In-form youngster Rudy heads a quality line-up of three-year-olds putting their early Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival claims on the line in Saturday’s Gunsynd Classic 2014 at Eagle Farm Racecourse.

One of two Group features on the program, this year’s $125,000 Group 3 APHS Gunsynd Classic (1600m) is set to run as Eagle Farm Race 6 at 3:15pm (AEST).

There are 14 hopefuls in the mix, the top-rated of which is Red Dazzler gelding Rudy shooting for their third win on the trot.

The consistent runner has posted five wins from their 10 starts to date, including back-to-back Doomben wins over the past month.

Their latest effort was in a three-year-olds’ set weights clash from April 12 over 1350m where they defeated Friendly Dragon and Olympic Anthem.

On Saturday they’ve drawn ideally in gate four with apprentice hoop Tegan Harrison retaining her association as Rudy steps up to the mile for the first time.

There are a number of flying three-year-olds also coming into the Gunsynd Classic on the back of multiple wins this year including the Rob Heathcote-trained Hopfgarten.

Set to jump from the visitor’s gate 14 here, well-bred Mossman gelding Hopfgarten has won their past three straight and is out to make it a quartet.

Their two most recent have been over 1400m and 1500m respectively at Eagle Farm, one run on a Heavy (9) the other on a Good (3).

They’ve handled each run to perfection, can handle any kind of ground and going up another 100m for the 1600m for this looks ideal.

The other gallopers coming off dual wins are then the Bede Murray-trained interstate raider Darci Magic last seen winning over the Warwick Farm mile in the mud, Trevor Bailey’s Street Cry gelding Avalanches who comes off successive 1800m wins at the Gold Coast, Lucky Lurce and Cruz By in gate 13 for local horseman Brian Smith.

Other notable hopes then include John Thompson’s last start Sunshine Coast winner Always A Gibberer and the Gillian Heinrich-trained Oratorio filly Shiraz Attack last seen running fourth to Rudy at Doomben two weeks back.

Check out the complete Gunsynd Classic 2014 field, barriers and jockeys in the table below.

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2014 Gunsynd Classic Final Field & Barrier Draw

Eagle Farm Race 6 – 3:15pm (AEST) – 26/04/2014

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	1x61885x11	RUDY	Helen Page	Ms Tegan Harrison (a)	4	57kg	84
2	1900738106	ARCHITECT	David J Lawlor	Andrew Spinks	8	57kg	74.5
3	413615×0	BODEGA NEGRA	Bruce W Hill	Kelvin Wharton	1	57kg	73
4	2268×83111	HOPFGARTEN	Robert Heathcote	Damian Browne	14	57kg	77.5
5	7147×711	DARCI MAGIC (NZ)	Bede Murray	Jason Taylor	11	57kg	72
6	x145343155	CASARATI	Bruce W Hill	Chris Munce	7	57kg	68
7	152x0x12	OLYMPIC ANTHEM (NZ)	Robert Heathcote	Michael Cahill	2	57kg	71
8	x863453611	AVALANCHES	Trevor Bailey	Scott Galloway	5	57kg	69
9	6×1198	SAGUARO (NZ)	Peter G Moody	Jim Byrne	6	57kg	67
10	24×3711	LUCKY LUCRE	Matthew Dunn	Glen Colless	9	57kg	67
11	9x25621x10	OOSTHUIZEN	Kelly Schweida	Eddie Wilkinson	12	57kg	66
12	0x355x1	ALWAYS A GIBBERER	John P Thompson	Ric McMahon	3	57kg	61
13	6x211348x4	SHIRAZ ATTACK	Gillian Heinrich	Timothy Bell	10	55kg	73
14	705×11	CRUZ BY (NZ)	Brian Smith	Larry Cassidy	13	55kg	66