Friday, October 16, 2009

Caulfield Cup Winner

Race 8-BMW CAULFIELD CUP 2400m:

1st: VIEWED (Dato Tan Chin Nam’s b h 6y Scenic (IRE) - Lovers Knot (NZ). Trainer: J B Cummings) 57 (B Rawiller @ $13.00

2nd: ROMAN EMPEROR 54 (J Bowman) @ $15.00

3rd: VIGOR: 51 (C W Brown) $15.00


Then followed: 11.00 Daffodil 51.5 (C Munce) 81.00 Fiumicino 55.5 (D Dunn) 15.00 Master O’Reilly 55 (V Duric) 9.50 Kirklees 56 (K Mc Evoy) 10.00 Allez Wonder 50 (Ms Michelle Payne) 41.00 Zavite 53 (M Zahra) 41.00 Harris Tweed 52.5 (C Newitt) 41.00 Ready To Lift 51.5 (G Boss) 7.00 fav Predatory Pricer 53.5 (S R King) 9.50 Cima De Triomphe 55.5 (D Oliver) 41.00 Red Lord 51.5 carr 52 (G Schofield) 19.00 C’est La Guerre 55.5 (S W Arnold) 71.00 Sarrera 54 (Nicholas Hall) 15.00 Light Vision 52.5 (L Nolen) 17.00 Red Ruler 53.5 (D Nikolic) last. Scr: Baughurst, Shocking, Newport, Miss Darcey. 2-1/4 len, 1/2 len. Time: 2:29.70. (Last 600m 36.82).


Bart Cummings won his seventh Caulfield Cup with the 2008 Melbourne Cup winner Viewed.

Brad Rawiller rode a brilliant race and is being compared to Scobie Breasley. Viewed settled near last but was guided through the field, along the rails, to beat his stablemate Roman Emperor. Vigor ran 3rd.


Bart had previously won with Galilee (1966), Big Philou (1969), Leilani (1974) and Ming Dynasty in 1977 and 1980.

It was Viewed's first win since his Melbourne Cup victory last year and took his record to 32 starts for nine wins and six placings and prizemoney in excess of $5.7 million.

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