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Cup Favourites Fare Well At Barrier Draw18 October 2006
Wednesday morning's BMW Caulfield Cup barrier draw did nothing to dampen the chances of the favourite for the $2.5 million race with Sphenophta drawing barrier eight.
Champion AFL footballer Shane Crawford made Sphenophyta fans happy when he plucked the miniture Caulfield Cup with No 8 glued to the bottom to ensure the horse he part owns will start favourite in Saturday's Group 1 feature.
Sphenophyta will jump from barrier seven if there are no scratchings after third emergency Stormhill drew barrier one.
Part-owner John O'Neill was relieved to draw a good barier.
``He (Sphenophyta) is really well and to draw there is terrific,'' O'Neill said. ``The most important thing is to draw a good gate and we've done that, so now we'll leave it up to the captain and the coach (jockey Danny Nikolic and Freedman).''
The Turnbull Stakes winner was not the only fancied runner to draw well on Wednesday. Sphenophyta's stablemate and Turnbull Stakes runner-up Our Smoking Joe drew gate two, last Saturday's ultra-impressive Winning Edge Presentations Stakes winner Growl drew alongside Sphenophyta in nine, the other side of Sphenophyta will be defending champion Railings who drew seven, while Tawqeet and Activation, the first two horses home in the Metropolitan Handicap, drew barriers three and five respectively.
The news wasn't so good for Serenade Rose, who drew gate 15. Headturner was allocated barrier 18, while second emergency Zipping will start from the outside barrier if he gets run after landing gate 21.
7- BMW CAULFIELD CUP 2400 M
1 DELTA BLUES (JPN) Katsuhiko Sumii N Rawiller 17 56
2 IMPERIAL STRIDE (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor K McEvoy 13 55.5
3 RAILINGS John Hawkes 7 55.5
4 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing N Callow 10 55
5 OUR SMOKING JOE Lee Freedman J Cassidy 2 54.5
6 HEADTURNER John Hawkes 18 54
7 GRAND ZULU Gwenda Markwell G Boss 12 53.5
8 SHORT PAUSE (GB) David Hayes M J Zahra 6 53.5
9 TAWQEET (USA) David Hayes D Dunn 3 53.5
10 ACTIVATION (NZ) Graeme Rogerson M Rodd 5 53
11 POP ROCK (JPN) Katsuhiko Sumii D Oliver 11 53
12 SERENADE ROSE Lee Freedman Steven King 15 52.5
13 AQUA D'AMORE Gai Waterhouse S Baster 4 52
14 DIZELLE John Hawkes 20 52
15 ICE CHARIOT Ron Maund J Byrne 19 52
16 TESTAFIABLE Peter G Moody L Nolen 14 52
17 SPHENOPHYTA (NZ) Lee Freedman D Nikolic 8 50
18 GROWL (NZ) David Hayes C Williams 9 49
19E LAND 'N STARS (GB) Jamie Poulton N Ryan 16 53
20E ZIPPING Graeme Rogerson G Boss 21 52.5
21E STORMHILL Tim Martin 1 51.5
Cup Favourites Fare Well At Barrier Draw18 October 2006
Wednesday morning's BMW Caulfield Cup barrier draw did nothing to dampen the chances of the favourite for the $2.5 million race with Sphenophta drawing barrier eight.
Champion AFL footballer Shane Crawford made Sphenophyta fans happy when he plucked the miniture Caulfield Cup with No 8 glued to the bottom to ensure the horse he part owns will start favourite in Saturday's Group 1 feature.
Sphenophyta will jump from barrier seven if there are no scratchings after third emergency Stormhill drew barrier one.
Part-owner John O'Neill was relieved to draw a good barier.
``He (Sphenophyta) is really well and to draw there is terrific,'' O'Neill said. ``The most important thing is to draw a good gate and we've done that, so now we'll leave it up to the captain and the coach (jockey Danny Nikolic and Freedman).''
The Turnbull Stakes winner was not the only fancied runner to draw well on Wednesday. Sphenophyta's stablemate and Turnbull Stakes runner-up Our Smoking Joe drew gate two, last Saturday's ultra-impressive Winning Edge Presentations Stakes winner Growl drew alongside Sphenophyta in nine, the other side of Sphenophyta will be defending champion Railings who drew seven, while Tawqeet and Activation, the first two horses home in the Metropolitan Handicap, drew barriers three and five respectively.
The news wasn't so good for Serenade Rose, who drew gate 15. Headturner was allocated barrier 18, while second emergency Zipping will start from the outside barrier if he gets run after landing gate 21.
7- BMW CAULFIELD CUP 2400 M
1 DELTA BLUES (JPN) Katsuhiko Sumii N Rawiller 17 56
2 IMPERIAL STRIDE (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor K McEvoy 13 55.5
3 RAILINGS John Hawkes 7 55.5
4 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing N Callow 10 55
5 OUR SMOKING JOE Lee Freedman J Cassidy 2 54.5
6 HEADTURNER John Hawkes 18 54
7 GRAND ZULU Gwenda Markwell G Boss 12 53.5
8 SHORT PAUSE (GB) David Hayes M J Zahra 6 53.5
9 TAWQEET (USA) David Hayes D Dunn 3 53.5
10 ACTIVATION (NZ) Graeme Rogerson M Rodd 5 53
11 POP ROCK (JPN) Katsuhiko Sumii D Oliver 11 53
12 SERENADE ROSE Lee Freedman Steven King 15 52.5
13 AQUA D'AMORE Gai Waterhouse S Baster 4 52
14 DIZELLE John Hawkes 20 52
15 ICE CHARIOT Ron Maund J Byrne 19 52
16 TESTAFIABLE Peter G Moody L Nolen 14 52
17 SPHENOPHYTA (NZ) Lee Freedman D Nikolic 8 50
18 GROWL (NZ) David Hayes C Williams 9 49
19E LAND 'N STARS (GB) Jamie Poulton N Ryan 16 53
20E ZIPPING Graeme Rogerson G Boss 21 52.5
21E STORMHILL Tim Martin 1 51.5
but thought it was too much of a long shot!
