Chris Waller has the top-rated entry for the 2011 The Shorts at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday, Sydney’s leading trainer set to resume his Group 1 winning veteran Danleigh in the George Main Stakes Day showdown.
Multiple Group One winner Danleigh is the highest-rated 2011 The Shorts nominee
There were 13 horses nominated for the $200,000 Group 2 The Shorts (1200m) this year, a race won by the late great Hot Danish 12 months ago.
Last year’s Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes winner Danleigh has been nominated to race first-up for the season in The Shorts 2011, the eight-year-old last seen finishing sixth behind Hay List in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on April 23.
Waller also paid the early entry fee for Albert The Fat in The Shorts nominations, the seven-year-old yet to step out for their new trainer having previously been prepared by Scone-based horseman Paul Messara.
One of the trainers of the moment, Peter Snowden, also boasts multiple 2011 The Shorts nominees with Lonhro six-year-old Skytrain who comes off a game win in the Listed Show County Quality (1200m) at Warwick Farm on August 20 and Command sour-year-old Soul.
A Group 2 winner last spring at Flemington, Soul has had two runs this season finishing fourth on both occasions including their credible last-start effort in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1100m).
Concorde Stakes’ winner Decision Time and runner-up Winter King are also among the noteworthy horses in contention for The Shorts 2011 field.
The Clarry Conners-trained Foreplay four-year-old Decision Time hasn’t been beaten since their close-up fourth behind Toorak Toff in the 2010 Golden Rose in August last year having gone on to win four successive black-types.
David Payne’s One Cool Cat five-year-old Winter King has also been a picture of consistency running a narrow second in all three of their starts this season.
The 2011 The Shorts final field and barrier draw will be released tomorrow and published here at Races.com.au along with a detailed race and betting preview.
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2011 The Shorts Nominations
| # | Horse | Trainer | Hcp. Rtg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALBERT THE FAT | Chris Waller | - |
| 2 | DANLEIGH | Chris Waller | 116 |
| 3 | DECISION TIME | Clarry Conners | 109 |
| 4 | DOUBTFUL JACK | Peter G Moody | 101 |
| 5 | EGO’S DARE | Gerald Ryan | 96 |
| 6 | LOVE CONQUERS ALL | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | - |
| 7 | MONTON | Ron Quinton | 97 |
| 8 | PERSIAN STORM | Patrick & Wayne Webster | 62 |
| 9 | SKYTRAIN | Peter Snowden | 99 |
| 10 | SOUL | Peter Snowden | 96 |
| 11 | TOP DROP | Gerald Ryan | 85 |
| 12 | WINTER KING (NZ) | David Payne | 102 |
| 13 | ZARATONE | Nick Olive | 97 |
