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