This Saturday as last weekend’s postponed Group 1 features play out at Flemington, Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse is set to host their own terrific race meeting headlined by the $350, 000 Group 1 Turnpoint Royal Randwick Guineas (1600m).
17 top three-year-olds are engaged to star in the 2010 Randwick Guineas including Hobartville Stakes winner Monton.
Trained by Tim Martin, Monton won the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill last start giving the Catbird gelding his third career win from seven starts. The consistent runner has drawn wide for Saturday with barrier 16 and will have to pull out career best speed and form if he is to secure his maiden Group 1 victory.
Runner-up in the Hobartville, Shoot Out, will again face off against Monton on Saturday in the Randwick Guineas. The John Wallace-trained High Chaparral gelding has drawn better with barrier five and is a strong contender with the Group 2 Royal Sovereign Stakes win two starts ago to his name. If successful, Shoot Out will give Wallace his first Group 1 victory in 28 years, the promising three-year-old on his way to the AJC Derby on April 10.
Captain Sonador, third placegetter in the Hobartville Stakes last start, is another Randwick Guineas starter and will start on the outside of Shoot Out in barrier six.
Another classy Randwick Guineas hopeful is Royal Sovereign Stakes runner-up More Than Great. Prepared David Payne, the More Than Ready colt will be looking to improve on his last start tenth place in the Hobartville Stakes.
The Gai Waterhouse-trained Viking Legend has secured the coveted barrier one and will be ridden by big race specialist Brad Rawiller.
There are just two fillies in the Randwick Guineas this year, Run For Naara and Monton’s stablemate Indian Ocean. Both fillies have drawn ideally with barriers four and two respectively.
The 2010 Turnpoint Royal Randwick Guineas is scheduled to run as the sixth race on the day’s great eight-event programme and is due to commence at 4:10pm (NSW time).
Other highlights at the meeting are the $125, 000 Group 3 Randwick City Stakes (Race 1 – 12:50pm), $125, 000 Group 3 Skyline Stakes (Race 2 – 1:30pm), $150, 000 Group 2 Challenge Stakes (Race 4 – 2:50pm) and the $125, 000 Group 3 Sweet Embrace Stakes (Race 5 – 3:30pm).
2010 Randwick Guineas Final Field & Barriers:
# |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Br. |
Weight (kg) |
| 1 |
KIDNAPPED |
Peter Snowden | Joshua Parr | 9 | 56.5 |
| 2 |
MONTON |
Tim Martin | Jay Ford | 16 | 56.5 |
| 3 |
HANKS |
Peter G Moody | Damien Oliver | 7 | 56.5 |
| 4 |
SHOOT OUT |
John Wallace | Stathi Katsidis | 5 | 56.5 |
| 5 |
MORE THAN GREAT |
David Payne | Brad Pengelly | 8 | 56.5 |
| 6 |
VIKING LEGEND |
Gai Waterhouse | Brad Rawiller | 1 | 56.5 |
| 7 |
CAPTAIN SONADOR |
Roger Milne | Scott Seamer | 6 | 56.5 |
| 8 |
DELAGO BOLT |
Gary Portelli | Nathan Berry | 14 | 56.5 |
| 9 |
GATHERING |
John P Thompson | Jim Cassidy | 11 | 56.5 |
| 10 |
SIR HALLOWELL |
David Harrison | Patrick Carbery | 3 | 56.5 |
| 11 |
COSMOCRAT |
Mick Price | Blake Shinn | 10 | 56.5 |
| 12 |
SAINT ENCOSTA |
John P Thompson | Tim Clark | 13 | 56.5 |
| 13 |
ZABRASIVE (NZ) |
John O’Shea | Hugh Bowman | 15 | 56.5 |
| 14 |
THE COMEDIAN |
Lee Freedman | Glyn Schofield | 17 | 56.5 |
| 15 |
LEICESTER SQUARE |
Paul Messara | Daniel Ganderton | 12 | 56.5 |
| 16 |
RUN FOR NAARA |
John P Thompson | Chris Munce | 4 | 54.5 |
| 17 |
INDIAN OCEAN |
Tim Martin | Tye Angland | 2 | 54.5 |
