Racing and Sports
Thursday, 18 February 2010: Punters keen to find the winner of the Australian Cup should be watching Saturday's Group 2 St George Stakes at Caulfield as the definitive guide to the Group 1 race.
Eight of the last 10 Australian Cup winners have raced in the St George Stakes and in that period three have claimed the feature race double. Also worth noting few Australian Cup winners finish out of the placings in the St George Stakes as a lead-up.
Saturday's St George Stakes has drawn together a good field of gallopers including the 2008 Australian Cup winner Sirmione and the last two Melbourne Cup winners Shocking and Viewed .
David Hayes, who has never won the race himself, will rest Our Aqaleem and rely on Birthday Cup winner Zagreb and imported stayer Changingoftheguard .
Lee Freedman, a three-time winner of the race, will line up Metropolitan winner Speed Gifted who is being aimed at the Australian Cup and BMW Stakes.
Viewed and Shocking share Australian Cup favouritism at $7.50, with Speed Gifted and Sirmione sharing the second line of betting at $9.00.
Mick Price's Heart Of Dreams , who will run in Saturday's St George, is an $11.00 chance, just ahead of Our Aqaleem and Zipping at $12.00.
Underrated mare Miss Maren , also in the St George, is at $14.00.
R6 CAULFIELD 20 FEBRUARY 2010
Pure Blonde St George Stakes Group II, 1800m
Race Fields
Tab Horse BP WT Jockey Trainer
1 Viewed 11 59.0 STEVE ARNOLD BART CUMMINGS
2 Shocking 8 59.0 MICHAEL RODD MARK KAVANAGH
3 Sirmione 3 59.0 LUKE NOLEN BART CUMMINGS
4 Heart Of Dreams 10 59.0 CRAIG NEWITT MICK PRICE
5 Littorio 4 59.0 CRAIG WILLIAMS NIGEL BLACKISTON
6 Moatize 6 59.0 KERRIN MC EVOY BART CUMMINGS
7 Zagreb 1 59.0 PAUL GATT DAVID HAYES
8 Speed Gifted 12 59.0 DWAYNE DUNN D L FREEDMAN
9 Pacino 5 59.0 BRAD RAWILLER CLINTON MCDONALD
10 La Rocket 7 59.0 STEPHEN BASTER DALE SUTTON
11 Changingoftheguard 9 58.5 BRETT PREBBLE DAVID HAYES
12 Miss Maren 2 57.0 DAMIEN OLIVER MICK PRICE
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