There were no surprises when the final field for Saturday's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup was declared today.

The 2007/2008 Racehorse Of The Year Weekend Hussler will carry the number one saddlecloth in a full field of 18. The barrier draw will be conducted befor the Thousand Guineas meeting on Wednesday.

Weights were raised 1.5kg at acceptance time, making the task for Weekend Hussler more difficult as he now will be required to carry 57kg.

There are 22 final acceptors including four emergencies with the Melbourne Racing Club committee not required to invoke their discretionary powers to deteremine the make up of the field.

Three horses were balloted in accordance with the order of entry after 25 horses were declared at 9am.

The three horses eliminated from the final field were Baughurst, Get Up Jude and The Wolverine.

The field includes the 2007 Caulfield Cup winner Master O'Reilly and Maldivian , the horse sensationally scratched moments befor the race after being injured in the starting barrier.

Douro Valley , runner-up to stable-mate Master O'Reilly in 2007, goes into the Cup fresh from an impressive victory in the Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday.

Dolphin Jo , trained at Stawell by Terry O'Sullivan, earned his place in the field by winning the Winning Edge Presentations Stakes on Saturday, a traditional lead-up race for the BMW Caulfield Cup.

South African-born jockeys Glyn Schofield and Jeff Lloyd will be riding in the Caulfield Cup for the first time.

Lloyd will partner AJC Derby winner Nom Du Jeu while Schofield will be riding Ice Chariot , who won the Queens Cup over 3200 metres in July.

It is a true international race with top UK trainer Luca Cumani represented by Mad Rush , to be ridden by four-time Caulfield Cup winner Damien Oliver, and the Godolphin stable starting All The Good , trained by Saeed Bin Saroor.

All The Good will be ridden by Kerrin McEvoy.

$2.5 million CAULFIELD CUP    Group 1. 2400 Metres Weights Raised 1.5 1  Weekend Hussler  (Ross McDonald) B Rawiller  57.0 2  Maldivian (Mark Kavanagh)  M Rodd  56.5 3  Master O'Reilly (Danny O'Brien)  V Duric  56.5 4  Fiumicino (Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes)  66.0 5  Kibbutz (David Hayes)  N Rawiller 55.5 6  Nom du Jeu (Murray Baker) J Lloyd  55.5 7  Mad Rush (Luca Cumani)  D Oliver  55.0 8  All the Good (Saeed Bin Suroor) K McEvoy  54.5 9  Douro Valley (Danny O'Brien)  J M Winks  54.5 10 Ice Chariot (Ron Maund)  G Schofield  54.5 11 Viewed  (Bart Cummings)  B Shinn  54.5 12 Littorio  (Nigel Blackiston)  Steven King  54.0 13 Red Ruler (John Sargent)  C Brown  54.0 14 Boundless (Stephen Mckee)  D Dunn  53.5 15 Dolphin Jo  ( Terry & Karina O'Sullivan) Ms C Lindop  53.0 16 Riva San  (Peter G Moody)  L Nolen  53.0 17 Zagreb  (David Hayes)  G Boss  52.0 18 Guillotine (David Hayes)  C Williams  51.5 EMERGENCIES (In order) 19 Barbaricus  (Danny O'Brien)   52.0 20 Newport  (Paul Perry)  P Wells(a)  53.0 21 Red Lord  (Anthony Cummings)  53.0 22 Moatize  (Bart Cummings) C D Symons   51.5

[ 本帖最後由 S.WEEK 於 14/10/2008 05:10 PM 編輯 ]

Red Ruler  C  Brown

Nom du Jeu 勞愛德 :fff: :fff:  

All the Good 都估到，無咩驚喜

紐西蘭出強陣

Boundless 放
Nom du Jeu 中間
Red Ruler 追

all the good咩跑法？

會唔會太短呢？？
定係呢場用要熱身

All the Good --McEvoy:yyy:

Mad Rush---Oliver:ddd: :kkk:

無嬴過 Group 跑開 Handicap

Mad Rush 之前傾掂哂數 :fff: :fff:

睇賽績 Mad Rush Class 高好多..:eee::eee:

All The Good 最後果場增程第1.但去得澳洲跑 2大場..

相信Godolphin 同 Suroor 都對隻馬有信心先 :ppp:

唔好睇少隻ice chariot...
今季表現突飛猛進

Kerrin McEvoy feels All The Good will need a career-best effort to win the Caulfield Cup for Godolphin.

The former Gerard Butler inmate headed to Australia after winning the Ebor consolation race, the totesport Newburgh, on his latest start.

"His run was fantastic at Newbury. It's a quality handicap, normally a true test of a horse's ability and a good lead-up race for the races out here," McEvoy told the Herald Sun.

"He settled midfield, looked to travel strongly and had a good turn of foot from the 400m, and if he brings that sort of form he should run well.

"It was the most competitive race he's contested and won. He seems in good shape, but this will be a true test for him.

"His form can be indifferent and he's only ever run in one Group race. There's no doubt he's going to have to bring his best to Caulfield."

However McEvoy feels both his mount - and Luca Cumani's Mad Rush - will be better suited to the Melbourne Cup than the weekend's feature thanks to the longer straight.

McEvoy 都認為 Mad Rush:fff:

二號主帥想學人揀馬騎 :fff: :fff:

McEvoy 都話前主帥隻馬未必足夠 Win:fff::fff:

佢都想要有實力的馬..唔出奇呀:yyy::yyy: