of Fame including Phar Lap, Carbine, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Sunline and Makybe Diva.

He will be officially inducted at the Australian Racehorse of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards dinner on Sunday night.

Star 1960s galloper Sky High will also be inducted in the racehorse category while former South Australian great John Letts will be inducted alongside Billy Pyers in the jockey category.

The other inductees are trainers Harry Plant and Jim Atkins and administrator Henry Byron Moore who was the Victoria Racing Club secretary for 44 years.

Letts, who was also at Tuesday’s announcement, said he was humbled by his induction and that he never envisaged receiving such an honour.

“You dream of riding winners but you never dream of this,” Letts said.

The announcement of who will join Phar Lap and Bart Cummings as Hall of Fame legends will be made on Sunday.