Sinawann Heads 2022 CF Orr Stakes Field & Betting Odds

February 10, 2022

Sinawann Heads 2022 CF Orr Stakes Field & Betting Odds

Anthony & Sam Freedman’s progressive five-year-old Sinawann headlines the 2022 C.F. Orr Stakes field and betting markets for Saturday as Australian Group 1 racing returns for the year.

Sinawann (Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos) | Races.com.au

Sinawann is favourite to win the 2022 C.F. Orr Stakes second-up at Caulfield. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

The Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival gets underway at Caulfield Racecourse with the weekend’s meeting dominated by the Group 1 $750,000 Neds C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m).

The weight-for-age showdown attracted a dozen final acceptors with the latest CF Orr Stakes odds at Ladbrokes.com.au led by Kingman entire Sinawann at $4.

The Irish import is already a winner down under having saluted at this track and distance last November in the Group 3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m).

He returned at The Valley on January 29 and finished a distant second behind runaway winner Marabi in the Group 2 Australia Stakes (1200m), form he is tipped to improve on fitter second-up and getting back to the 1400m.

Jockey Craig Williams retains the ride on the CF Orr favourite from a favourable barrier six draw looking for his first win in the race since a 2018 victory aboard Hartnell.

In an open market the danger occupying the second line of CF Orr Stakes betting at $5.50 is David Jolly’s hulking South Australian sprinter Behemoth drawn in barrier nine for Jamie Kah.

The All Too Hard six-year-old boasts a 50% winning strike rate at the Caulfield track from six previous starts including his dual Group 1 Memsie Stakes victories here in 2020 and 2021.

His other Caulfield triumph was also a Group 1 over the 1400m in the 2020 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes.

Behemoth races second-up on Saturday looking to atone for his first-up second as the beaten odds-on favourite at Morphettville in a Black-Type sprint over 1100m a fortnight back.

Two gallopers follow closely at an equal $6.50 to win with the resuming Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained I’m Thunderstruck and Tofane drawn in barriers 11 and eight respectively.

The ultra-consistent Shocking four-year-old I’m Thunderstruck is six from nine for his career to date and enjoyed a stellar spring that culminated with wins in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) in Melbourne and Sydney’s $7.5 million The Golden Eagle (1500m).

Undefeated first-up having won his two previous runs fresh, the gun galloper looks well positioned to kick off where he left off as Jye McNeil comes aboard for the run.

The Michael Moroney-trained Tofane also resumes in the Orr Stakes, the six-year-old daughter of Ocean Park out to be the first mare to win the event since Suavito (2016).

She chases her first win since Brisbane’s Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) last winter and races for the first time since her mid-field seventh behind Colette in Flemington’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on Derby Day.

Rounding out the single-figure fancies is the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained Lighthouse ($9).

Ben Allen partners the American-bred mare from barrier two with the consistent grey having won four of her past five starts.

Her latest victory was in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on New Year’s Day and she was last seen running second as the beaten odds-on favourite behind Open Minded in another Black-Type at this track and distance on Australia Day.

The 2022 CF Orr Stakes is set to run as Caulfield Race 8 at 5:05pm (AEDT) and full markets from Ladbrokes.com.au are available here.

2022 CF Orr Stakes Field & Barriers

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 5x1311311x I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Jye McNeil 11 59kg 112
2 13x545432x CASCADIAN (GB) James Cummings Damien Oliver 1 59kg 112
3 43x7x116x2 BEHEMOTH David Jolly Ms Jamie Kah 9 59kg 114
4 81910x20x7 WILD PLANET Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Damien Thornton 3 59kg 106
5 27x055167x SECRET BLAZE Tony & Calvin McEvoy Jordan Childs 10 59kg 100
6 01232516×8 JUST FOLK Josh Julius Dean Holland 4 59kg 100
7 2x343x61x2 SINAWANN (IRE) Anthony & Sam Freedman Craig Williams 6 59kg 108
8 7211x3427x TOFANE (NZ) Michael Moroney Mark Zahra 8 57kg 114
9 604117100x SIERRA SUE (NZ) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young John Allen 7 57kg 110
10 1131112x5x INSPIRATIONAL GIRL (NZ) Danny O’Brien Damian Lane 12 57kg 109
11 1x55x11112 LIGHTHOUSE (USA) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Ben Allen 2 57kg 100
12 119x6414x4 LIGHTSABER Peter G Moody Blaike McDougall 5 55.5kg 95

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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