Saturday Racing at Flemington – Chester Manifold Stakes & Kensington Stakes Previews

This Saturday Flemington is set to host another exciting race meeting, highlighted by two feature events, the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1410m) and the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m).

A number of runners are using the Chester Manifold Stakes as a lead-up to the coveted Group 1 Australian Cup on March 6. One such horse is five-year-old Zagreb, trained by David Hayes and ridden by Steven Arnold, Zagreb has drawn wide with gate 12 on the 14 horse field and as such is at long-priced odds of $26.

Due to jump from barrier 8 is Pacino, also on the Australian Cup trail after being nominated by trainer Clinton McDonald. Pacino is more favoured with the bookies at around $13 for a win.

But the warm pre-race favourite at $4.50 is the Darren Weir-trained Time Matters, carrying the top weight of 59kg. Ridden by Damien Oliver the Christmas Stakes third placegetter will start from barrier five.

Filling the next line of betting is the second favourite at $6.50 is Ship In The Night, the Mark Young-trained runner starting from gate seven with Danny Nikolic aboard.

In the Kensington Stakes, the Mark Young-trained Secret Flyer and Common Interest, trained by Lee Freedman are battling for favouritism. Secret Flyer (barrier 3) is at $3.80 just ahead of Common Interest (barrier eight) on $4.

The other fancied runner in the feature is Morgan Dollar at $5. Trained by Stuart Gower, Morgan Dollar has drawn barrier five.

The Chester Manifold Stakes is the first of the two headline events, running as race six at 4:05pm (VIC time) followed by the Kensington Stakes, race seven on the eight-race programme due to start at 4:45pm (VIC time).

2010 Chester Manifold Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw:

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Weight (kg)
1	TIME MATTERS	Darren Weir	Damien Oliver	5	59
2	ZAGREB	David Hayes	Steven Arnold	12	58.5
3	PACINO	Clinton McDonald	Brad Rawiller	8	58
4	ITSAMONTY	Dean Lawson	Mark Zahra	3	56.5
5	TEARS I CRY	David Bourke	James Winks	4	56
6	OKAY OKY	M Ellerton & S Zahra	Chris Symons	13	55
7	PASS ME BY	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	6	55
8	DANZYLUM	Robbie Griffiths	Luke Currie	1	54.5
9	TRUE TALES	Tony Vasil	Craig Newitt	10	53.5
10	NOT A COPY	Nikki Burke	–	14	53
11	SCENICA (ARG)	Lee Freedman	Dwayne Dunn	11	53
12	MINNESOTA SHARK	Tom Hughes	Craig Williams	9	53
13	BERRINGAMA	Brian Cox	Glen Boss	2	53
14	SHIP IN THE NIGHT	Mark Young	Danny Nikolic	7	53

2010 Kensington Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw:

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Weight (kg)
1	CARGO CULT	Jarrod McLean	Sebastian Murphy	6	58.5
2	SECRET FLYER	Mark Young	Danny Nikolic	3	58.5
3	ARINOS	David Jolly	Craig Williams	11	57
4	HAPPY GLEN	Robbie Griffiths	Dean Holland	1	57
5	JOHNNY FIASCO	Nikki Burke	Glen Boss	12	55.5
6	MORGAN DOLLAR	Stuart Gower	Michael Hoppo	5	55
7	BOND STREET	Rick Harrison	Luke Nolen	2	53.5
8	SNIP ESPRIT	J Symons & S Laxon	Chris Symons	7	53.5
9	GET SET	Richard Jolly	Libby Hopwood (a)	9	53
10	COMMON INTEREST	Lee Freedman	Dwayne Dunn	8	53
11	SNAPPY TOM	Danielle Chapman	Craig Newitt	4	53
12	OVER EXPOSED	Dale Sutton	Stephen Baster	10	53
13	SILVER BULLION	Leon Corstens	Brent Stanley	13	53
14	NULLARBOR CROSSING	John McArdle	Dean Yendall	14	53