Winning Horse: Mark Of The Man (Ire)

4yoG Markaz (Ire) - Wishing Chair (USA)(Giant's Causeway (USA))

20 starts - 3 wins 3 seconds 3 thirds 3 fourths $130663

Other Wins

1st Gb - Goodwood Gusbourne Nursery 1408m (2020)

1st Gb - Chepstow Chepstow Racecourse Drive In Movies Ebf Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Div 2) 1423m (2020)

Other Placings

2nd Ararat Bet365 Top Tote Plus Mile-Bm64 1600m (2022)

2nd Warrnambool Rmbl Invest. Rising Star-Bm64 1400m (2021)

2nd Flemington Royal Ascot Silver Bowl 1400m (2021)

3rd Gb - Newmarket (Rowley) Bentley Motors Nursery 1609m (2020)

3rd Gb - Doncaster Matthew Clark Nursery (Str) 1609m (2020)

3rd Chelmsford Jollyboys Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10) 1408m (2020)

Race Result:

1st: Mark Of The Man (Linda Meech/Aaron Purcell) - $6.50

2nd: Hopkins (Craig Newitt/Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young) - $17
3rd: Till It’s Over (Declan Bates/Paul Preusker) - $21

Winning Time: 1:50.71 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: ¾L x ¾L

Winning Trainer: Aaron Purcell

“He’s a horse that has always shown us a lot of ability and I think I’ve got him wrong a few times.

“I took him to Adelaide a few weeks ago and thought he was going to win. He was a little bit plain over there but I think he appreciates softer ground so we targeted this race and did all we could to get him here in the best shape we could.

“Obviously good to get a good Linda Meech ride and it was good to watch.

“He’s a horse we bought from the Tattersalls Autumn Sale. He’s not the normal sort of horse I buy from there. He’s a two-year-old sprinter miler and we thought we’d try something different.

“Early days it looked like we’d found a gem and he got a bit frustrating but he’s obviously a horse that handles soft ground so I’m confident we’ll have a good winter with him.

“Linda has ridden him a few times, she’s trialed him at Terang the other day. She’s very fond of the horse and gets on well with him. We’ll be trying to use her every chance we get.”

Winning Jockey: Linda Meech

Leading with 3 winners so far this carnival: “It just shows how competitive it is. Three is not a big tally but I’m happy with it. He was super, he trialled really well at Terang.

“I rode a heap of horses at Terang last week and I was pretty excited to be coming here this week on them because they all trialed up really well.

“The way he went out of the mounting yard I knew he was going to be hard to beat. He was really happy and fresh.”

On Madison Lloyd winning the Wangoom - was she pleased for her: “No, she beat me so I was a bit dirty.” (laughed)