Joe Pride’s flying sprinter Tiger Tees is out to retain an undefeated new season record as the top rated acceptor for Saturday’s Tramway Stakes 2014 at Royal Randwick Racecourse.

One of three Group 2 highlights on the Sydney program for the weekend, this year’s $175,000 Tattersalls Club Tramway Stakes (1400m) has attracted a final field of 16 hopefuls.

Heading the field and the weights with 58kg is Group 1 The Galaxy winner Tiger Tees coming off back-to-back wins this time in.

Drawn in barrier 11 with a jockey still to be confirmed, the Dubawi seven-year-old enjoyed a first-up Flemington win in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) on August 9 before backing up a fortnight later at Randwick.

At the same track he sees on Saturday Tiger Tees enjoyed a one and a quarter length win over Chris Waller’s Royal Descent with Criterion in third, those two backing up in the Chelmsford Stakes over a mile on Saturday, in the Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m).

A known mudlark he will relish a soft track on the weekend having produced great form on both Slow (5-3-0-1) and Heavy (4-2-1-0) tracks, but also won the Aurie’s Star on a Good (3) so has the ability to handle all types of ground.

There are then two other last start winners in the Tramway Stakes field with the resuming Rising Romance and the in-form My Sabeel drawn in barriers nine and 10 respectively.

Donna Logan’s visiting Kiwi mare Rising Romance is one of the top early fancies at Ladbrokes.com.au for the $3 million Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 18 paying $17 as the equal favourite with Japanese raider Bande, Makybe Diva’s close relation La Amistad and Melbourne Cup top fancy The Offer for Gai Waterhouse.

The Ekraar mare has Group 1 form both at home in New Zealand as well as in Sydney, most recently beating home a field of fellow fillies in her final run as a three-year-old in Randwick’s Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) back in April.

She’s had one Warwick Farm trial since but is yet to win first-up and is likely looking for more ground.

My Sabeel meanwhile has been making a name for herself progressing through the ranks over the past few months.

Kevin Moses’s Savabele seven-year-old most recently stepped back up to black-type company at Randwick on August 23 and relished a Heavy (10) track to beat home Bennetta by an easy four and a half lengths in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1300m).

With six of the nine Chelmsford Stakes acceptors, Waller also has three runners in the Tramway this weekend saddling up the resuming Queensland derby third placed Vilanova (barrier seven), French import Weary (barrier two) up to a mile for the first time since this Doncaster Mile third and Danchai with the rails run from barrier one.

Also with a trio of Tramway Stakes acceptors are then Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes.

Team Hawkes will be represented by Epsom Handicap-bound Toydini (barrier 14), Group 2 winner Ninth Legion (barrier six) out to improve on a first-up seventh at the track behind Terravista and consistent staying type Zephyron with the outside barrier 16 to overcome.

Other notable Tramway Stakes hopes then include the John Sargent-trained Crown Oaks winner Kirramosa (barrier 13) coming off a first-up sixth in the Missile Stakes and Kris Lees’ fellow Group 1 winning mare Lucia Valentina (barrier five) who won the Vinery Stud Stakes last April before her ATC Oaks third to Rising Romance.

Check out the complete Tramway Stakes 2014 field, barriers, jockeys and set weights plus penalties below.

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2014 Tramway Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw

Randwick Race 7 (4:25pm) – 06/09/2014

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	x191437x11	TIGER TEES (NZ)	Joseph Pride	–	11	58kg	112
2	316x85506x	TOYDINI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–	14	57.5kg	109
3	2101x385x7	NINTH LEGION	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–	6	57kg	100
4	771653413x	VILANOVA (NZ)	Chris Waller	Jason Collett	7	57kg	95
5	11231626x	PHEIDON	Gai Waterhouse	Joshua Parr	15	57kg	86
6	4x32132x56	WEARY (FR)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2	56kg	106
7	411312241x	RISING ROMANCE (NZ)	Donna Logan	Tim Clark	9	56kg	105
8	6214x0x2x5	HONORIUS	David Payne	–	4	56kg	103
9	4x414211x6	KIRRAMOSA (NZ)	John Sargent	Blake Shinn	13	56kg	102
10	61F2x3013x	LUCIA VALENTINA (NZ)	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	5	56kg	102
11	31x850113x	ZEPHYRON (NZ)	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	–	16	56kg	99
12	81131550×4	MONTON	Ron Quinton	Sam Clipperton	3	55kg	105
13	54x24912x5	GYPSY DIAMOND	Peter & Paul Snowden	–	8	55kg	101
14	4x585534x4	HOOKED	John P Thompson	Jim Cassidy	12	55kg	96
15	070x38220x	DANCHAI (GB)	Chris Waller	–	1	55kg	94
16	7×41942231	MY SABEEL (NZ)	Kevin Moses	–	10	54kg	87