2010 Toorak Handicap Final Field, Barriers & Betting Odds

October 6, 2010

2010 Toorak Handicap Final Field, Barriers & Betting Odds

This Saturday at Caulfield Racecourse’s Guineas Day an elite line-up of Group races will take place including the $350,000 Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m).

The 2010 David Jones Toorak Handicap has drawn a final field of 15 spring stars lead by the hot favourite More Joyous.

Opening at the top of the betting markets at Sportsbet, Gai Waterhouse’s glamour mare More Joyous is currently paying $2.20 to win the Toorak following a brilliant spring to date.

Four-year-old More Than Ready mare More Joyous has won all three of her starts this season with success in the Sheraco Stakes, Theo Marks Stakes and then left her rivals behind in the Group 1 George Main Stakes at Randwick last Saturday.

Drawn in barrier 10, More Joyous is due to be ridden by Nash Rawiller on Saturday, the only things hampering her chances of maintaining her spring clean sweep is her hefty 58kg weight allocation and first look at a Victorian track.

If More Joyous wins on Saturday, she will set a new weight record for mares in the Toorak Handicap, surpassing Ripa who carried 57.5kg to victory back in 1965, and will also be the first horse in history to take out the George Main Stakes – Toorak Handicap double in the same year.

Just three other Toorak Handicap entries are at single figure odds at Sportsbet with Spacecraft ($5.50), Drumbeats ($6) and Response ($9).

The Mick Price-trained Galileo four-year-old Spacecraft has been in excellent form coming off three consecutive wins but will start out wide from barrier 13.

Drumbeats is better placed to cause an upset in barrier seven, the Peter Snowden-trained five-year-old impressive last Saturday at Randwick winning the Bill Ritchie Handicap.

The other horse getting some money come in for them to win the Toorak is Response who is at peak fitness.

The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained mare has placed twice at Group level in the Cockram and Let’s Elope Stakes before flying to victory in the Group 1 Rupert Clark Stakes at Caulfield.

Mixing it with open company and More Joyous on Saturday, however, may see Response slightly outclassed but she still looks a top Place bet at Sportsbet.

Other notable runners in the Toorak Handicap field include Macau galloper Luen Yat Forever in their Australian debut drawn in barrier two, Peter Moody’s quality mare Ghostmilk also drawn well with gate three and last year’s Toorak winner Allez Wonder back to defend their title.

The 2010 David Jones Toorak Handicap is scheduled as Race 6 at Caulfield on Saturday and is due to jump at 12:30pm (AEDST).

For the best odds on the Toorak and the other Caulfield features including the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and Group 1 Yalumba Stakes (2000m) visit [sportsbet] today and join the country’s leading online bookmaker!

2010 Toorak Handicap Final Field, Barrier Draw & Odds

# Horse Trainer Jockey Br. Weight (kg) Hcp. Rating Odds*
1 MORE JOYOUS (NZ) Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 10 58 116 2.20
2 DRUMBEATS Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 7 56 105 6.00
3 LA ROCKET Dale Sutton Stephen Baster 9 56 105 51.00
4 GOLD SALUTE Mark Riley Mark Pegus 12 55.5 104 51.00
5 KIDNAPPED Peter Snowden Craig Newitt 1 55.5 104 61.00
6 LUEN YAT FOREVER Pou Choi Dwayne Dunn 2 55.5 104 41.00
7 SPACECRAFT Mick Price Damien Oliver 13 55.5 104 5.50
8 POOR JUDGE Norm Hilton Darren Gauci 15 55 102 31.00
9 CHASM Heath Conners Brad Rawiller 14 54.5 101 11.00
10 RESPONSE Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra Craig Williams 11 54.5 107 9.00
11 ALLEZ WONDER Bart Cummings Michelle Payne 8 53.5 103 26.00
12 AVIENUS Mark Webb Glen Boss 5 53 100 21.00
13 GHOSTMILK (IRE) Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 3 53 100 31.00
14 NO JURISDICTION Danny O’Brien James Winks 4 53 91 81.00
15 WE’RE GONNA ROCK Mark Kavanagh Michael Rodd 6 53 82 26.00

*Odds correct at time of publication – check [sportsbet] for updates

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