The $200,000 Group Two Memsie Stakes (1400m) will light up Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday afternoon, and it’s already lining up to be a great race.
Nineteen top quality Australian horses have been nominated for the 2010 Memsie Stakes, which will jump with a maximum field of 14, plus four emergencies.
The Cups King Bart Cummings has six horses nominated for the 2010 Memsie Stakes, with the 2010 Melbourne Cup favourite Dariana set for her first-up jump this spring.
Faint Perfume is also a Cummings entrant targeting the 2010 Melbourne Cup, and looks set to prove a threat on Saturday afternoon. The Shamardal mare has not race since her gallant runner up finish in the Group One AJC Australian Oaks (2400m) back in April.
Cummings will also see another spring favourite So You Think finally embark on his spring campaign, after missing out on the Group Two JJ Liston Stakes (1400m) due to wet weather.
Winner of the Liston Stakes Shoot Out will certainly be one to watch in the 2010 Memsie Stakes. The High Caparral gelding has been firing home the wins, although this Saturday will present the four-year-old with his biggest challenge yet.
Peter Moody’s Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1500m) winner Typhoon Tracy looks set to embark on her spring trail. The five-year-old is targeting the 2010 Cox Plate this spring.
Other notable names in the 2010 Memsie Stakes nominations include Master O’Reilly, 2009 Memsie runner-up Whobegotyou, Love Conquers All and Littorio – but the list does go on.
Also taking place this Saturday at the Caulfield Racecourse will be the $125,000 Group Three HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) and six other great races.
2010 Memsie Stakes Nominations
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master O’Reilly (NZ) | Danny O’Brien | 59 |
| 2 | Whobegotyou | Mark Kavanagh | 59 |
| 3 | Littorio | Nigel Blackiston | 59 |
| 4 | Sirmione | Bart Cummings | 59 |
| 5 | Douro Valley | Peter Morgan | 59 |
| 6 | Red Ruler (NZ) | John Sargent | 59 |
| 7 | Buccellati (GB) | Tony Noonan | 59 |
| 8 | Moatize | Bart Cummings | 59 |
| 9 | La Rocket | Dale Sutton | 59 |
| 10 | So You Think (NZ) | Bart Cummings | 58.5 |
| 11 | Shoot Out | John Wallace | 58.5 |
| 12 | Zabrasive (NZ) | John O’Shea | 58.5 |
| 13 | Love Conquers All | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | 58.5 |
| 14 | Brightnight (NZ) | Bart Cummings | 58.5 |
| 15 | Typhoon Tracy | Peter G Moody | 57 |
| 16 | Avienus | Mark Webb | 57 |
| 17 | Faint Perfume | Bart Cummings | 56.5 |
| 18 | Dariana | Bart Cummings | 56.5 |
| 19 | Valdemoro | Tony Vasil | 56.5 |
