Manikato Stakes Night (Moonee Valley) – October 21st

Chef’s Hat Plate

(4yo+ M SW&P - 2040m)

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Winning Horse: Hunboshi (Nz)

8yoM Handsome Ransom (Aus) - Golden Honey (Aus)(Promontory Gold (USA))

51 starts - 9 wins 3 seconds 9 thirds 8 fourths $388369

Other Wins

1st Cranbourne Ladbrokes (Bm78) 2025m (2022)

1st Moe Bass Strait Beef (Bm70) 2050m (2020)

1st Sale Wynne's Coaches (Bm70) 1732m (2020)

1st Pakenham Obrien R/Estate Pakenham-Bm70 2000m (2020)

1st Sandown-Hillside The Big Screen Company (Bm70) 1800m (2019)

1st Sale Kwik Tip Bins (Bm64) 1717m (2018)

1st Cranbourne Procon Developments (Bm58) 1600m (2018)

1st Kilmore Bet 365 Mdn Plate 1450m (2017)

Other Placings

3rd Cranbourne No Fuss Event Hire Pinker Pinker Plate 2025m (2022)

2nd Mornington Polvin Fencing Handicap 1600m (2022)

3rd Mornington Bite Local (Bm70) 2000m (2022)

2nd Sale Racing Clubs' Country Oaks 2200m (2022)

3rd Bairnsdale Patties Foods Bairnsdale Cup 1600m (2022)

3rd Sandown-Hillside Evergreen Turf (Bm84) 1800m (2021)

3rd Flemington Furphy Ale Trophy (Bm84) 1600m (2020)

3rd Moonee Valley Ladbrokes Back Yourself (Bm84) 1600m (2019)

3rd Ballarat Synthetic Polytrack (Bm70) 1500m (2019)

3rd Sandown-Hillside The Big Screen Company (Bm70) 1500m (2019)

2nd Flemington Briseis (Bm78) 1800m (2018)

3rd Geelong Bet365 (Bm58) 1400m (2018)

Race Result:

1st: Hunboshi (Luke Oliver/Blake Shinn) - $4.40

2nd: Tokorangi (Mike Moroney/Daniel Moor) - $5
3rd: Ocean Miss (David and Coral Feek/Kerrin McEvoy) - $4 fav

Winning Time: 2:07.36      Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Head x Neck

Winning Trainer: Luke Oliver

“It is so good for the owners and the horse really deserves a win like this.

“Blake Shinn, what do you say. He summed it up. I was a bit nervous being outside the lead but he knows what he is doing and the horse just kept fighting. Great result for the owners, and also for the horse. She deserved a win on a night like tonight.”

Brave: “She was headed and I thought we were gone but she’s a tough, big, strong mare and we were toying with the idea of sending her to stud this year but she just keeps putting her hand up so we’ll wait another twelve months.

“The team are working so hard so it is no surprise that the horses are racing so well.”

Winning Jockey: Blake Shinn

“She was tough. Got into her for that last two or three hundred. Tokorangi ranged up. She’s a strong middle distance style of horse.

“I allowed her to increase from the 600 and Luke is a great conditioner of his horses and I was confidence that she would be in the finish.”