Flemington Race Day – June 19th

Sir Henry Bolte Handicap

(3yo Quality - 2000m)

Post Race Details & Comments

Winning Horse: Unique Artist (IRE)

3yoF Ivawood (Ire) - Shamarlane (GB)(Shamardal (USA))
5 starts - 2 wins $89300

Other Wins
1st Pakenham Synthetic R&C Asphalt Mdn Plate 1600m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: Unique Artist (P Stokes/M Dee) - $26

2nd: Uniquely (D O’Sullivan/W Price) - $101
3rd: Namakwa (Maher & Eustace/B Allen) - $4.20

Winning Time: 2:06.88  Last 600m: 36.92

Margins: 3L x Head

Winning Trainer: Phillip Stokes (rep by Izzy Huntington)

“She’s actually a UK-bred horse <says IRE on records> and she came over when her mum was in foal. She’s a lovely horse.

“She handled that fantastic. We weren’t sure how she was going to handle the softer track but her work at home has been fantastic. We’ve been working her lots on the grass and we couldn’t fault her coming in.”

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Winning Jockey: Michael Dee

“We had a nice barrier, barrier one, didn’t have to do any work. We just lobbed into a nice position and followed the leading couple and it won really well in the end.”

No prior connection with the horse: “I was in the same race as it last time, inside it in the run, so that was the only experience.”

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