A capacity field of 16 plus four emergencies has been declared for the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes for two-year-olds at Caulfield.
The Lindsay Park stable of co-trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig won the race last year with Catchy and have four runners in Saturday’s $1.5 million event with unbeaten colt Long Leaf joined by fillies Enbihaar, Ennis Hill and Qafila.
Tony McEvoy has accepted for five horses with Run Naan, Kinky Boom and Oohood making the field while Aristocratic Miss and Roobeena are among the emergencies.
The Darren Weir-trained colt Native Soldier has snared the final spot in the top 16 while the four emergencies are Aristocratic Miss, More Than Exceed, Roobeena and Melveen.
The barrier draw will be conducted later on Tuesday morning.
Full field
Race 1 – 12:00AM Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes (1200 METRES)Times displayed in local time of Race Meeting |
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Of $1,500,000.1st $900,000, 2nd $270,000, 3rd $135,000, 4th $67,500, 5th $37,500, 6th $30,000, 7th $30,000, 8th $30,000 |
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 11×1 | LONG LEAF | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 56.5kg | ||
2 | 1×1 | WRITTEN BY | Grahame Begg | Jordan Childs | 18 | 56.5kg | ||
3 | 11×35 | RUN NAAN | Tony McEvoy | Andrew Mallyon | 2 | 56.5kg | ||
4 | 31 | PRAIRIE FIRE | Mick Price | Mark Zahra | 1 | 56.5kg | ||
5 | 120 | OLLIVANDER | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Chris Symons | 3 | 56.5kg | ||
6 | 32×2 | ENCRYPTION | James Cummings | 15 | 56.5kg | |||
7 | 56113 | NATIVE SOLDIER | Darren Weir | Brad Rawiller | 20 | 56.5kg | ||
8 | 2×2 | PLAGUE STONE | James Cummings | 6 | 56.5kg | |||
9 | 2 | GRAND SYMPHONY | Robbie Griffiths | Jye McNeil | 5 | 56.5kg | ||
10 | 11 | ENBIHAAR | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 19 | 54.5kg | ||
11 | 1 | KINKY BOOM | Tony McEvoy | Craig Williams | 14 | 54.5kg | ||
12 | 11 | LADY HORSEOWNER | Greg Eurell | 12 | 54.5kg | |||
13 | 41 | ENNIS HILL | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Stephen Baster | 4 | 54.5kg | ||
14 | 4×126 | CROSSING THE ABBEY | Tim Hughes | Luke Nolen | 9 | 54.5kg | ||
15 | 14x | QAFILA | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Dwayne Dunn | 16 | 54.5kg | ||
16 | 2×32 | OOHOOD | Tony McEvoy | Luke Currie | 10 | 54.5kg | ||
17e | 3×332 | ARISTOCRATIC MISS | Tony McEvoy | Jamie Kah | 17 | 54.5kg | ||
18e | 2×1 | MORE THAN EXCEED (NZ) | Phillip Stokes | Dom Tourneur | 8 | 56.5kg | ||
19e | 2×65 | ROOBEENA | Tony McEvoy | 13 | 54.5kg | |||
20e | 61 | MELVEEN | Henry Dwyer | Damien Thornton | 11 | 54.5kg |
Credit: AAP