The opening meeting of the 2011 Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival, Hobart Guineas Day, will take place this Sunday January 23 and the final field and barrier draw for the $90,000 Listed Hobart Guineas (2100m), the feature race of the day, have been released.

The 2011 Hobart Guineas final field features 13 quality runners with the early favourite Socks drawing mid-field with barrier eight.

Last start winner of the Listed Tasmanian Guineas (1600m) on January 6, Keep The Faith gelding Socks will again be ridden by Kelvin Sanderson and is sure to start at the top of the Hobart Guineas odds at Luxbet with their barrier eight draw no issue after they jumped from gate 11 for their Tasmanian Guineas win.

The other big name in the Hobart Guineas field this year is the Gai Waterhouse-trained filly Teardrop Rock, another last start winner.

The super consistent daughter of Fastnet Rock has won four of her six career starts and placed second in her other two runs, making Teardrop Rock an excellent chance in the Hobart Guineas despite her wide barrier 10 draw.

Teardrop Rock is also well-weighted for Sunday’s showdown set to carry 55kg with Craig Newitt in the mount, a drop from the 58kg she carried to victory in the Yellowglen Handicap (1800m) at Randwick on January 8.

Other notable horses in the 2011 Hobart Guineas include Tasmanian Guineas runner-up Second Dozen (barrier 12), Leon Corsten’s Danzero gelding Take The Moment (barrier nine), improving gelding Tiger Won’t Tell (barrier 13) and Victorian raider Ludka trained by Lee Freedman and drawn well in barrier three.

The 2011 Betfair Hobart Guineas is scheduled as Hobart Race 8 on Sunday, stay tuned to Races.com.au later in the week for our betting tips and the latest odds from Luxbet.

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Hobart Guineas 2011 Field, Barriers & Weights

#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Weight (kg)	Hcp. Rating
1	SOCKS	George Blacker	Kelvin Sanderson	8	57	82
2	SECOND DOZEN	John Blacker	Daniel Ganderton	12	57	70
3	TAKE THE MOMENT	Leon Corstens	Steven King	9	57	72
4	TIGER WON’T TELL	Tommy Young	Brendon McCoull	13	57	66
5	BEN ANNALOU	Charlie Goggin	David Pires	1	57	66
6	JAY BEE’S GEE GEE	Stuart Gandy	Kane Bradley	5	57	64
7	GRAB THAT CAT	Gary White	Ronan Keogh (a)	11	57	57
8	TREE BANDIT	Darren Kenny	Michael Guthrie	2	57	58
9	BILLYFITSIM	Gary White	Billy Egan (a)	6	57	56
10	TEARDROP ROCK	Gai Waterhouse	Craig Newitt	10	55	81
11	ROSE OF SCOTLAND	Charlie Goggin	Darren Gauci	4	55	75
12	GATHERING GOLD	Gary White	Jarrod Todd	7	55	66
13	LUDKA	Lee Freedman	Stephen Maskiell	3	55	66