2012 William Reid Stakes Form Guide & Preview

The latest race of the Melbourne Autumn Carnival will run under the lights at Moonee Valley this Friday night, the Races.com.au team’s exclusive William Reid Stakes 2012 form guide and betting preview found below.

Woorim is one of four horses in the 2012 William Reid Stakes to have won over the track and distance before

Won 12 months ago by the best sprinter in the business Black Caviar, the $400,000 Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) is this year dominated by another, Black Caviar’s perennial whipping boy Hay List.

Odds-on favourite paying $1.35 in the William Reid Stakes odds at bookmaker.com.au, Hay List will certainly relish meeting a similar field to that he defeated in the Newmarket Handicap last start, this time at weight-for-age.

There has only been one small setback with the news John McNair’s stable ace has some minor bruising, but other than that Hay List looks fit and ready to score thoroughbred major number four.

While Hay List is the definite horse to beat he must still defeat seven quality rivals on Friday evening in order to salute for the punters.

So can he do it? Or will there be an upset William Reid Stakes result by one of the others such as Newmarket runner-up Buffering or resuming Cox Plate third placegetter Rekindled Interest?

The crew of form analysts at Races.com.au have gone over the 2012 William Reid Stakes field, form and betting history to come up with the need to know facts on the Friday night feature.

2012 William Reid Stakes Form & Betting Analysis

Last year’s William Reid Stakes winner Black Caviar came off a win in the Newmarket Handicap, jumped from barrier six (of seven) and was ridden by Luke Nolen
This year #1 Hay List ($1.35 bookmaker.com.au) is also out for the Newmarket – William Reid Stakes double, barrier six belongs to #4 Rekindled Interest ($21 bookmaker.com.au) while Nolen will ride #7 Mid Summer Music ($31 bookmaker.com.au) as he and trainer Peter Moody seeks successive wins
Hay List is also out to become just the second male racehorse in history to score the Newmarket – William Reid Stakes double joining All Veil
#1 Hay List ($1.35 bookmaker.com.au) boasts the best Win Rate of the field – 68.18% – followed by #7 Mid Summer Music with 50.00%
#5 Beaded has the highest Place Percentage of the field with an impressive 91.67% followed closely by #1 Hay List (90.91%)
#4 Rekindled Interest is the William Reid Stakes betting market mover backed in from $26 to $21 at bookmaker.com.au
Along with #1 Hay List ($1.35 bookmaker.com.au), #4 Rekindled Interest ($21 bookmaker.com.au) and #2 Buffering ($12 bookmaker.com.au) are also out to become the first four-year-old male to win the William Reid since Hareeba (1995)
Three-year-olds won nine William Reid Stakes from 1994 – 2006 and this year #8 Foxwedge ($12 bookmaker.com.au) will be out to restore the honour of the 3YO’s
Horses to have won at Moonee Valley previously are #1 Hay List (2-2-0-0), #2 Buffering (2-1-0-0), #3 Woorim (3-1-0-0), #4 Rekindled Interest (4-2-0-1), #6 Lone Rock (5-1-1-1) and #7 Mid Summer Music (1-1-0-0)
Over the William Reid Stakes distance (1200m) horses with the best record are #1 Hay List (10-7-2-0), #2 Buffering (14-4-5-2), #5 Beaded (13-5-5-2), #6 Lone Rock (11-3-1-3), #7 Mid Summer Music (10-5-1-1) and #8 Foxwedge (6-1-2-2)
William Reid Stakes hopefuls to have won over the Track & Distance are #1 Hay List (1-1-0-0), #3 Woorim (2-1-0-0), #6 Lone Rock (3-1-0-1) and #7 Mid Summer Music (1-1-0-0)

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2012 William Reid Stakes Field & Form Guide

Moonee Valley Race 6 – 9:15pm – 23/03/2012

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	A/S	Days	API	Career	Win%	Place%	Last 6
1.	HAY LIST	J C Mcnair	Glyn Schofield	4	58.5	6yoG	13	$112,560	22: 15 5 0	68.18%	90.91%	212×21
2.	BUFFERING	R L Heathcote	Michael Rodd	3	58.5	4yoG	13	$61,427	22: 8 5 3	36.36%	72.73%	462×32
3.	WOORIM	R L Heathcote	Damian Browne	8	58.5	6yoG	13	$27,478	38: 11 6 3	28.95%	52.63%	617×15
4.	REKINDLED INTEREST	J T Conlan	Dwayne Dunn	6	58.5	4yoG	146	$59,592	13: 3 1 2	23.08%	46.15%	41533x
5.	BEADED	Peter Snowden	Kerrin Mc Evoy	2	56.5	6yoM	13	$65,366	24: 10 7 5	41.67%	91.67%	122×20
6.	LONE ROCK	R W Smerdon	Craig Williams	5	56.5	4yoM	13	$34,474	16: 4 2 3	25.00%	56.25%	513×50
7.	MID SUMMER MUSIC	P G Moody	Luke Nolen	7	56.5	6yoM	139	$29,661	18: 9 3 3	50.00%	83.33%	12363x
8.	FOXWEDGE	J A O’shea	Nash Rawiller	1	56	3yoC	13	$62,950	11: 4 2 2	36.36%	72.73%	412×43