Barrier draw moves King to Cup favouritism

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.

Race 8 – 4:40PM Stella Artois Caulfield Cup (2400 METRES)Times displayed in local time of Race Meeting
Of $5,000,000.1st $3,000,000, 2nd $700,000, 3rd $350,000, 4th $200,000, 5th $150,000, 6th $120,000, 7th $120,000, 8th $120,000, 9th $120,000, 10th $120,000
Prize money contribution totalling 2% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution GROUP 1
Handicap, Minimum Weight 50kg, Apprentices cannot claim.

Track Name: Main Track Type: Turf Track Condition: Good 4

Field Limit: 18 + 4 EM

 

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
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

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