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2018 Ranvet Stakes Nominations Feature Harlem
Lindsay Park’s upset Australian Cup winner Harlem is set to head to Sydney on Golden Slipper Day this weekend featuring as a standout in the Ranvet Stakes 2018 nominations.
Australian Cup winner Harlem is among the 2018 Ranvet Stakes nominations for Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
Also nominated for the Group 3 $150,000 NE Manion Cup (2400m) on the same Rosehill card, the six-year-old Champs Elysees gelding is more likely to shoot for a second elite level win on the trot in the Group 1 $700,000 Ranvet Stakes (2000m).
Ranvet Stakes nominations have been extended until 11am (AEDT) on Tuesday morning with 14 current early entries for what is one of a bumper five Group 1 races on Slipper Day on Saturday.
A nice lead-up into the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick on April 14, the Ranvet Stakes is shaping-up as a star-studded affair this autumn.
Harlem jumped at big odds third-up in Flemington’s Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) on March 10 but was too good for his Super Saturday rivals scoring a half-length upset.
The import will face another notable test should he accept for the Ranvet Stakes field heading to Sydney for the first time since a sixth in the Sydney Cup over two miles last April.
The Australian Cup – Ranvet Stakes double was most recently achieved by Manighar (2012), while the following year’s Ranvet Stakes winner Foreteller improved on a lead-up seventh in the same Flemington race.
Harlem could chase the Australian Cup – Ranvet Stakes interstate double most recently completed by Manighar in 2012
Beaten Australian Cup favourite was the Darren Weir-trained French import Gailo Chop who is also nominated for a rematch at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
The Deportivo seven-year-old won back-to-back Caulfield races in February and jumped the short-priced favourite at Flemington.
The winning streak came to an end however when he finished runner-up and he could get the chance to atone and turn the tables in the Ranvet Stakes in his Sydney debut over his pet distance (12:6-1-0).
The other best out of the Australian Cup is Harlem’s stablemate Ventura Storm who placed third for the Lindsay Park stable last time out.
A five-year-old son of Zoffany, Ventura Storm is a Group 1 winner over the mile and a half in France but is yet to win down under.
His best result since coming over at the start of 2017 was a second to Winx in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington last October.
Seeing Sydney for the first time if accepted on Saturday, Ventura Storm is the other chance to hand co-trainer David Hayes with a second Ranvet Stakes success following that with Better Loosen Up back in 1990.
No three-year-old has won the Ranvet Stakes since Gold Guru (1998) but there are two youngsters nominated this season with Terwilliker and Levendi.
Terwilliker is a three-time nominee across the Slipper Day program also entered for the Group 1 $600,000 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and NE Manion Cup.
Levendi, also 2018 Rosehill Guineas-nominated, meanwhile is the better known three-year-old who could race on the quick turnaround after his second to runaway winner Cliff’s Edge in last Friday night’s Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at The Valley.
Other standout Ranvet Stakes nominees include the Gary Moore-trained Classic Uniform coming off a third to Winx in the Chipping Norton Stakes, stablemate Egg Tart who ran a disappointing 14th as the beaten favourite in last Saturday’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) and Nick Olive’s Caulfield Cup runner-up Single Gaze.
The final Ranvet Stakes 2018 field and updated odds at Ladbrokes.com.au are set for release on Wednesday.
2018 Ranvet Stakes Nominations
Extended until 20/03/2018 @ 11am (AEDT)
Rosehill Gardens – 24/03/2018
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1141124×32 | ALWARD (IRE) | G | 5 | Chris Waller | 95 |
| 2 | 0222511×73 | CLASSIC UNIFORM | G | 5 | Gary Moore | 109 |
| 3 | 40×2842442 | CONSENSUS (NZ) | M | 6 | Stephen McKee | – |
| 4 | 111x270x40 | EGG TART | M | 4 | Chris Waller | 104 |
| 5 | 143150×112 | GAILO CHOP (FR) | G | 7 | Darren Weir | 115 |
| 6 | 515867×281 | HARLEM (GB) | G | 6 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
| 7 | 1x1661x502 | LEVENDI | C | 3 | Peter Gelagotis | 85 |
| 8 | 02720×2426 | PRIZED ICON | H | 4 | Kris Lees | 107 |
| 9 | 1412x3x50x | SARRASIN (GB) | H | 6 | Richard Freedman | 98 |
| 10 | 90×5611103 | SINGING (FR) | H | 8 | Kris Lees | 102 |
| 11 | 054420×225 | SINGLE GAZE | M | 5 | Nick Olive | 109 |
| 12 | 85×6144332 | TERWILLIKER | G | 3 | Anthony & Edward Cummings | 62 |
| 13 | 46925041×8 | THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE) | H | 4 | Liam Howley | – |
| 14 | 5x76200x43 | VENTURA STORM (IRE) | G | 5 | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | – |
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