Kings Will Dream has displaced Youngstar at the head of betting following the barrier draw for the Caulfield Cup.
The Darren Weir-trained stayer drew barrier six at Wednesday’s draw for the $5 million race on Saturday with bookmakers promoting Kings Will Dream to $5 favourite.
Youngstar was has since eased out to $5.50 after drawing barrier 10.
The Chris Waller-trained mare will jump from barrier nine if Jaameh, one of two emergencies, doesn’t gain a start.
There was mixed reaction from the international contenders with the Andrew Balding-trained Duretto drawing barrier one while Sole Impact, one of two Japanese contenders, drew widest in gate 20, but will start from barrier 18 in the capacity field.
Lloyd and Nick Williams also had mixed results with The Cliffsofmoher drawing nicely in barrier three.
The Cliffsofmoher is the third favourite at $6.50 with Homesman drawing outside him in four while The Taj Mahal, to be ridden by James McDonald, drew gate 19.
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
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1 | 1x3195x111 | BEST SOLUTION (IRE) | Saeed Bin Suroor | Pat Cosgrave | 17 | 57.5kg | 114 | |
2 | 8x512433x4 | THE CLIFFSOFMOHER (IRE) | Aidan O’Brien | Hugh Bowman | 3 | 56.5kg | 113 | |
3 | 15x211250x | CHESTNUT COAT (JPN) | Yoshito Yahagi | Yuga Kawada | 13 | 55.5kg | 110 | |
4 | x68139x437 | JON SNOW (NZ) | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Damian Lane | 15 | 55.5kg | 110 | |
5 | 2144x1132x | SOUND CHECK (GER) | Michael Moroney | Jordan Childs | 16 | 55.5kg | 110 | |
6 | 55462×0241 | ACE HIGH | David Payne | Damien Oliver | 8 | 55kg | 110 | |
7 | 5041x8x791 | THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE) | Liam Howley | James McDonald | 19 | 55kg | 109 | |
8 | x3x15x5331 | DURETTO (GB) | Andrew Balding | Dwayne Dunn | 1 | 54.5kg | 108 | |
9 | 21×1422225 | RED VERDON (USA) | Ed Dunlop | Zac Purton | 9 | 54kg | 107 | |
10 | 121x05x405 | VENGEUR MASQUE (IRE) | Michael Moroney | Patrick Moloney | 7 | 54kg | 104 | |
11 | 437829×794 | VENTURA STORM (IRE) | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Regan Bayliss | 11 | 54kg | 105 | |
12 | 1x780x0069 | MIGHTY BOSS | Mick Price | Tim Clark | 14 | 53.5kg | 104 | |
13 | 153x16x217 | HOMESMAN (USA) | Liam Howley | Ben Melham | 4 | 53kg | 110 | |
14 | 11111×4323 | KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE) | Darren Weir | Craig Williams | 6 | 53kg | 105 | |
15 | 732x03705x | SOLE IMPACT (JPN) | Hirofumi Toda | Ryusei Sakai (a) | 20 | 53kg | 105 | |
16 | 431105×024 | GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR) | Darren Weir | Dean Yendall | 2 | 52.5kg | 104 | |
17 | 2141×21316 | NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ) | Darren Weir | Ben Allen (a) | 18 | 52kg | 1.0kg | 105 |
18 | 311113×632 | YOUNGSTAR | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 10 | 51.5kg | 107 | |
19e | 114656×641 | PATRICK ERIN (NZ) | Chris Waller | Corey Brown | 12 | 52kg | 2.0kg | 104 |
20e | 33x1x61812 | JAAMEH (IRE) | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Cory Parish | 5 | 50kg | 100 |
Credit: AAP