TSR Weekly Wrap | 15 Oct 2025
Victoria Cup, Victoria Derby and Victoria Oaks.
These are our primary targets at one of Victoria’s night of nights at Melton on Saturday night (October 18).
Bay Of Biscay and Ward Dan Buddy line up in the Group 1 $250,000 Victoria Cup - each with a second row draw to deal with.
We were fortunate to capture the Victoria Cup two years ago with Act Now, so hopefully we can land another.
War Dan Buddy was the emergency, but an early scratching has secured him a start.
HEAT winners Fox Dan and Storms Collide head our charge into the Group 1 $150,000 Victoria Derby Final.
They’ll be joined by Cigano and Captain Perfect in the three-year-old classic.
THEN there’ll be heat winner Beach Diamond and Let Her Roll representing the stable in the Group 1 $150,000 Victoria Oaks Final for three-year-old fillies.
WE’RE also looking forward to seeing Mach Dan back in the City of Melton Free-For-All, which will also feature Ward Dan Buddy.
Mach Dan hasn’t raced since March this season and this will be his 90th race start. It comes a year after he finished third in the Victoria Cup.
We’ll also have Shoreline Dream and first-starter Most Exciting in the $20,000 Shakamaker 2yo Classic and Kiss in the Group 3 $50,000 Ladyship Cup.
LATEST STABLE WINNERS
BEACH DIAMOND (Mark Pitt) 3yo filly: Victoria Oaks heat, 2760m, at Melton, October 11. MR 1:58.1 LH 54.3 LQ 27.7. Congratulations Aaron Bain Racing Summit Bloodstock, Imperial Racing & Bloodstock, JL Stockton, MC Field, BP Fitzgerald, KA Tattoli, DJ Cavenett, RL Scott, K Murray, N Rantanen-Reynolds, MC Dedini, JGJ Roberts, BS Hunter.
FOX DAN (Ryan Sanderson) 3yo colt: Victoria Derby heat, 2760m, at Melton, October 11. MR 1:55.9 LH 54.9 LQ 27.4. Congratulations D Zavitsanos, PA Fox.
STORMS COLLIDE (Ryan Sanderson) 3yo colt: Victoria Derby heat, 2760m, at Melton, October 11. MR 1:55.5 LH 54.3 LQ 27.6. Congratulations JS Baker, CR Tonkin, BJ Prentice, J Baker, IJ Ward.
PETRACCA (Ryan Sanderson) 5yo entire: Beraldo Coffee Pace, 2240m, at Melton, October 11. MR 1:55.1 LH 54.6 LQ 27.1. Congratulations AD Investments.
HOUSE PARTY (Wayne Hill) 3yo filly: Encipher Stakes, 1800m, at Globe Derby Park, October 11. MR 1:55.5 LH 57.9 LQ 29.7. Congratulations CM Brown, BSR Coffey, CR Tonkin.
TUVASA (Mark Pitt) 3yo colt: Lionheart Security Pace, 1720m, at Melton, October 10. MR 1:55.3 LH 56.8 LQ 28.8. Congratulations JS Baker, CR Tonkin.
NO NOTHTEBUTTONS (Allan McDonough) 4yo gelding: VHRC Pace, 1720m, at Melton, October 10. MR 1:53.9 LH 55.3 LQ 27.9. Congratulations Aaron Bain Racing, Summit Bloodstock, A D Sofoulis, NR Elder, CD Mahoney, KM Andrews, BP Fitzgerald, N Rantanen-Reynolds, Wear The Fox Hat Syndicate, TR Weidenbach, LT Helson, MC Clark.
PRE EMINANT (Ryan Sanderson) 2yo filly: Coulter Legal 2yo Pace, 2180m, at Kilmore, October 9. MR 1:57.9 LH 56.6 LQ 27.9. Congratulations A. Attard.