Winning Horse: Henry The Lion (Nz)

4yoG Ghibellines (Aus) - Smudgee (NZ)(Yamanin Vital (NZ))

6 starts - 1 wins 3 seconds 1 fourth $45835

Other Wins

Other Placings

2nd Murtoa Chs Construction Mdn Plate 2050m (2021)

2nd Geelong Roderick Insurance Brokers Mdn 1715m (2021)

2nd Ballarat Cervus Equipment Mdn Plate 1400m (2021) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Henry The Lion (Billy Egan/Richard Cully) - $7

2nd: Meiner Legacy (John Allen/Aaron Purcell) - $14
3rd: Brungle Raider (Neil Farley/Henry Dwyer) - $21

Winning Time: 1:51.53 Last 600m: NA

Margins: ¾ Length x 4-¼ Lengths

Winning Trainer: Richard Cully

On breaking his maiden at the Carnival: “It’s unreal. I’m glad he won, we picked the race out a long time ago. I thought he was a little bit short but Billy gave him a great ride from the outside. Lucky we didn’t scratch from the wide barrier and got the money.”

On how he got the horse: “I rode Wells for basically the same owners and Sandy (McGregor) bought a few from New Zealand and gave this fella to us.

“I thought he would have won by now. He goes pretty good, he was a bit unlucky last prep but he was a bit weak but good to get the result today.”

On the Carnival: “You can tell everybody what it’s like but until somebody comes down and sees it themselves, it’s ridiculous here. It’s unbelievable here, there’s nothing like it.

“Yesterday, I wasn’t down here, but it looked an unreal crowd and today everyone’s up and about.”

Winning Jockey: Billy Egan

On the win: “It was perfect. I’m just really happy for Richie (Cully). I rode this horse a couple of months ago at the Ararat jumpouts and he said he was going to have him ready to break his maiden today. All the owners will be here, they’ll be rapt, and he pulled it off perfectly, so I’m just so happy for him.

“It’s not often you put together a plan and it just works out perfectly. I’m just very fortunate that everything I aimed for (in the run) went my way.”