A top field of three-year-old milers have been accepted for the $125,000 Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, one of the nine Group status showdowns scheduled for Randwick’s AJC Australian Derby Day in 2011.

The feature race at Randwick on Saturday is the $1.5 million Group 1 AJC Australian Derby (2400m), one of the richest races for three-year-olds in the country.

For horses this age not quite suited to the testing 2400m of the Derby, the 2011 Carbine Club Stakes is a popular option and this year has drawn a final field of 13.

Top-rated Carbine Club Stakes entry is the Peter Snowden-trained Divorces.

The Domesday filly is second-up for the season having run a game third to Do Ra Mi in the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1400m) when resuming at Flemington on March 12.

In the Kewney Divorces jumped from barrier 11 and she has drawn the same gate for Saturday but will still start one of the favourites as she should get a better run here having struck interference in the Kewney.

There are six last-start winners in the 2011 Carbine Club Stakes field including the Bart Cummings-trained Kudakulari and Lee Freedman’s The Ruffian.

Savabeel gelding Kudakulari won the Listed Canberra Guineas (1400m) first up for the season on March 13 and will be hoping to bring this winning form to Sydney on Saturday when they jump from the ideal barrier four with Corey Brown in the mount.

The Ruffian has also drawn nicely with gate six, the Lonhro gelding due to be ridden by Hugh Bowman as they seek back-to-back wins for the season having won over 1400m at Albury carrying a hefty 59.5kg last start.

Other Carbine Club Stakes hopefuls coming into the race off the back of some nice recent form include the Gai Waterhouse-trained Needs Further (barrier 10) looking for three on the trot, John Thompson’s Encosta De Lago filly Potions (barrier three) and the David Payne-trained Diamond Jim (barrier five).

The 2011 Jim Beam Carbine Club Stakes is the second Randwick race on Saturday and is due to jumps at 12:30pm (AEST).

2011 Jim Bean Carbine Club Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	8X067060X1	KUDAKULARI (NZ)	Bart Cummings	Corey Brown	4	57.5kg	85
2	4X419X8054	SHADOWS IN THE SUN	Anthony Cummings	Craig Williams	12	56kg	81
3	53X21080X3	DIVORCES	Peter Snowden	–	11	55.5kg	93
4	13X242X525	HAPPY TRAILS	Paul Beshara	Damien Oliver	2	55kg	80
5	217427X321	CIRCLE OF POWER	Rod Craig	Glen Boss	1	55kg	76
6	X29860X321	THE RUFFIAN	Lee Freedman	Hugh Bowman	6	55kg	75
7	3X11	NEEDS FURTHER	Gai Waterhouse	Nash Rawiller	10	55kg	73
8	08X6411427	DIAMOND JIM	David Payne	–	5	55kg	69
9	2100X475	QUARTERBAR	Michael Moroney	Glyn Schofield	8	55kg	64
10	3X571	RIVA DE LAGO	Con Karakatsanis	–	13	55kg	62
11	539X451	POTIONS	John P Thompson	Jim Cassidy	3	53kg	73
12	36X120	MONEY TREE	Kevin Moses	–	9	53kg	66
13	97056X42	SONG SHAN	Anthony Cummings	Tim Clark	7	53kg	63