Mystic Journey listed among 2019 Bletchingly Stakes Nominations

Tasmanian star and 2019 Cox Plate favourite is listed among the nominations for the Group 3 $160,000 The Big Screen Company Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Cox Plate favourite Mystic Journey, above, is among the nominations for the 2019 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.

Mystic Journey was installed as the early favourite for the 2019 Group 1 $5m Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley on October 26 following her sensational rise to stardom during the 2019 Melbourne Autumn Carnival.

The Adam Trinder trained filly took all before her during the Autumn Carnival with four undefeated runs which came on the back of three wins from four starts during the 2018 Spring Carnivals.

The improving filly quickly climbed her way up through the grades and proved to be the best three year old of the Autumn Carnival when she beat the colts and geldings in the Group 1 $1m Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on March 2 followed by her win in the $5m All-Star Mile (1600m) two later over the Flemington mile again.

Mystic Journey is one of twenty hopefuls nominated for weight for age Bletchingly Stakes and the entries include Group 1 winners Scales Of Justice and Trap For Fools.

Trap For Fools also looks set to kick off his 2019 Spring Carnival in the Bletchingly Stakes following a short break after finishing third to Self Sense in the Listed $350,000 Ladbrokes Mornington Cup (2400m) at Mornington on March 23.

The Jarrod McLean trained Trap For Fools claimed Group 1 glory with an all the way win in the Group 1 $2m Seppelt Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington during the 2018 Melbourne Spring Carnival but hasn’t found the winner’s stall again from his next five starts.

Re-located former Western Australian trained Lindsey Smith has nominated Scales Of Justice for the Bletchingly Stakes which will be his first run back after finishing third in the Group 3 $150,000 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot in Perth in November last year.

Scales Of Justice was one of the stars of the 2016 – 2017 Perth Summer Carnival with his win in the Group 1 $1m Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot.

Nominations for the 2019 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m)

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	63×8719820	ALL ABOUT NICCI	M	6	Kym Hann	81
2	68×6311416	BANDIPUR	G	4	Richard Laming	101
3	4×80345112	BEAUTIFUL FLYER	M	6	Len Jarvis	78
4	58x071516x	CLIFF’S EDGE	H	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	105
5	115040×333	HOLY BLADE	G	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	90
6	2260824132	JUNGLE EDGE	G	8	Mick Bell	105
7	193426x2x7	KEN’S DREAM	G	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	95
8	11x041650x	MAHAMEDEIS	G	4	Nick Ryan	91
9	5×04284514	MISS IANO	M	5	Mark C Webb	82
10	x422142241	MISS VIXEN	M	4	Cindy Alderson	87
11	1511x1111x	MYSTIC JOURNEY	F	3	Adam Trinder	115
12	8273×57756	QUEEN ANNABEL	M	5	Rebecca Kelly	77
13	1x2730x53x	SCALES OF JUSTICE	G	6	Lindsey Smith	109
14	72154x17x1	SESAR	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	100
15	30×1228232	SPIRIT OF AQUADA	G	4	Gareth Andrews	77
16	28863x226x	SPIRIT OF VALOR (USA)	H	5	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	108
17	79305520×5	SYLPHEED	M	5	Matt Cumani	89
18	5216x5233x	TRAP FOR FOOLS	G	5	Jarrod McLean	110
19	4x4993305x	TRUE EXCELSIOR (NZ)	M	4	Leon & Troy Corstens	84
20	131x4109x5	TSHAHITSI	G	7	Chris Crook & Imogen Miller	103