2020 Caulfield Cup Second Acceptances Leave 42 Hopefuls

The connections of 42 stayers have paid second acceptance fees for the Caulfield Cup 2020 with the countdown on for next weekend’s $5 million classic.

Verry Elleegant Horse Form (Photo: Steve Hart) | Races.com.au

Chris Waller’s brilliant mare Verry Elleegant is one of the 42 second acceptors for the 2020 Caulfield Cup this spring. Photo: Steve Hart.

The opening leg of the coveted Spring Cups double, the Group 1 Stella Artois Caulfield Cup (2400m) headlines the racing action at Caulfield on October 17, the same day as Sydney’s $15 million The Everest at Randwick.

Despite COVID-19 and its restrictions, it is shaping up as a stellar edition of the Caulfield Cup in 2020 with the latest acceptances for the world’s richest mile and a half handicap led by the Chris Waller-trained Verry Elleegant.

The brilliant daughter of Zed is allocated 55kg in the Caulfield Cup weights and was last seen carrying a half-kilo more than that to a very gutsy victory in Flemington’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

She’s proven over the 2400m having won her two previous runs over the distance and presents fit fourth-up in the event for Waller who chases his maiden Caulfield Cup victory.

Along with Verry Elleegant Waller also four other second acceptors still in the mix including Toffee Tongue and Finche who ran second and third respectively behind their star stablemate in the Turnbull trifecta.

Verry Elleegant sits equal top of the all-in Caulfield Cup odds at Ladbrokes.com.au at $7 along with the Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish raider Anthony Van Dyck.

There is a total of nine international raiders still in contention led by O’Brien’s Galileo entire Anthony Van Dyck, last year’s English Derby champion coming off a Group 2 win over the 2400m at Longchamp from September 13.

The talented stayer is the 58.5kg Caulfield Cup top-weight but remains a favourite in the markets.

Among the other standout raiders are Buckhurst for Melbourne Cup winning trainer Joseph O’Brien, Charlie Fellowes’ regular Spring Cups performer down under Prince Of Arran and the Andrew Balding-trained Dashing Willoughby.

Along with Verry Elleegant the other Group 1 winner from last weekend’s racing among the Caulfield Cup second acceptors is the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Mirage Dancer who took out Randwick’s Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m).

The now seven-year-old was third in the Caulfield Cup results last year and, after handing his sire Frankel a maiden Australian Group 1 success with the Epsom Day victory, will be out to go two better this season.

Beaten The Metropolitan favourite Mugatoo ran second in that 2400m showdown and could get the chance to turn the tables with trainer Kris Lees paying second acceptances for the Caulfield Cup.

The most notable withdrawal meanwhile was the Danny O’Brien-trained Russian Camelot who instead heads to The Valley on October 24 for the $5 million Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m).

The final 2020 Caulfield Cup acceptances close at 3:00pm (AEDT) on Wednesday October 14, 2020.

Click here for the latest Caulfield Cup futures markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Caulfield Cup Second Acceptances

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x42212x141	VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	1	55kg		2.5
2	x1x1311x90	AKTAU (GB)	G	5	Michael Moroney	2	51kg		8
3	5627x2x221	ORDEROFTHEGARTER (IRE)	H	7	Danny O’Brien	3	51kg	1.0kg	8
4	20330x25x1	ANTHONY VAN DYCK (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien	4	58.5kg		.5
5	421x395x90	VOW AND DECLARE	G	5	Danny O’Brien	5	57kg		2
6	x54533x462	AVILIUS (GB)	G	7	James Cummings	6	57kg		2
7	43354×6221	MASTER OF REALITY (IRE)	G	6	Joseph O’Brien	7	56kg		3
8	x70x7x2113	TWILIGHT PAYMENT (IRE)	G	8	Joseph O’Brien	8	55.5kg		3.5
9	x03643x741	MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	H	7	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	9	55kg		4
10	0x1225x009	MUSTAJEER (GB)	G	8	Kris Lees	10	55kg		4
11	52112×2165	BUCKHURST (IRE)	H	5	Joseph O’Brien	11	55kg		4
12	11×1510	PORT GUILLAUME (FR)	H	4	Tom Dabernig & Ben Hayes	12	52.5kg		4
13	x755633x76	WARNING	G	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman	13	53kg		4.5
14	120x3x36x3	PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	G	8	Charlie Fellowes	14	54.5kg		4.5
15	4x51257x33	FINCHE (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	15	54.5kg		4.5
16	314579×114	DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)	G	5	Andrew Balding	16	54.5kg		4.5
17	55112×2354	DALASAN	H	4	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	17	52.5kg		5
18	411x84x406	MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	M	4	Danny O’Brien	18	51kg		5
19	622221×582	TOFFEE TONGUE (NZ)	M	4	Chris Waller	19	51kg		5
20	11126×1112	MUGATOO (IRE)	G	6	Kris Lees	20	53.5kg		5.5
21	11x114x045	MASTER OF WINE (GER)	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	21	53.5kg		5.5
22	x1122x8046	ZEBROWSKI (NZ)	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	22	52kg		5.5
23	x217x6x460	TRUE SELF (IRE)	M	8	Willie Mullins	23	52kg		5.5
24	0x38572x18	THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	H	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	24	53.5kg		5.5
25	60x6613x50	RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	G	7	Kris Lees	25	53.5kg		5.5
26	15138×5138	SAN HUBERTO (IRE)	H	5	Matt Cumani	26	53.5kg		5.5
27	11x8x58x03	LEVENDI	H	6	Peter Gelagotis	27	53.5kg		5.5
28	x07511x000	OCEANEX (NZ)	M	5	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	28	51.5kg		6
29	11853x5x22	ASHRUN (FR)	H	5	Andreas Wohler	29	53kg		6
30	111×4514	SKYWARD (FR)	H	5	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	30	52.5kg		6.5
31	1x410x4431	LE DON DE VIE (GB)	G	5	Anthony & Sam Freedman	31	52.5kg		6.5
32	702×904111	AL GALAYEL (IRE)	G	7	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	32	52.5kg	1.5kg	6.5
33	6x7000x324	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	G	6	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	33	52.5kg		6.5
34	1x4679x033	STEEL PRINCE (IRE)	G	7	Anthony & Sam Freedman	34	52.5kg		6.5
35	x3103x0925	SHARED AMBITION (IRE)	G	5	Chris Waller	35	52kg		7
36	2x7691x838	BRIMHAM ROCKS (GB)	G	7	Chris Waller	36	52kg		7
37	05x532x522	SOUND (GER)	H	8	Michael Moroney	37	52kg		7
38	10x38x3114	IN GOOD HEALTH	M	5	Peter G Moody	38	50kg		7.5
39	74x9748x00	GALLIC CHIEFTAIN (FR)	H	8	Archie Alexander	39	51kg		8
40	62239×2140	PONDUS (GB)	G	5	Joseph O’Brien	40	51kg		8
41	6x953125x2	CHAPADA	G	5	Michael Moroney	41	50.5kg		8.5
42	x122x33x20	DJANGO FREEMAN (GER)	H	5	Robert Hickmott	42	51kg		8