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Caulfield Race Schedule & Form for Saturday July 31 – Bletchingly Stakes Day

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:13:11 +0000

Caulfield is set to host a bumper day of racing this Saturday marking the start to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

The first Group race of the spring, the $125,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m), is the headline event of the eight race schedule featuring a cracker field including 2010 Melbourne Cup hopeful Shoot Out.

Before having a bet, check out our detailed Bletchingly Stakes Preview and Betting Tips.

Aside from the feature race at the meeting, there are another seven excellent events worth checking out the betting markets on at SportsBet including the $70,000 Congratulations Luke Nolen Handicap (1000m) for two-year-olds and the $70,000 The Yalumba Masters (1400m) for three-year-olds.

Below you will find the final fields and detailed form guides for all of the Caulfield Races held this Saturday, July 31 as well as our best bet selections for each race to help you win big over the weekend.

The Races.com.au form gives you all the information you need to make smart and successful wagers including the jockey, trainer, recent form and career record for every horse in every race.

See the legend at the bottom of the page for what the data in each column represents.

Fancy a punt on the Bletchingly Stakes this weekend?

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Race 1 – 12:10 – $70,000 Congratulations Luke Nolen Hcp (1000m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	17X2X	Marmaa	58.0	7	2C	S W Arnold	D Hayes	+1.5	3-1-1	$167000	186	12/1	0.8
2	21X	Curtana	55.5	1	2F	L Nolen	P Moody	+0.0	2-1-1	$83700	126	7/4	1.3
3	2-6X	Tricky Tricky	55.5	6	2C	B Stanley	J D Sadler	+0.5	2-0-1	$22000	140	10/9	6.8
4	7X2130X	Spirit Cent	55.0	9	2C	-	J Leek Jnr	-0.5	5-1-2	$34692	161	150/1	24.2
5	910	Jugahlation	54.5	8	2G	S R King	D R Brideoak	-1.5	3-1-0	$15325	14	40/1	8.3
6	63	Mr Cool Cat	54.0	4	2G	N Hall	T R Martin	+0.0	2-0-1	$6300	14	25/1	3.1
7	3X24X	Sublime Girl	54.0	2	2F	C Newitt	M G Price	+1.0	3-0-2	$42800	133	35/10	3.7
8	1-1X	Umgeton	53.5	5	2F	G Boss	B C Hearps	-4.5	2-2-0	$13950	147	4/5	1.0
9	28X	Makeushappy	53.0	3	2G	-	J F Rattle	-4.0	2-0-1	$4350	134	12/1	11.4

Race 2 – 12:45 – $70,000 Congratulations Peter Moody Hcp (1200m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	All	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	X231143X	Ocean Challenger	57.5	-	1	4M	C William	D E Magro	+1.5	18-6-7	$202645	91	7/4	5.1
2	X53X2414	Take All Of Me	56.0	-	2	4M	D Gauci	B & Jean Pur	+1.5	12-3-4	$139798	17	11/4	1.9
3	1X2140X1	Tonic	56.0	-	11	4M	S R King	D K Weir	+0.5	15-4-3	$154001	14	11/1	0.2
4	22X11735	Altitude	55.5	-	10	4M	C Newitt	P Snowden	-1.5	22-4-7	$172528	14	13/2	2.4
5	5X5314X4	Backwhereibelong	54.5	1.5	8	6M	J Maskiell	N J Dyer	-1.0	32-6-6	$130592	14	20/1	2.2
6	X83953X2	Delyara	54.5	-	13	5M	D Yendall	Lee & Shanno	+0.0	28-4-11	$164455	7	9/1	1.3
7	1113X2	Rhythm In Paris	53.5	-	7	4M	B Melham	J Warren	-1.5	5-3-2	$62230	14	6/1	0.2
8	-08X000-	Heartland	53.0	-	3	5M	G Boss	S Dwyer	-1.0	27-4-4	$96500	28	30/1	6.5
9	0X634313	Glaze	53.0	-	12	4M	L Nolen	P Moody	-2.0	14-3-4	$36298	14	8/1	2.0
10	668-707X	Ratatat Lass	53.0	-	4	6M	D Dunn	T Pennuto	-4.5	34-6-8	$121760	240	25/1	2.5
11	X3-48-21	She Commands	53.0	-	5	6M	N Hall	Ms J Mawer	-3.0	29-3-10	$60200	20	5/1	0.8
12	2741-0X2	Epic Journey	53.0	-	9	4M	D Holland	J D Sadler	-4.0	16-2-5	$51810	23	3/1	0.1
13	733764X3	Turkish Slippers	53.0	3.0	6	4M	J Noonan	M S Fahler	-2.0	14-1-6	$18620	18	10/1	6.1

Caulfield Race 2 Betting Tips:

#2 Take All Of Me – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet
#3 Tonic – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

Race 3 – 1:20 – $70,000 Pin & Win For Epilepsy Hcp (1200m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	All	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	2142X317	Big Spirit	59.0	3.0	13	3F	J Noonan	R G Hore-Lac	+3.5	16-5-5	$204280	14	13/4	4.5
2	1215312X	Sneaky Tsu	58.0	2.0	8	3F	N Rose	J D Sadler	-1.0	10-3-5	$95846	189	15/2	0.1
3	15220X41	Lucys Cash	56.5	-	4	3F	D Holland	John Thompso	-0.5	11-2-4	$69148	10	9/2	1.3
4	X030X44X	Music In The Park	55.5	-	1	3F	D Oliver	John Moloney	+0.0	7-1-1	$78655	73	9/1	3.3
5	3330X54-	Better Be The One	54.5	2.0	12	3F	W Egan	D O’Brien	-3.0	9-1-4	$62232	28	15/1	5.8
6	116X0633	Sona Gaire	54.5	-	2	3F	D Dunn	C & Cindy Al	-2.5	16-3-4	$50517	10	15/2	1.4
7	52X60-6-	Hostage To Fortune	54.0	-	15	3M	C William	D O’Brien	-1.5	9-1-4	$47375	42	7/1	2.1
8	12	Serene Star	53.5	-	11	3M	G Boss	M Kent	-1.5	2-1-1	$12475	10	5/1	1.3
9	3X21732X	Showstoppa	53.5	-	5	3F	D Yendall	Lee & Shanno	-4.5	7-1-5	$35317	204	15/2	1.8
10	8223516X	Play The Fool	53.0	-	10	3F	L Nolen	S Morrish	-5.5	7-1-3	$22690	149	6/4	3.6
11	15X	Shiago	53.0	-	14	3F	D Smith	Ms W Kelly	-2.5	2-1-0	$7725	139	7/2	2.2
12	2X9X9215	Blueys Mist	53.0	-	6	3M	C Symons	J Symons-SL	-1.5	6-1-2	$22140	10	11/1	2.8
13	46X34321	Cyclone Sarah	53.0	2.0	7	3F	I Gundogdu	P Trotter	-6.0	8-1-4	$24575	11	9/10	0.8
14	59X610X	Maccas Miss	53.0	-	3	3F	-	B J McCarthy	-1.5	5-1-0	$11975	136	50/1	8.1
15	7X8274	Halo Dot Com	53.0	-	9	3M	-	L Farrugia	-1.0	5-0-1	$3725	7	13/4	6.1

Caulfield Race 3 Betting Tips:

#1 Big Spirit – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet
#3 Lucys Cash – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

Race 4 – 1:55 – $70,000 Join MRC & Receive $2000 Hcp (1200m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	All	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	80923516	Stoneblack	59.0	-	2	3G	G Boss	R W Smerdon	+0.0	30-3-13	$301820	14	9/2	4.8
2	X9405051	Face The Front	56.5	-	18	3G	M Rodd	S B & R Lami	+1.5	16-2-2	$45650	14	32/10	1.3
3	09X85312	Mont Fleuri	56.5	3.0	17	3F	J Noonan	D L Freedman	-5.5	11-2-3	$146313	21	6/1	2.0
4	770X2417	Dorsoduro	55.5	-	1	3F	N Hall	A J Vasil	-2.5	16-3-1	$143615	7	5/2	6.8
5	45011×13	Meet Me At Raffles	55.5	-	3	3G	S R King	E J Didham	+2.5	16-4-4	$40007	14	14/1	2.9
6	-3-1X642	Supercheap	55.0	-	14	3G	D Yendall	Lee & Shanno	+2.0	10-1-4	$30850	21	20/1	0.2
7	4X48171-	The Big Steel	54.5	-	10	3G	B Melham	M Laurie	-4.0	7-2-1	$20900	29	7/2	0.2
8	1X38×31	Diazling	54.0	-	4	3F	C William	L Oliver	+0.5	5-2-2	$53367	7	7/1	0.1
9	2412	King Cobweb	54.0	-	16	3G	-	J F Rattle	-3.0	4-1-2	$27750	17	12/1	2.5
10	13-6	Lordoftheparrots	54.0	-	6	3G	D Oliver	M D Moroney	+1.0	3-1-1	$10067	14	8/1	2.9
11	8X145164	Road To Roam	53.5	-	19	3F	C Newitt	M G Price	-0.5	10-2-1	$42738	14	3/1	2.7
12	X3332141	Little Tycoon	53.0	-	13	3F	-	R W Smerdon	-6.0	10-2-5	$26705	11	4/1	0.1
13	26340-12	The Nights Hot	53.0	-	7	3F	-	D K Weir	-0.5	7-1-3	$38600	7	11/1	0.1
14	4X352811	Two Beauties	53.0	-	5	3F	L Nolen	H Conners	-3.5	11-2-2	$19250	15	9/2	1.8
15	2X127382	Nenagh	53.0	-	15	3F	-	S P Nichols	-2.0	9-1-4	$34292	6	7/1	1.0
16	840-6322	Fareer	53.0	-	9	3G	-	R W Smerdon	-6.0	16-1-7	$31125	13	2/1	0.2
17	76X40X30	Lamichi	53.0	-	12	3M	D Dunn	S B & R Lami	-1.0	6-0-1	$6400	21	15/2	7.9
18	03600225	Cheerful Jury	53.0	-	11	3G	C A Robertson	D E Coombes	+0.0	19-1-4	$27175	14	25/1	4.0
19	6X6×5219	Seguro	53.0	-	20	3C	D Holland	B Jenkins	+0.0	8-1-1	$20725	14	25/1	4.6
20	026-46-1	Sariden	53.0	-	8	3G	C Puls	C A Rees	-4.0	11-1-4	$27050	7	12/1	0.2

Caulfield Race 4 Betting Tips:

#1 Stoneblack – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet
#8 Diazling – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

Race 5 – 2:31 – $70,000 Chisholm Institute Hcp (1800m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	All	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	65032141	Only He Knows	59.0	-	15	7G	G Boss	R W Smerdon	+1.0	37-7-11	$251330	14	9/4	0.5
2	0341-110	Diggersanddealers	57.5	2.0	8	6G	N Rose	R T Cleaver	+1.0	51-10-7	$226628	7	6/1	8.9
3	00080X05	Gotta Keep Cool	57.0	-	12	6G	B Melham	D K Weir	+0.5	38-8-10	$416020	14	20/1	3.7
4	1-6333×2	Abitofado	56.5	3.0	13	5G	A Mccabe	M D Moroney	-0.5	37-7-14	$191713	21	9/1	3.3
5	50158X06	Bolle	56.5	-	7	7G	D Yendall	Ms B E Marsh	+0.5	42-10-11	$271990	14	11/1	4.1
6	2X970984	Makeadreamcometrue	56.0	1.5	11	6G	J Maskiell	R W Smerdon	+0.0	35-6-10	$207620	14	6/1	3.6
7	-9X85458	Command Prince	55.0	-	2	6G	C William	Parker	+2.0	19-6-3	$116995	21	80/1	11.1
8	4228X321	Miss Lily Rose	54.0	3.0	10	4M	J Noonan	M G Price	+0.5	17-2-8	$155967	21	9/2	3.3
9	7050×8X5	Good Red	54.0	-	9	7G	N Hall	L Oliver	-5.0	44-6-13	$211060	10	25/1	6.8
10	000X780X	Reputable	54.0	-	3	6G	D Dunn	D O’Brien	-2.5	22-5-0	$154842	56	6/1	21.1
11	0-8311-3	Validator	54.0	-	5	5G	-	M Hibbs	+1.0	42-6-12	$199695	14	7/1	1.9
12	X4561X33	Schwarzer	54.0	-	14	6G	D Holland	B Jenkins	-3.0	22-4-10	$76617	17	9/1	8.5
13	-8073330	Raid The Royals	54.0	-	4	9G	D Chipman	Ms C Kyle	-3.0	53-8-12	$327101	10	15/1	15.6
14	11280X73	Sea Hunter	54.0	2.0	6	4G	W Egan	M A Kavanagh	-4.5	14-2-4	$55205	10	7/1	2.4
15	46X79310	Pliers	54.0	-	1	4G	-	K M Keys	-4.0	19-3-2	$105818	20	7/1	23.9
16	46227996	Gotta Be A Fox	54.0	-	16	4G	-	G Dendle	+0.5	18-1-4	$26275	10	12/1	5.0

Caulfield Race 5 Betting Tips:

#8 Miss Lily Rose – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

Race 6 – 3:07 – $125,000 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	2062578x	Mr Baritone	58.5	8	8G	M Zahra	M D Moroney	+6.5	62-8-22	$1245670	49	25/1	3.5
2	-00X008X	Douro Valley	58.5	9	8G	J Winks	P J Morgan	-0.5	57-8-15	$1239258	294	50/1	9.0
3	34×141X3	Royal Ida	58.5	10	9G	B Rawiller	L Oliver	+0.0	56-18-15	$825399	14	5/1	0.2
4	02-18-84	Stanzout	58.5	7	7G	C William	C J Davies	+0.0	38-8-8	$604882	14	15/1	0.7
5	3706X77X	Secret Flyer	58.5	5	6G	L McGill	M W Young	+2.0	26-9-6	$357773	175	20/1	3.8
6	2312116X	Apprehend	58.5	11	4G	K Sanderson	A J Vasil	+1.0	28-6-11	$364192	164	7/2	5.1
7	x1757X92	Keano	58.5	4	4H	N Hall	D O’Brien	+0.0	18-5-4	$276537	14	10/1	0.1
8	5-12141X	Shoot Out	58.0	1	3G	S Katsidis	J P Wallace	+1.5	11-5-2	$1364200	112	15/4	1.3
9	4-8X117X	Tollesprit	58.0	3	3G	S WArnold	S Fliedner	+8.0	11-4-2	$261375	147	20/1	3.0
10	0X112×1X	Velocitea	56.5	6	4M	C Newitt	M G Price	+2.5	18-7-6	$551920	90	6/1	0.4
11	X11-0331	Elumino	56.5	2	4M	L Nolen	P Moody	+3.5	14-6-4	$263951	21	12/1	0.2

Caulfield Race 6 Betting Tips:

#10 Velocitea – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

Race 7 – 3:43 – $70,000 The Yalumba Masters (1400m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	All	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	31221322	Beyond Pardon	59.0	1.5	14	3G	J Maskiell	R W Smerdon	+0.0	16-3-10	$264181	14	3/1	0.2
2	X13-4-35	Briefed	56.5	-	8	3G	B Melham	E Jusufovic	+0.0	12-3-3	$142838	14	11/1	1.9
3	1111-58X	Eraset	56.5	-	12	3G	J Winks	D O’Brien	-0.5	7-4-0	$87038	168	12/1	3.7
4	2214X311	Comic Composer	55.5	-	16	3G	D Oliver	M G Price	-1.5	7-3-3	$60713	8	5/2	1.5
5	76122X88	Cavendish	55.0	-	5	3G	-	C W Little	-1.0	9-2-2	$52688	24	11/2	10.9
6	232X11	Imperial Command	55.0	-	10	3G	P Mertens	M A Kavanagh	+2.0	5-2-3	$92017	14	12/1	0.2
7	157X1612	Likely Lad	55.0	-	13	3G	C Symons	S Fliedner	-2.0	7-3-1	$36525	7	20/1	1.0
8	1X332812	Wassaic	54.5	-	9	3G	-	P Snowden	-4.5	8-2-5	$39650	10	9/4	2.3
9	5×14-514	Eight Cards	54.0	-	4	3G	C William	R T Cleaver	-1.5	7-2-0	$30138	7	11/1	4.1
10	229X211	Ripleys	53.5	-	11	3G	L Nolen	D O’Sullivan	-5.5	6-2-3	$31350	8	3/1	0.8
11	12-1	Starshot	53.5	-	3	3G	D Yendall	P Chow	-5.5	3-2-1	$17750	13	6/4	0.8
12	137X13	Princess Narine	53.0	-	6	3F	C Newitt	M G Price	+0.0	5-2-2	$32875	14	13/2	0.6
13	223X01-9	Flash Madica	53.0	3.0	2	3G	J Noonan	T D Kelly	-4.0	13-1-5	$65075	21	14/1	15.1
14	68X8-130	Canny Be A Bulldog	53.0	-	7	3G	-	C A Conron	-4.0	6-1-1	$12067	17	8/1	14.5
15	218X2X22	Hotham Heights	53.0	-	1	3G	N Hall	L Oliver	-4.5	6-1-4	$26625	11	10/9	0.1
16	446X1×4	Savaging	53.0	-	15	3G	G Boss	D O’Brien	-4.5	5-1-0	$12550	11	5/2	2.0
17	73X168X0	Cudgewa	53.0	-	17	3G	-	B O Cox	+0.0	6-1-1	$17125	14	30/1	4.8

Caulfield Race 7 Betting Tips:

#1 Beyond Pardon – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

Race 8 – 4:20 – $70,000 The Chairman’s Retirement Hcp (1400m)

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	All	B	AT	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	X094311X	Gorky Park	59.5	-	12	6H	S W Arnold	D Hayes	+1.5	20- 4- 7	$822250	805	6/1	5.0
2	37X14512	Philda	59.0	3.0	14	5G	A Mccabe	M Kent	+0.0	28-10-10	$274066	14	7/4	0.4
3	17X73364	El Mandon	56.0	-	7	5G	C Symons	M G Price	-0.5	24-5-11	$310551	21	20/1	2.8
4	X804039-	Maxisun	55.5	-	3	5H	D Dunn	A J Vasil	+1.5	25-6-5	$196120	28	7/1	4.9
5	233212X6	Berringama	55.0	-	16	4G	G Boss	B O Cox	-3.5	20-3-11	$187353	14	12/1	2.6
6	1080X90X	Sermon	54.5	-	13	6G	D Oliver	P Gelagotis	-1.5	39-5-9	$311389	77	150/1	18.7
7	7145134X	Fairygem	54.0	3.0	1	5M	J Noonan	P Moody	-2.5	20-5-3	$231236	145	32/10	3.7
8	2-49313X	Carbon Trader	53.5	-	15	5G	-	S Fliedner	+0.0	27-4-11	$164883	140	11/2	8.8
9	9X3540-7	Oroya Gold	53.5	-	4	6G	-	C Maher	-5.0	48-5-20	$430925	14	50/1	6.1
10	06X80X84	Schilling	53.5	-	17	5G	N Hall	P J Morgan	+0.0	17-3-4	$386520	14	30/1	0.6
11	358X05X0	Jennings	53.0	2.0	6	7G	W Egan	Ms A Torpy	-6.0	39-8-8	$229204	17	40/1	12.3
12	6206X47x	Lucky Thunder	53.0	-	9	4H	C William	D O’Brien	-1.0	17-2-6	$259000	49	12/1	8.1
13	210X9065	Twenty Grand	53.0	1.5	11	7G	J Maskiell	G S White	-1.0	34-8-10	$136429	7	9/2	1.7
14	181X1517	Lake Crescent	53.0	-	8	4G	-	G S White	+0.0	19-7-3	$85191	14	9/2	2.2
15	60X84653	Sacred Orders	53.0	-	10	6G	D Yendall	G Portelli	+0.0	34-5-10	$193790	7	7/2	0.2
16	33X46-90	True Tales	53.0	-	19	4G	C Newitt	A J Vasil	-0.5	21-6-4	$175431	14	15/2	4.3
17	0112X190	Live In Sin	53.0	-	5	4M	L Nolen	P Moody	-1.0	17-5-3	$93293	14	9/2	8.9
18	3557004X	Sentire	53.0	-	18	8G	-	R E Laing	-3.0	53-5-12	$348710	248	9/4	6.9
19	1263X940	Kronstan	53.0	-	2	5G	D Gauci	P E Conroy	+1.0	32-5-3	$67337	14	20/1	4.2

Caulfield Race 8 Betting Tips:

#2 Philda – rated special to win bet now at SportsBet

2010 Bletchingly Stakes Preview & Betting Tips

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:56:37 +0000

This Saturday the action and excitement of the 2010 Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival gets underway at Caulfield racecourse with the running of the first Group race of the season, the $125,000 Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m).

Eleven excellent hopefuls will take to the track in the 2010 Bletchingly Stakes ready to kick-start their spring campaigns with a stakes win, including the pronounced favourite Shoot Out.

The John Wallace-trained winner of the Group 1 AJC Derby (2400m) back in April is having his first-up run in the Bletchingly Stakes on Saturday after a four month break, with Wallace confident the High Chaparral gelding can take it out from barrier one.

Drawn ideally and coming off an impressive hitout over 900m at Doomben, Shoot Out looks well poised to win on Saturday and begin his ambitions spring campaign with Wallace nominating Shoot Out for $3million Cox Plate and the $6million Melbourne Cup.

It is a classy field Shoot Out must beat in the Bletchingly, with other top chances including local veteran Royal Ida (#3 – Br. 10) who ran third in the Listed J Monash Stakes (1100m) here last start, J Monash runner-up Keano (#7 – Br. 4) trained by Danny O’Brien, and improving gelding Tollesprit (#9 – Br. 3).

But Shoot Out’s biggest dangers will come from two classy mares, horses 10 and 11, Velocitea and Elumino.

The Mick Price-trained Velocitea has drawn midfield in the Bletchingly Stakes with barrier six, the impressive Volksraad mare running in their first race since winning the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville back in May.

Velocitea’s Goodwood victory was the culmination of an impressive summer/autumn campaign that also included a second to Rostova in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m).

At good odds Velocitea looks a great value bet to win at SportsBet.

The other horse with claims is the Peter Moody-trained Elumino.

Drawn ideally in barrier two, the rising five-year-old mare took out the prestigious Victorian Sprint Series at Flemington at the start of the month, has a consistent record over this distance and looks an excellent Each Way bet through SportsBet.

The 2010 Bletchingly Stakes is scheduled as race number six on Caulfield’s bumper eight-event card for Saturday and is due to jump at 3:07pm.

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Races.com.au Bletchingly Stakes Betting Tips:

#10 Velocitea – racted special to win bet now at SportsBet

And to run second and third the chances are:

#11 Elumino SportsBet

#8 Shoot Out SportsBet

#3 Royal Ida SportsBet

#7 Keano SportsBet

2010 Bletchingly Stakes Final Field, Barrier Draw & Form

No	Form	Horse Name	Hand	B	AS	Jockey	Trainer	Wdiff	Career	Stakes	Lrun	Lsp	Mgn
1	2062578x	Mr Baritone	58.5	8	8G	M Zahra	M D Moroney	+6.5	62-8-22	$1245670	49	25/1	3.5
2	-00X008X	Douro Valley	58.5	9	8G	J Winks	P J Morgan	-0.5	57-8-15	$1239258	294	50/1	9.0
3	34×141X3	Royal Ida	58.5	10	9G	B Rawiller	L Oliver	+0.0	56-18-15	$825399	14	5/1	0.2
4	02-18-84	Stanzout	58.5	7	7G	C William	C J Davies	+0.0	38-8-8	$604882	14	15/1	0.7
5	3706X77X	Secret Flyer	58.5	5	6G	L McGill	M W Young	+2.0	26-9-6	$357773	175	20/1	3.8
6	2312116X	Apprehend	58.5	11	4G	K Sanderson	A J Vasil	+1.0	28-6-11	$364192	164	7/2	5.1
7	x1757X92	Keano	58.5	4	4H	N Hall	D O’Brien	+0.0	18-5-4	$276537	14	10/1	0.1
8	5-12141X	Shoot Out	58.0	1	3G	S Katsidis	J P Wallace	+1.5	11-5-2	$1364200	112	15/4	1.3
9	4-8X117X	Tollesprit	58.0	3	3G	S W Arnold	S Fliedner	+8.0	11-4-2	$261375	147	20/1	3.0
10	0X112×1X	Velocitea	56.5	6	4M	C Newitt	M G Price	+2.5	18-7-6	$551920	90	6/1	0.4
11	X11-0331	Elumino	56.5	2	4M	L Nolen	P Moody	+3.5	14-6-4	$263951	21	12/1	0.2

Form Legend:

No: Saddlcloth number of the horse

Form: Last eight placings, X means a break of three months or more, – means let up

Horse Name: Racename of the horse

Hand: Weight the horse is handicappted at and will carry for the race

B: Barrier number, position horse is drawn

AS: Age and sex of horse

Jockey: Jockey that will ride horse

Trainer: Trainer of the horse

Wdiff: The difference in weight between this start and the horse’s last start

Career: S – Total career starts for the horse / W – Number of wins / P – Number of placings

Stakes: How much prizemoney the horse has won

Lrun: How many days since the horse had last run

Lsp: The odds the horse started at in their last run

Mgn: The distance by which the horse won or was beaten by at their last start

Japanese Horses Cleared for 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:54:18 +0000

For the first time since 2006, the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival will be host to a contingent of classy Japanese runners after the announcement they have been cleared to travel Down Under in time for the spring.

Earlier in the month there were doubts whether Japanese quarantine facilities would be cleared by Australian officials in time for the Melbourne Cup Carnival, but the Federal Government and AQIS announced on Wednesday that approvals had been made.

It is welcome news for both countries as the VRC welcomes the strong international competition in Australia’s top feature races and the Japanese are eager to stake their claims in the time-honoured Melbourne Cup.

“This approval delivers a positive outcome for the state of Victoria and indeed the nation with a large contingent of Japanese media and tourists now set to join their horses in Melbourne in the coming months,” Racing Victoria General Manager of Racing Operations Leigh Jordon said.

The announcement that pre-export facilities at Tokyo and Nakayama have been cleared comes just in time, as nominations for the 2010 Melbourne Cup close next Tuesday.

The Melbourne Cup final field has not featured a representative from Japan since 2006, when Japanese duo Delta Blues and Pop Rock ran the quinella for owner Katsumi Yoshida.

Eye Popper, who placed second in the 2005 Caulfield Cup before finishing a lacklustre 12^th in that year’s Melbourne Cup, is the only other Japanese horse to run in a Melbourne Cup.

In 2007 the breakout of the equine influenza saw a ban on Japanese runners travelling to Australia put in place, stopping them from contesting the Melbourne Cup.

This year marks the 150^th running of the Melbourne Cup, worth a record $6 million, and there are two Japanese gallopers in particular with their eye on the Cup prize.

Jaguar Mail, also owned by Yoshida, will be a top chance in the 2010 Melbourne Cup after he claimed an inspiring victory in the Group 1 Tenno Sho (3200m), run over the same testing ‘two-mile’ distance of the Melbourne cup, at Kyoto in Japan back in May.

Leading Aussie hoop Craig Williams enjoyed the win aboard the Noriyuki Hori-trained Jaguar Mail in the Tenno Sho during his stint riding overseas and will take the mount on the star stayer if he makes the 2010 Melbourne Cup final field.

Tenno Sho runner-up Meiner Kitz is another Melbourne Cup aspirant.

“The Japanese horses proved during the 2005 and 2006 Spring Racing Carnivals that they are world class performers and their presence in the 150^th Emirates Melbourne Cup and any lead-up races for that matter would add immense intrigue,” Jordon said.

There is also talk that Meiner Kitz’s stablemate Break A Theory is being aimed at the 2010 Victoria Derby on the opening Melbourne Cup Carnival meeting at Flemington on October 30.

If Break A Theory runs in the premier spring race for three-year-olds, they would be the first internationally-trained horse to contest the Victoria Derby.

Pre-nomination betting markets for the 2010 Melbourne Cup at SportingBet favour 2009 Crown Oaks winner Faint Perfume, with other early top elects including Linton, Profound Beauty and last year’s winner Shocking.

Bookmark us as we will be the first to publish the 2010 Melbourne Cup nominations next week, the latest spring carnival news and the final field and form for the Melbourne Cup in the coming months.

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Greatest Melbourne Cup Field Revealed

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:58:56 +0000

The 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup Trophy, celebrating 150 years

In anticipation of the 2010 Melbourne Cup this November, celebrations by the Victorian Racing Club yesterday included the unveiling of the Greatest Cup Never Run, a fictional list of the best 24 Melbourne Cup winners throughout history.

Selected by the VRC’s chief handicapper Greg Carpenter and published in the book The Story of the Melbourne Cup: Australia’s Greatest Race that was launched yesterday, the historic Melbourne Cup field features an incredible selection of gallopers that have won the time-honoured Melbourne Cup over the past 149 years.

The unique Melbourne Cup field is headed by the legendary Phar Lap (1930) honoured with the ‘topweight’ of 60kg and includes other great Cup winners including record three-time winner Makybe Diva (2003-2005), dual victor Peter Pan (1932, 1934), inaugural winner Archer (1861, 1862, and four of premier trainer Bart Cummings’ stars with Galilee (1966), Saintly (1996), Light Fingers (1965) and Think Big (1974, 1975) sneaking in at the bottom of the field.

A mock call of the Greatest Cup Never Run will be held at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day.

There is a great story behind each and every turf star in the fictional field and this year on Tuesday November 2 another page in the Melbourne Cup tale will be written with the 150^th running of the world’s richest handicap.

Next Tuesday the Melbourne Cup first nominations close and the large list of hopeful horses will be published here.

Once the 2010 Melbourne Cup nominations are in, the betting markets really begin to heat up so to lock in the most generous odds before they shorten head to SportingBet today who have pre-nomination odds available, topped by early favourite Faint Perfume at $15.

The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival kicks off this Saturday with the first Group race of the season, the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

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Greatest Cup Never Run Field

#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	PHAR LAP	Harry Telford	Jim Pike	(21)	60kg
2	CARBINE	Walter Hickenbotham	Bob Ramage	(16)	59kg
3	MAKYBE DIVA	Lee Freedman	Glen Boss	(14)	58kg
4	PETER PAN	Frank McGrath	Darby Munro	(13)	58kg
5	GALILEE	Bart Cummings	John Miller	(1)	57.5kg
6	POSEIDON	Ike Earnshaw	Tom Clayton	(3)	57.5kg
7	RISING FAST	Ivan Tucker	Jack Purtell	(11)	57kg
8	RAIN LOVER	Mick Robins	Jim Johnson	(7)	56kg
9	COMIC COURT	Jim Cummings	Pat Glennon	(24)	55.5kg
10	GRAND FLANEUR	Tom Brown	Tom Hales	(4)	55.5kg
11	MIGHT AND POWER	Jack Denham	Jim Cassidy	(12)	55kg
12	ARCHER	Etienne De Mestre	Johnny Cutts	(22)	54kg
13	VINTAGE CROP	Dermot Weld	Mick Kinane	(10)	54kg
14	DELTA	Maurice McCarten	Neville Sellwood	(9)	53.5kg
15	MALUA	Isaac Foulsham	Alick Robertson	(17)	53.5kg
16	NIGHTMARCH	Alex McAulay	Roy Reed	(5)	53.5kg
17	POITREL	Harry Robinson	Ken Bracken	(20)	53.5kg
18	SAINTLY	Bart Cummings	Darren Beadman	(2)	53kg
19	THE BARB	John Tait	William Davis	(18)	53kg
20	DALRAY	Clarrie McCarthy	Bill Williamson	(19)	52.5kg
21	HALL MARK	Jack Holt	Jack O’Sullivan	(23)	52.5kg
22	LIGHT FINGERS	Bart Cummings	Roy Higgins	(15)	52.5kg
23	DORIEMUS	Lee Freedman	Damien Oliver	(6)	52kg
24	THINK BIG	Bart Cummings	Harry White	(8)	52kg

Best Horses Brithday Betting Bonus

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:29:33 +0000

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Boss Engaged to Ride Faint Perfume During Spring Carnival

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:38:04 +0000

Champion Australian hoop Glen Boss will ride star filly and early 2010 Melbourne Cup favourite Faint Perfume during her Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival campaign this year.

Faint Perfume, trained by the legendary Bart Cummings, was ridden by rival jockey Michael Rodd during her recent autumn runs.

Rodd was aboard for her smart victory in the Group 1 Storm Queen Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill and her gallant second to Once Were Wild in the Group 1 AJC Australian Oaks (2400m) last start in April.

But Cummings, readying himself for a record 13^th Melbourne Cup victory this November, has made an agreement for Boss to replace Rodd as Faint Perfume’s jockey this spring.

Boss has voiced much praise for the 2009 Crown Oaks winner, especially over the rising four-year-old’s unbeaten record at the famous Flemington track.

Faint Perfume, a daughter of Shamardal out of Zona, has won five of her 11 career starts to date for over $1.44 million in prizemoney including three from three at Flemington.

Last year Faint Perfume took out the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m), Group 1 Crown Oaks (2500m) and the Group 2 Kewney Stakes (1600m) at Flemington and looks set for another stunning spring campaign this year.

Glen Boss holds the record as the only jockey to have won three successive Melbourne Cups when he rode the magnificent Makybe Diva in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

A win in the 2010 Melbourne Cup aboard Faint Perfume and Boss would equal the record shared by Bobbie Lewis and Harry White, becoming a four time Melbourne Cup winning jockey.

Early pre-nomination betting markets are already open on the 2010 Melbourne Cup at SportingBet, with Faint Perfume the current $15 favourite to win the 150^th edition of the famous Flemington feature.

Faint Perfume’s favouritism not only has to do with her impressive record, but the fact that she should be weighted well for the Melbourne Cup due to the large number of international contenders this year.

Other top contenders attracting plenty of money from the punters to become the 2010 Melbourne Cup Winner include Linton, classy Irish mare Profound Beauty, the John O’Shea trained duo Jessicabeel and Zabrasive, and last year’s winner Shocking.

The Mark Kavanagh-trained Shocking is due to be ridden in the 2010 Melbourne Cup by Faint Perfume’s old jockey Michael Rodd, who is now too heavy to board the filly.

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Nominations for the 2010 Melbourne Cup will be announced next Tuesday, and we will be the first to publish the list of horses nominated for the $6 million race.

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Caulfield Race Schedule & Form for Saturday July 31 – Bletchingly Stakes Day

Race 1 – 12:10 – $70,000 Congratulations Luke Nolen Hcp (1000m)

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Race 2 – 12:45 – $70,000 Congratulations Peter Moody Hcp (1200m)

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Caulfield Race 2 Betting Tips:

Race 3 – 1:20 – $70,000 Pin & Win For Epilepsy Hcp (1200m)

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Caulfield Race 3 Betting Tips:

Race 4 – 1:55 – $70,000 Join MRC & Receive $2000 Hcp (1200m)

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Caulfield Race 4 Betting Tips:

Race 5 – 2:31 – $70,000 Chisholm Institute Hcp (1800m)

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