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2020 Strickland Stakes Field & Betting: Perfect Jewel Narrow Favourite
The in-form Perfect Jewel is narrow favourite in a wide-open Strickland Stakes 2020 betting market in WA this weekend with the class Adam Durrant-trained mare chasing a hat-trick of winter feature race wins at the Belmont track.
Makybe Diva Stakes winner Gatting is one of the top-rated horses in the 2020 Strickland Stakes field. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
The 2017 WA Guineas winner looks back to her best form this prep with the now five-year-old daughter of Redoute’s Choice having won the Group 3 Belmont Sprint (1400m) two back at $31.
She was forgotten by the punters again next-up when, a fortnight later, she took her Belmont track record up to three-from-three winning the Group 3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) at double-figures.
Perfect Jewel won’t be found at that price again as she looks to retain her undefeated status at the track in Saturday’s Group 3 $160,000 Strickland Stakes (2000m).
The weight-for-age feature attracted a final field of just nine hopefuls this season with Perfect Jewel to be ridden from a wide barrier eight draw by Patrick Carbery.
Her Karnup-based trainer Durrant chases his third Strickland Stakes victory following his back-to-back wins with Mr Moet (2012) and Kincaple (2013).
Galaxy Star (2019) won as the odds-on favourite for the punters last year following her Belmont Sprint victory and a Hyperion Stakes second.
The season prior, Material Man (2018) completed the Belmont Sprint – Hyperion – Strickland Stakes treble Perfect Jewel chases this year.
Perfect Jewel is out to complete the Belmont Sprint – Hyperion Stakes – Strickland Stakes treble last achieved by Material Man in 2018
The latest Strickland Stakes odds at Ladbrokes.com.au list Perfect Jewel as the $3 favourite, but she is followed very closely in the markets by Mississippi Delta ($3.30) and The Velvet King ($3.40).
Also looking to go back-to-back for the mares, the Grant & Alana Williams-trained High Chaparral six-year-old Mississippi Delta is drawn barrier four with Perth’s leading jockey William Pike retaining the ride.
The mare is third-up on the weekend following her seventh in the Belmont Sprint and improving third in the Hyperion Stakes with Saturday’s step-up in distance to suit the Group 2 Perth Cup (2400m) winner.
Mississippi Delta has an imposing record over the 2000m and presents fit on the weekend for last year’s winning trainer / jockey combination.
Darren McAuliffe meanwhile saddles-up The Velvet King from barrier seven, the Universal Ruler four-year-old having finished out of the money just once in nine starts at Belmont Racecourse (9:4-3-1).
He comes off a trio of devastatingly close second placings this campaign having been beaten by the barest of margins in the Group 3 Roma Cup (1200m) fresh before his narrow losses to Perfect Jewel in the Belmont Sprint and Hyperion Stakes.
Yet to win over a mile, the 2000m could be a stretch on Saturday, but the bookies are taking no chances and keeping the consistent The Velvet King safe in Strickland Stakes betting.
Rounding out the single-figure hopefuls in the markets at $8.50 is Group 1 winner Gatting out to atone for his disappointing 10th in the Hyperion Stakes when unsuccessfully defending his title from 2019.
Stablemate to The Velvet King, the Hard Spun six-year-old was runner-up to Galaxy Star in last year’s race and franked the form that September winning Flemington’s Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) in a boilover at 100/1.
He chases his first win since, but will need to be at his best over the distance against this field.
Click here for the latest Strickland Stakes 2020 betting odds courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.
2020 Strickland Stakes Field & Barriers
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0005496×08 | HUMIDOR (NZ) | Lindsey Smith | Brad Parnham | 6 | 59kg | 109 | |
| 2 | 502752×940 | GATTING | Darren McAuliffe | Chris Parnham | 3 | 59kg | 110 | |
| 3 | 900x600x90 | MATERIAL MAN | Justin Warwick | Paul Harvey | 2 | 59kg | 103 | |
| 4 | x21360x222 | THE VELVET KING | Darren McAuliffe | Mitchell Pateman | 7 | 59kg | 109 | |
| 5 | 441213×609 | TAXAGANO | Fred Kersley | Steven Parnham | 9 | 59kg | 97 | |
| 6 | x9x6926421 | NOIR DE RUE | Justin Warwick | Jarrad Noske | 5 | 59kg | 85 | |
| 7 | 930481×011 | PERFECT JEWEL | Adam Durrant | Patrick Carbery | 8 | 57kg | 108 | |
| 8 | 14x1941x73 | MISSISSIPPI DELTA | Grant & Alana Williams | William Pike | 4 | 57kg | 103 | |
| 9 | 55035×5604 | MIZLECKI | Fred Kersley | Ms Jade McNaught | 1 | 57kg | 89 |
*Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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