Final Field Of 22 Announced For 2013 Caulfield Cup

The final field has been taken for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup, which will take place at Caulfield Racecourse this Saturday October 19, 2013.

A total of 22 horses paid the final acceptance fee to run in the 2013 Caulfield Cup this weekend.

Inlcuded in the 2013 Caulfield Cup final field is Mr O’Ceirin. Mr O’Ceirin is included in the 2013 Caulfield Cup final field. Picture by Race Horse Photos Australia.

Mr O’Ceirin has won 10 of his 27 race starts and has earned more than $440,000 in prize money during his horse racing career.

The six-year-old has had a turbulent campaign, which has seen him produce both impressive and disappointing runs.

The Postponed gelding won the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes two starts back before placing 10th of 16 runners in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes on October 5, 2013.

Mr O’Ceirin, who is trained by Ciaron Maher at Caulfield, will look to reclaim his winning form when he runs in the 2013 Caulfield Cup.

Also included in the 2013 Caulfield Cup final field is Royal Descent.

Royal Descent has won four of her 11 race starts and has earned more than $637,000 in prize money during her career.

The Redoute’s Choice mare is also nominated for the 2013 Cox Plate and 2013 Melbourne Cup this spring racing carnival.

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2013 Caulfield Cup Final Field

NO. HORSE
1. Manighar
2. Dandino
3. Ethiopia
4. Waldpark
5. Glencadam Gold
6. Mr Moet
7. Fawkner
8. Jet Away
9. Kelinni
10. Moriarty
11. My Quest For Peace
12. Hawkspur
13. Julienas
14. Mr O’Ceirin
15. Silent Achiever
16. Royal Descent
17. Tuscan Fire
18. Dear Demi
19. Forgotten Voice (1e)
20. Sneak A Peek (2e)
21. Ibicenco (3e)
22. Oasis Bloom (4e)

2014 Caulfield Cup Third Declarations & Odds

Racing Victoria today released third declarations for the Caulfield Cup 2014 with 41 hopefuls still in the mix for the October 18 classic at Caulfield Racecourse. Tunbull Stakes winner Lucia Valentina (outside) is favourite to win Saturday week’s 2014 Caulfield Cup. Photo: Race Horse Photos Australia.

Worth a record $3 million in prizemoney this year, the Group 1 Crown Golden Ale Caulfield Cup (2400m) is shaping up as a crack showdown between a host of local and international stayers with seven raiders still in the mix.

The shortest priced of the international Caulfield Cup horses in the latest Caulfield Cup odds at Ladbrokes.com.au is Japanese raider Bande paying $7.50.

Japan will be dually represented in this year’s Caulfield Cup field too with Admire Rakti ($15) also set to make his Australian debut in the race, the pair heading towards the $6.2 million Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.

Other notable international Caulfield Cup third acceptors include Group 1 performed UK mare My Ambivalent ($11) who will get in at a nice weight and the Marco Botti-trained Dandino ($15).

Dandino was runner-up behind Fawkner in last year’s Caulfield Cup and also finished fifth to Fiorente in the Melbourne Cup last spring so the bookies are keeping him safe in betting again in 2014.

The all-in Caulfield Cup odds at Ladbrokes meanwhile are led by Lucia Valentina ($5.50) out to become the first mare to win since Southern Speed in 2011.

Kris Lees’ Savabeel four-year-old earned her top spot in the markets after a nice start to the season with two wins from three starts this time in, most recently in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington last Saturday.

That was her second Group 1 win as she also took out the Vinery Stud Stakes over the same distance in Sydney as a three-year-old in the autumn.

Chris Waller also has a strong hand in the Caulfield Cup third declarations with seven from his four time Sydney premiership winning stables.

His best fancied is Who Shot Thebarman at $11 who won the Group 3 The Bart Cummings in Melbourne over the weekend and has winning form over the two miles being an Auckland Cup winner back in New Zealand.

Also in the mix for Waller are the likes of Junoob and Opinion who ran one-two in the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) over the same distance at Randwick on the weekend.

His other Group 1 Sydney winner form last Saturday, Epsom Handicap champ He’s Your Man meanwhile is a $41 Caulfield Cup chance but dropped out of Melbourne Cup contention with first acceptances for the world’s richest handicap also closing today.

Also paying $11 along with Who Shot Thebarman is Dear Demi for Clarry Conners, the mare finishing a close third in the Caulfield Cup last spring before her second in the Mackinnon during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Other notable Caulfield Cup third acceptors include ATC Oaks winning New Zealand mare Rising RomanceGai Waterhouse’s Sydney Cup champ The Offer who is favourite for the Melbourne Cup next month, Marco Botti’s other hopeful Seismos coming off a Geoffrey Freer Stakes win at Newbury, John Sargent’s Crown Oaks winner Kirramosa and light weight chance Stipulate.

See below for the latest Caulfield Cup acceptances and odds.

The 2014 Caulfield Cup field is due out on Tuesday October 14.

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2014 Caulfield Cup Field Released

A capacity field of 18 starters plus four emergencies has been accepted for Saturday’s Caulfield Cup 2014 field at Caulfield Racecourse.

2012 Melbourne Cup winner will look to go back-to-back for connections of last year’s champ in the Caulfield Cup on Saturday. Photo: Race Horse Photos Australia.

The $3 million Group 1 Crown Golden Ale Caulfield Cup (2400m) is the richest handicap over that distance in the world and this year features four international raiders.

Leading the Caulfield Cup field and weights is one of those, the Japanese-trained Admire Rakti to be ridden by Zac Purton on 58kg.

The Heart’s Cry seven-year-old is out to improve on a distant 13th last time out in the Group 1 Tenno Sho (3200m) and hasn’t won a race since the Group 3 Diamond Stakes (3419m) at Tokyo in February last year.

Japan is dually represented in the Caulfield Cup field this year too, the first time since 2006 the country has had a runner in the race, with Bande carrying 56.5kg with French hoop Christophe Lemaire riding.

Yoshito Yahagi’s Authorized stallion is one of the best backed in Caulfield Cup betting at Ladbrokes.com.au after an all-the-way five length victory in a black-type back home over 2600m in early August.

The other two internationals in the mix are then the Marco Botti-trained stable mates Dandino (57kg) and Seismos (56kg).

Craig Williams’ mount Dandino was narrow runner-up to Fawkner in the race last year and returns in 2014 on the back of a fourth to Prince Bishop in the Group 3 September Stakes (2400m) last month.

Seismos meanwhile debuts down under on the weekend, the Dalakhani seven-year-old coming off a narrow win in the Group 3 Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2700m) from August 16.

Last year’s winning trainer Robert Hickmott and owner Lloyd Williams meanwhile will go for back-to-back Caulfield Cups with Green Moon and Sea Moon both making the cut.

Winner of the 2012 Melbourne Cup, Green Moon kicked off his season when sixth in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 13 but lost credibility when a distant 15th in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) back at the track at the start of the month.

Sea Moon meanwhile ran fifth last start in just his second run since a 13th to Fiorente in last year’s Melbourne Cup, beaten just over three and a half lengths in the Group 3 The Bart Cummings (2520m) on October 4.

The last start conquerors of both of Hickmott’s 2014 Caulfield Cup hopes are also backing up on Saturday.

Turnbull Stakes winning mare Lucia Valentina is the clear $4.80 favourite in the updated Caulfield Cup odds at Ladbrokes.com.au as she looks to become the first to complete the Turnbull Stakes – Caulfield Cup double since Elvstroem (2004) a decade ago.

The Bart Cummings winner Who Shot Thebarman then will be ridden by Glen Boss for the third time on the trot, the Yamanin Vital six-year-old after his third straight win.

The Group 1 winning New Zealand import is also one of four in the mix for Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller.

Waller shoots for his maiden Caulfield Cup success this year and has also accepted for The Metropolitan winner Junoob, Craven Plate champ Moriarty and former Queensland Derby winner Hawkspur.

Some of the other big name Caulfield Cup acceptors then include Gai Waterhouse’s Sydney Cup winner The Offer who holds favouritism for the 2014 Melbourne Cup next month, ATC Oaks winner Rising Romance and last weekend’s Herbert Power Stakes champ Big Memory on the short back-up and getting in on the 52kg minimum.

See below for the full Caulfield Cup 2014 field, weights and jockeys.

The official 2014 Caulfield Cup barrier draw will be conducted from 5:30pm (AEDT) this afternoon so stay tuned.

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2014 Caulfield Cup Field & Weights

Caulfield Race 9 – 18/10/2014

# FORM (LAST 10) HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY BR. WGT. HCP. RATING
1 0x4240x20x ADMIRE RAKTI (JPN) Tomoyuki Umeda Zac Purton 0 58kg 113
2 21x25x6624 DANDINO (GB) Marco Botti Craig Williams 0 57kg 110
3 990x427x60 GREEN MOON (IRE) Robert Hickmott Chad Schofield 0 57kg 111
4 x00210x8x5 SEA MOON (GB) Robert Hickmott Steven Arnold 0 57kg 108
5 613x133x1x BANDE (IRE) Yoshito Yahagi Christophe Lemaire 0 56.5kg 110
6 x63111x596 THE OFFER (IRE) Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry 0 56.5kg 110
7 30x10x641x SEISMOS (IRE) Marco Botti Craig Newitt 0 56kg 109
8 3440×75140 HAWKSPUR Chris Waller Damien Oliver 0 55.5kg 110
9 31143×8611 JUNOOB (GB) Chris Waller Douglas Whyte 0 55.5kg (inc. 1.5kg penalty) 110
10 55512×5561 MORIARTY (IRE) Chris Waller Michael Rodd 0 55kg 107
11 12119×0711 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) Chris Waller Glen Boss 0 55kg (inc. 1.5kg penalty) 107
12 x3008x5217 DEAR DEMI Clarry Conners Jim Cassidy 0 54.5kg 109
13 x0x623x175 STIPULATE (GB) David Hayes & Tom Dabernig Dwayne Dunn 0 54kg 104
14 x7190x5442 LIDARI (FR) Peter G Moody TBA 0 53.5kg 105
15 2x3013x161 LUCIA VALENTINA (NZ) Kris Lees Kerrin McEvoy 0 53kg 110
16 312241×472 RISING ROMANCE (NZ) Donna Logan James McDonald 0 53kg 105
17 221210×281 BIG MEMORY (FR) Tony McEvoy Corey Brown 0 52kg 100
18 7x128x6710 GRIS CARO (GB) Jake Stephens Joao Moreira 0 52kg 101
19e 11×4088213 BRAMBLES (NZ) Peter G Moody TBA 0 53.5kg 105
20e 4x0313x763 ARALDO (GB) Michael Moroney TBA 0 53kg 100
21e 8241×83439 UNCHAIN MY HEART David Hayes & Tom Dabernig TBA 0 52kg 98
22e 1x8x47x630 RENEW (IRE) Marco Botti TBA 0 52kg 89

2016 Caulfield Cup Field Released

Last year’s third placegetter Our Ivanhowe returns in the 2016 Caulfield Cup field this weekend in Melbourne. Photo: Daniel Costello.

A full field of stayers is engaged to face off in the Caulfield Cup 2016 this weekend in Melbourne kicking off the first of the big three spring majors.

Due to run as Caulfield Race 8 on Saturday, this year’s $3 million Group 1 BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) has attracted a capacity 18 starters plus two emergencies awaiting a run in the world’s richest mile and a half handicap.

The official 2016 Caulfield Cup barrier draw is set to take place later on Tuesday afternoon and will further impact the latest Caulfield Cup odds at Ladbrokes.com.au.

Currently those post-field Caulfield Cup betting markets have the Ciaron Maher-trained Jameka ($3.40) as the firm favourite.

The four-year-old Myboycharlie mare has Nicholas Hall booked for the ride, Hall after his second Caulfield Cup winning ride after success aboard Fawkner (2013) three years ago.

Jameka won the Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) at the Caulfield track two back and was penalised 0.5kg for the win.

She still sits well in the Caulfield Cup weights with just 52.5kg and was last seen running second to Hartnell at Flemington in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

Fakwner (3rd in 2013) was the last Turnbull Stakes graduate to back-up and win the Caulfield Cup next start.

Maher has a total of three runners in this year’s Caulfield Cup field also accepting for light-weights Set Square (52kg) and Pemberley (50.5kg).

Pemberley was tested over the track / distance just last Saturday and caught the eye in a blanket finish in the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) crossing just a quarter length back for third.

The winner Assign isn’t in the Caulfield Cup 2016 field, but runner-up Big Memory backs-up and drops from 53kg to 51.5kg with Chris Parnham in the saddle.

Heading this year’s Caulfield Cup weights with 57kg is the Chris Waller-trained Preferment last seen running fourth in the Turnbull Stakes.

The five-year-old Zabeel stallion is after his first win since the Group 1 The BMW (2400m) in Sydney back in late March and pays $26 in the latest Caulfield Cup odds.

Along with Jameka there are just three other single figure fancies in the Caulfield Cup markets including Real Love ($8) who is another mare looking to beat home the boys in the race for the first time since Southern Speed (2011).

Desert King six-year-old Real Love is a former Perth Cup winner over the distance and was last seen winning the Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley on September 30.

The other single-figure hopes are the Charlie Appleby-trained English raider Scottish ($8.50) who has Kerrin McEvoy riding and fellow international Articus ($8.50) who Zac Purton rides.

McEvoy (2008 – All The Good) and Purton (2014 – Admire Rakti) both chase their second Caulfield Cup winning ride.

Four-time Caulfield Cup winning jockey Damien Oliver meanwhile rode his last champion back in 1999 with Sky Heights and is looking for a fifth win this weekend aboard Exospheric for Lee & Anthony Freedman.

The import debuts down under in the Caulfield Cup and is joined in the field by stablemate Our Ivanhowe who ran third to Mongolian Khan (2015) in the race last year.

Check out the full 2016 Caulfield Cup field, jockeys and weights below along with the latest Fixed Win Caulfield Cup odds provided by Ladbrokes.com.au.