VOBIS Race Day (Caulfield) – April 23rd
Blue Gum Farm VOBIS Gold Distaff
(3yo+ F&M SW&P - 1400m)
Post Race Details & Comments
Winning Horse: Comica (AUS)
4yoM Magnus (Aus) - Mytika (Aus)(Blevic (Aus))
11 starts - 5 wins 2 seconds 1 third 1 fourth $376550
Other Wins
1st Caulfield Obrien Real Estate (Bm78) 1600m (2022)
1st Pakenham Michael Banger (Bm70) 1400m (2022)
1st Sandown-Hillside Ladbrokes Split (Bm78) 1300m (2021)
1st Pakenham Stables Plus Mdn 1200m (2021) (Debut Run)
Other Placings
2nd Sandown-Hillside 50Yr Life Member P Reilly-Bm70 1400m (2022)
2nd Caulfield Amanda Checken (Bm70) 1100m (2022)
3rd Pakenham Hygain (Bm64) 1200m (2021)
Race Result:
1st: Comica (M Kent/E Brown) - $5.00
2nd: Sirleo Miss (S Wilde/D Oliver) - $1.85F
3rd: Starelle (D O’Brien/J McNeil) - $5.50
Winning Time: 1:23.82 Last 600m: N/A
Margins: 1½L x ½ Head
Winning Trainer: Mick Kent
“She’s going well, isn’t she. I thought he rode her particularly well. Didn’t want to get stuck on the fence, thought the fence was getting a bit chopped up.
“We knew how fit she was and though if they’d let us lead we’d be happy to take it up and make it a good solid test.
“We’re looking at Adelaide. We thought that if she did well then that’d be something we looked at for sure. There’s mile Group 2 but there’s also that 2000 metre race listed race which gives us a bit of scope.”
2000 metres suits: “She keeps galloping. Her mother was a mile-and-a-quarter horse and her figures always tell me that she wants a trip. As long as she doesn’t get held up and they go too slow, if she can keep galloping then ten furlongs is well within her realm.”
Winning Jockey: Ethan Brown
Thought the race set up well: “I was happy to take up the lead. If they went harder I was happy to take the sit but ran it to suit ourselves. She’s a horse that can’t really quicken but she keeps galloping so I upped the tempo from the 600 (metre mark) and she was really strong to the line.”
History of Winners
Date | Horse | TF | Jockey | BP | Trainer | Weight | Margin | SP | SOT |
17-Apr-21 | THOUSAND WISHES (5M) | 95 | DAMIAN LANE | 1 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 58.0 | nk | $5.5 | G(3) |
18-Apr-20 | CLARICE CLIFFS (5M) | 93 | JYE MCNEIL | 8 | GREG EURELL | 57.0 | 1.5 | $3.0 | G(4) |
27-Apr-19 | TWITCHY FRANK (4M) | 95 | ANTHONY DARMANIN | 5 | ADAM TRINDER | 59.0 | 0.5 | $2.9 | G(4) |
21-Apr-18 | FRENCH EMOTION (6M) | 95 | BEN MELHAM | 6 | CHRIS WALLER | 59.0 | 1.0 | $2.5 | G(3) |
22-Apr-17 | FRENCH EMOTION (5M) | 100 | BEN MELHAM | 3 | CHRIS WALLER | 59.0 | shd | $2.4 | S(5) |
16-Apr-16 | SCARLET BILLOWS (5M) | 105 | DEAN YENDALL | 1 | DARREN WEIR | 59.0 | 0.5 | $3.0 | G(3) |
Current Field - Previous Performances
TAB | Runner | Previous Runs |
6 | FLORENT | 17-Apr-21 13th/13 - 4.8L, |
History Placegetters : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
Date | Horse | Time | Second / Third Placegetters |
17-Apr-21 | THOUSAND WISHES | 1:24.39 | 2nd-Don'ttelltheboss (Dean Yendall 57kg - R Griffiths & M De Kock), 3rd-Good And Proper (Daniel Moor 57kg - Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra) |
18-Apr-20 | CLARICE CLIFFS | 1:24.05 | 2nd-Something Silver (Ben Melham 59kg - Clinton Mcdonald), 3rd-Pure Scot (Craig Williams 59kg - D & B Hayes & T Dabernig) |
27-Apr-19 | TWITCHY FRANK | 1:24.32 | 2nd-Spanner Head (Jordan Childs 58kg - Archie Alexander), 3rd-River Jewel (Andrew Mallyon 58kg - Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra) |
21-Apr-18 | FRENCH EMOTION | 1:24.09 | 2nd-Another Bullseye (Daniel Moor 57kg - Danny O'brien), 3rd-Lady Selkirk (Damien Thornton 58kg - Matthew Williams) |
22-Apr-17 | FRENCH EMOTION | 1:24.08 | 2nd-Whistle Baby (Chris Symons 58kg - Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra), 3rd-Devilishly (Dwayne Dunn 57kg - D & B Hayes & T Dabernig) |
16-Apr-16 | SCARLET BILLOWS | 1:22.96 | 2nd-French Emotion (Brad Rawiller 57kg - Chris Waller), 3rd-Whistle Baby (Chris Symons 58kg - Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra) |
Black Type Form: Last 12 months
Date | Horse | Previous 12 month Form |
17-Apr-21 | THOUSAND WISHES | 03-Nov-20 4th-1.9L G3 Maybe Mahal Stakes; |
18-Apr-20 | CLARICE CLIFFS | |
27-Apr-19 | TWITCHY FRANK | 27-Feb-19 1st-shd G3 Vamos Stakes; 08-Feb-19 2nd-1.3L G3 Bow Mistress Trophy; |
21-Apr-18 | FRENCH EMOTION | 04-Nov-17 7th-2.1L G1 Empire Rose Stakes; 28-Oct-17 7th-5.5L G3 Tesio Stakes; 07-Oct-17 8th-2.9L G2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes; 24-Jun-17 5th-3.3L G1 Tattersall's Tiara; 10-Jun-17 12th-3.9L G2 Dane Ripper Stakes; 22-Apr-17 1st-shd Vobis Distaff; |
22-Apr-17 | FRENCH EMOTION | 24-Mar-17 2nd-3.3L G2 Sunline Stakes; 11-Mar-17 10th-5.2L G1 Coolmore Classic; 18-Feb-17 8th-4.3L G2 Millie Fox Stakes; 04-Feb-17 8th-3.5L G2 Hot Danish Stakes; 29-Oct-16 2nd-lnk G1 Empire Rose Stakes; 15-Oct-16 6th-2.0L G2 Tristarc Stakes; 02-Oct-16 1st-lnk G2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes; 10-Sep-16 7th-1.3L G2 Let's Elope Stakes; 07-May-16 12th-4.8L G2 Queen Of The South Stakes; |
16-Apr-16 | SCARLET BILLOWS | 24-Mar-16 7th-2.9L G1 William Reid Stakes; 14-Nov-15 10th-7.0L G3 Summoned Stakes; 03-Nov-15 1st-2.5L G3 Maybe Mahal Stakes; 17-Oct-15 5th-1.9L G2 Tristarc Stakes; 04-Oct-15 4th-1.3L G2 Gilgai Stakes; 19-Sep-15 10th-3.0L G3 How Now Stakes; 29-Aug-15 12th-4.3L G3 WW Cockram Stakes; 16-May-15 7th-3.7L G3 Proud Miss Stakes; 18-Apr-15 7th-75.4L G3 RN Irwin Stakes; |
Winning Trainers : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
Trainer | won | w% | 2nd | 3rd | Sts | Winners |
CHRIS WALLER | 2 | 66.7% | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2018 - FRENCH EMOTION; 2017 - FRENCH EMOTION; |
DANNY O'BRIEN | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2021 - THOUSAND WISHES; |
GREG EURELL | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2020 - CLARICE CLIFFS; |
ADAM TRINDER | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2019 - TWITCHY FRANK; |
DARREN WEIR | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2016 - SCARLET BILLOWS; |
SYMON WILDE | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MICHAEL KENT | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
TONY NOONAN | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winning Jockeys : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
Jockey | won | w% | 2nd | 3rd | Sts | Winners |
BEN MELHAM | 2 | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2018 - FRENCH EMOTION; 2017 - FRENCH EMOTION; |
DEAN YENDALL | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2016 - SCARLET BILLOWS; |
JYE MCNEIL | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2020 - CLARICE CLIFFS; |
DAMIAN LANE | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2021 - THOUSAND WISHES; |
ANTHONY DARMANIN | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 - TWITCHY FRANK; |
JORDAN CHILDS | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
J NOONAN | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
MICHAEL DEE | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Barrier Statistics : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
BP | won | w% | 2nd | 3rd | Sts | Winners |
1 | 2 | 33.3% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2021 - THOUSAND WISHES; 2016 - SCARLET BILLOWS; |
2 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
3 | 1 | 16.7% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2017 - FRENCH EMOTION; |
4 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
5 | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2019 - TWITCHY FRANK; |
6 | 1 | 16.7% | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2018 - FRENCH EMOTION; |
7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
8 | 1 | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2020 - CLARICE CLIFFS; |
9 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
11 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winners by Weight : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
Weight | Num | Winners |
57.0 | 1 | 2020 - CLARICE CLIFFS; |
58.0 | 1 | 2021 - THOUSAND WISHES; |
59.0 | 4 | 2019 - TWITCHY FRANK; 2018 - FRENCH EMOTION; 2017 - FRENCH EMOTION; 2016 - SCARLET BILLOWS; |
Favourites : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
Fav | won | w% | 2nd | 3rd | Sts | Winners |
1 | 3 | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2019/15-8-TWITCHY FRANK; 2018/6-4-FRENCH EMOTION; 2017/11-8-FRENCH EMOTION; |
2 | 3 | 33.3% | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2021/9-2-THOUSAND WISHES; 2020/2-1-CLARICE CLIFFS; 2016/2-1-SCARLET BILLOWS; |
3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
4 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
8 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
9 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Runner Ages : Statistics from 2001 to 2021
Age | won | 2nd | 3rd | Sts | Winners |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 2019 - TWITCHY FRANK; |
5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 2021 - THOUSAND WISHES; 2020 - CLARICE CLIFFS; 2017 - FRENCH EMOTION; 2016 - SCARLET BILLOWS; |
6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2018 - FRENCH EMOTION; |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |