TWO GOOD! Zahra wins back-to-back Melbourne Cups on Without a Fight as three horses pull up lame
Without a Fight completed the rare Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double on Tuesday as star jockey Mark Zahra went back-to-back in the big one after…
Saturday’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) has attracted a full field, with 17 three-year-old colts and geldings accepted to contest the $1 million classic trip, with a final field of 16 plus an emergency declared and barrier draw released.
Hot Sydney colt Press Statement, and firm favourite at $2.25, has drawn wide with barrier 14.
Bookmakers have only one other runner, Ready For Victory, in single figures, at a $9 quote on Bet365.
While the favourite holds 13 benchmark points over the field, equating to a 6.5kgs weight advantage, his task was made all the more hard in a race that has seen hot favourites fold in the past, especially from a wide draw.
Denman lost to Starspangledbanner in 2009, while $1.22 favourite Pierro lost from out wide to All Too Hard in 2013.
The final field and barrier draw for Saturday’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (Race 9, 5:45pm) is as follows:
No. |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Barrier |
Weight |
1 |
PRESS STATEMENT |
Chris Waller |
Hugh Bowman |
14 |
56.5 |
2 |
ODYSSEY MOON |
Rodney Northam |
Steven Arnold |
13 |
56.5 |
3 |
READY FOR VICTORY |
Mick Price |
Glen Boss |
4 |
56.5 |
4 |
RAGEESE |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
TBA |
15 |
56.5 |
5 |
DAL CIELO (NZ) |
Murray Baker |
Opie Bosson |
8 |
56.5 |
6 |
BON AURUM |
Ciaron Maher |
Kerrin McEvoy |
10 |
56.5 |
7 |
SHARDS |
John O’Shea |
Jim Cassidy |
12 |
56.5 |
8 |
SOVEREIGN NATION |
David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
Michael Walker |
1 |
56.5 |
9 |
BASSETT (NZ) |
Peter G Moody |
Daniel Stackhouse |
9 |
56.5 |
10 |
LAST BULLET |
John Hyam |
Vlad Duric |
6 |
56.5 |
11 |
LIZARD ISLAND |
Pat Hyland |
Blake Shinn |
2 |
56.5 |
12 |
KENTUCKY FLYER |
Robbie Laing |
Craig Williams |
5 |
56.5 |
13 |
TARZINO (NZ) |
Mick Price |
Craig Newitt |
3 |
56.5 |
14 |
SNOOPY |
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
TBA |
11 |
56.5 |
15 |
TULSA |
Michael Moroney |
Ben Melham |
16 |
56.5 |
16 |
MORE THAN MOST |
David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
TBA |
7 |
56.5 |
17(E) |
MR INDIVIDUAL |
Leon & Troy Corstens |
Mark Zahra |
17 |
56.5 |