This Saturday Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Racecourse is set to host Queensland’s latest Group race meeting with a cracker eight-event card headlined by the $200,000 Group 3 George Moore Stakes (1200m).

The 2010 George Moore Stakes final field features a capacity of 17 sprinters, plus one emergency, with the most notable defector from the nominations being defending champ Burdekin Blues.

Connections including trainer Barry Baldwin decided to bypass the George Moore on Saturday, stating that the six-year-old was not ready for the 1200m showdown as their first-up assignment after undergoing knee surgery.

One of the early favourites in the George More Stakes field is sure to be Falco Star, the last start winner of the Keith Noud Quality (1200m) at Doomben on November 20.

Drawn well in barrier six, the Liam Birchley-trained Falco Star ran a gallant fourth to Temple of Boom first up for the season in the Listed Swisse Vitamins Stakes (100m) at Flemington’s Crown Oaks Day in early November before their Keith Noud victory, and with 53.5kg on their back this Saturday is an ideal lightweight chance.

The horse that beat Falco Star in the Swisse Vitamins, Temple Of Boom, is also among the George Moore Stakes field and has genuine claims.

Trained up in Toowoomba by Tony Gollan, four-year-old Temple Of Boom won a Class 6 handicap in Eagle Farm in October leading connections to head down to Victoria for the Melbourne Cup Carnival that produced the black-type win.

On Saturday Temple Of Boom will jump from barrier 12, which is no issue as they have won their last two starts from a wide gate 14.

Leading Gold Coast trainer Gillian Heinrich has two of her stable stars running in this year’s George Moore with seven-year-old Ghetto Blaster in barrier five and eight-year-old Rasmussen out wide in gate 13.

More Than Ready four-year-old and 2009 Golden Slipper winner Phelan Ready will attempt to return to form with the addition of blinkers on Saturday, after not having won a race since their Slipper success in April last year.

Phelan Ready received a boost drawing on the rails with barrier one and will be ridden by Michael Cahill.

Another live chance is the Robert Heathcote-trained Easy Rocking mare Funtantes.

Four-year-old Funtantes has been in good form of late, most recently running a gallant second to Falco Star in the Keith Noud and has drawn well with barrier four, set to be ridden by Jim Byrne.

The 2010 George Moree Stakes is scheduled to run as Race 7 at Eagle Farm on Saturday, due to jump at 5:25pm (AEDST).

Betting odds will open on the race at Luxbet shortly, so get ready to lock in your favourites at the best price by opening an account with Luxbet now!

2010 George Moore Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight (kg)
1	THE JACKAL	Paul St Vincent	Shane Scriven	7	58.5
2	PHELAN READY	Jason McLachlan	Michael Cahill	1	58
3	GHETTO BLASTER	Gillian Heinrich	Damian Browne	5	57
4	FORESTRENO	Vicki McLeod	Glen Colless	10	56.5
5	WELKOM GOLD	Darren Smith	Chris Munce	8	55.5
6	TEMPLE OF BOOM	Tony Gollan	Corey Brown	12	55
7	RASMUSSEN	Gillian Heinrich	Joe Bowditch	13	54.5
8	HEART OF THE CITI	Pat Duff	–	14	54
9	OLLIE VOLLIE	Sue Grills	Timothy Bell (a)	15	54
10	FALCO STAR	Liam Birchley	Paul Hammersley	6	53.5
11	THE SIXTIES	Tracy Green	Mitchell Wood (a)	17	53
12	FUNTANTES	Robert Heathcote	Jim Byrne	4	53
13	RARE DIAMOND	Gordon Yorke	Stephen Traecey	9	53
14	ULLADULLA	Kelly Schweida	Eddie Wilkinson	18	53
15	DEER VALLEY	Steele Ryan	Larry Cassidy	11	53
16	BLAZING HEARTS	Danny J Bougoure	Bobby El-Issa	16	53
17	EIRE OF MAGIC	David Kelly	–	2	53
18e	TOUR GUIDE	Danny J Bougoure	Ryan Wiggins	3	53