Melanite (AUS) Horse
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About
Melanite, a 4yo brown gelding from Australia, is trained by John Thompson of Randwick. He is by Dirty Work out of Caesarissa. To date he has won two races, with his biggest victory on 17 Jan 2026 at Gold Coast, where he captured the $250,000 Maiden Plate for horses three years and older (SW).
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Warwick Farm 05-Oct-26 1100m SOFT 6 R8 4Y+ BM72 (of $65,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:03.700, SP: 9.00 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.350 1st Fuadee ( D L Roux 59.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd Bruce I Am ( C Schofield 56 ) 1.17L 3rd Street Artist ( Z Lloyd 59.5 ) 1.40L 13th Melanite ( N Rawiller 59 ) 9.96L See full results | N Rawiller 59kg 9.96L | 13 (13) |
| Newcastle 18-Sep-26 900m GOOD 4 R4 HURRICANE $8,950 (of $50,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:50.440, SP: 9.00 In-running: 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.210 1st Generous Harry ( J Collett 61 ) 2nd Melanite ( K Mcevoy 59 ) 2.39L 3rd Pride To Follow ( A R D Morgan 58.5 ) 2.71L See full results | K Mcevoy 59kg 2.39L | 2 (12) |
| Canterbury 26-Aug-26 1100m SOFT 7 R6 BM72 $5,500 (of $60,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.160, SP: 4.60 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.500 1st Ruination ( W Stanley 61 , Cd 58 ) 2nd Taxation ( J B Mcdonald 56.5 ) 0.36L 3rd Melanite ( K Mcevoy 59 ) 4.49L See full results | K Mcevoy 59kg 4.49L | 3 (8) |
| Randwick 08-Aug-26 1100m SOFT 5 R1 MIDWAY BM72 $55,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:03.250, SP: 6.50 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.830 1st Melanite ( K Mcevoy 56 ) 2nd Cosy Corner ( S S Llewellyn 56.5 , Cd 54 ) 0.33L 3rd Bangkok Hottie ( C Schofield 55 ) 0.81L See full results | K Mcevoy 56kg | 1 (10) |
| Gosford 18-Jul-26 1000m HEAVY 9 R5 CL1 $3,900 (of $42,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:59.830, SP: 2.60 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.360 1st Difensivo ( L Magorrian 56 ) 2nd Damascus Calling ( G Buckley 55 ) 0.45L 3rd Melanite ( J Morris 61 ) 0.86L See full results | J Morris 61kg 0.86L | 3 (8) |