This Saturday as part of the elite line-up of races scheduled for Randwick’s exciting AJC Australian Derby Day, a collection of Australia’s premier sprinters will take to the track in the $500,000 Group 1 T J Smith Stakes (1200m).
A diminutive but top-class field of seven horses have been accepted in the final field for the 2010 Darley T J Smith Stakes, including four impressive last start winners.
Currently the pre-race favourite for Saturday is the Les Bridge-trained Hot Danish sitting at $2.80 for a win with [iasbet].
Daughter of Nothin’ Leica Dane, Hot Danish won the Group 2 Canterbury Stakes last start and will jump from barrier three on Saturday.
Hot Danish’s biggest rival looks to be Mic Mac, the second favourite at $3.20. Mic Mac, trained by Greg Eurell, had their last race start in November 2009 and is looking to win first up in the T J Smith Stakes.
The other last start winners are Lord Tavistock who won the Group 2 Blamey Stakes last month jumping from barrier one on Saturday, the Peter Moody-trained Wanted coming off their maiden Group 1 victory in the Newmarket Handicap and highly rated mare Patronyme, winner of the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes.
A more detailed preview of the 2010 T J Smith Stakes can be found by clicking on the race name.
The T J Smith Stakes is one of three Group 1 races programmed to run at Randwick on Saturday, the other is the coveted $1.3 million AJC Australian Derby. Follow the link to view the 2010 AJC Australian Derby Final Field & Preview.
T J Smith Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw for 2010:
No. |
Horse |
Trainer |
Rider |
Br. |
Weight (kg) |
| 1 |
MIC MAC |
Greg Eurell | Hugh Bowman | 5 | 58.5 |
| 2 |
LORD TAVISTOCK (NZ) |
Andrew R Campbell | Jason Waddell | 1 | 58.5 |
| 3 |
METAL BENDER (NZ) |
Chris Waller | Damien Oliver | 6 | 58.5 |
| 4 |
HOT DANISH |
Les Bridge | Tim Clark | 3 | 56.5 |
| 5 |
WANTED |
Peter G Moody | Luke Nolen | 4 | 56.5 |
| 6 |
PATRONYME |
Joseph Pride | Nash Rawiller | 2 | 56.5 |
| 7 |
MELITO |
Gerald Ryan | – | 7 | 54.5 |
