2011 Newmarket Handicap Nominations

The 2011 Newmarket Handicap is looming as one of the most spectacular races of the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival as it could feature a rematch between champion sprinters Black Caviar and Hay List. The 1200m handicap race is worth $1million in prize money and will be run as one of the headline events at Flemington’s Super Saturday on March 12 2011.

Black Caviar and Hay List had their first showdown at the 2010 Patinack Farm Classic. After much hype over the contest Black Caviar demolished the quality field of sprinters in the 1200m race at Flemington by 4 lengths. Hay List faded to finish 6th, but had some excuse after sustaining a leg injury in the lead up to the race. So far 4-year-old mare Black Caviar is unbeaten in all of her 8 career starts.

The Group 1 Newmarket Handicap has received a total of 74 nominations this year. Other notable nominations include Typhoon Tracy, Reward For Effort, More Joyous, Ilovethiscity, Ahdashim and Golden Slipper winner Crystal Lilly.

Trainer Peter Moody leads the nominations with a total of 12 entries, Mark Kavanagh has 4 while Gai Waterhouse, Gerald Ryan and David Hayes each have 3 nominations.

The final field of 24 horses will be announced on March 9 2011.

No	Horse	Trainer	Handicapper Rating
1	ACORNS	Mick Price	82
2	AHDASHIM (NZ)	Gerald Ryan	100
3	ANACHEEVA	Peter G Moody	108
4	AVENUE	Peter G Moody	106
5	BEADED	Peter Snowden	109
6	BENETEAU	Paul Messara	–
7	BIGELOW	Clinton McDonald	82
8	BLACK CAVIAR	Peter G Moody	118
9	BORDER REBEL	Sue Grills	105
10	BRAZILIAN PULSE (NZ)	Michael Moroney	106
11	BRILLIANT LIGHT	Kerry Parker	103
12	BURDEKIN BLUES	Barry Baldwin	108
13	CAPTAIN COLTISH	Peter G Moody	98
14	CATAPULTED	Mark Kavanagh	108
15	CHASM	Heath Conners	102
16	CRYSTAL LILY	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	107
17	DECISION TIME	Clarry Conners	–
18	DIAMONDCOWBOY	Gary Sherer	64
19	DISSOLVED	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	86
20	DOUBTFUL JACK	Peter G Moody	105
21	EAGLE FALLS	David Hayes	107
22	ECLAIR MYSTIC	Robert Smerdon	96
23	EGO’S DARE	Gerald Ryan	96
24	FACE OFF	Shaun Dwyer	68
25	FIRST COMMAND	Lee Freedman	107
26	GRAND DUELS	Byron Cozamanis	105
27	HAY LIST	John McNair	115
28	HINCHINBROOK	Peter G Moody	91
29	HUXSSEN	Jim Conlan	91
30	ILOVETHISCITY	Grahame Begg	93
31	JEREZANA	Peter Snowden	89
32	KEANO (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	98
33	KING PULSE	Michael Moroney	99
34	LOVE CONQUERS ALL	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	106
35	MARCONI	Mick Price	76
36	MARQUARDT (NZ)	John P Thompson	95
37	MASTER HARRY	Peter G Moody	74
38	MASTER OF DESIGN	Adam Durrant	78
39	MELITO	Gerald Ryan	113
40	MORE JOYOUS (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	118
41	ORTENSIA	Tony Noonan	113
42	PALATINE (NZ)	Shaun Dwyer	72
43	PANIPIQUE	Peter G Moody	88
44	PAPRIKA	Liam Birchley	–
45	POTIONS	John P Thompson	65
46	QUICK PEEK	Anthony Cummings	75
47	RESPONSE	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	107
48	REWARD FOR EFFORT	Peter G Moody	107
49	SANDUSKY CITY (NZ)	Grant Craven	86
50	SARGE IN CHARGE (NZ)	Liam Birchley	77
51	SET FOR FAME	Peter G Moody	107
52	SHANGHAI EXPRESS	Dan O’Sullivan	68
53	SHELLSCRAPE	Chris Waller	103
54	SHRAPNEL	Mark Kavanagh	89
55	SISTER MADLY	Anthony Cummings	96
56	SMOKIN’ JOEY	Lee Freedman	76
57	SNAPPARAZI	Barbara Marshman	91
58	SNAPY HALO (ARG)	Mick Price	–
59	SO ANYWAY	John P Thompson	–
60	STAR WITNESS	Danny O’Brien	113
61	STIRLING GROVE	Richard Jolly	91
62	STRATEGIC MANEUVER	Gai Waterhouse	70
63	SWIFT ALLIANCE	Gai Waterhouse	108
64	THE FUGITIVE	David Hayes	80
65	TRADER	Anthony Cummings	95
66	TURNSTILES (NZ)	Anthony Cummings	71
67	TWILIGHT SAVINGS (NZ)	Murray & Bjorn Baker	–
68	TYPHOON TRACY	Peter G Moody	117
69	UNDENIABLY	Mark Kavanagh	85
70	VARENNA MISS	Tony Noonan	86
71	VOILE ROUGE (NZ)	David Hayes	82
72	WE’RE GONNA ROCK	Mark Kavanagh	95
73	WHITEFRIARS	Rick Worthington	105
74	ZELSNITZ	Peter G Moody	82