Lady Shenandoah will jump from barrier nine and co-topweight Evaporate from barrier two in a 15-horse Toorak Handicap at Caulfield on 10 October. Sheza Alibi steps up to 2000m for the first time in a six-horse Might And Power earlier on the card, with Underwood Stakes winner Birdman drawn two.
Racing Australia published final fields for both $1 million Group 1 races on 7 October, and no runner had been scratched from either by 11:28am on 8 October. Neither race has emergencies. Runners are in saddlecloth order.
Might And Power and Toorak Handicap race details
- Might And Power: 2000m weight-for-age, race 7, 3:50pm AEDT
- Toorak Handicap: 1600m handicap, race 9, 5:10pm AEDT, minimum weight 52kg
- Track: Soft 5 (8am Thursday inspection), rail true
- Scratchings close: 7:30am AEDT, Saturday 10 October
Might And Power field, barriers and jockeys
The Might And Power was first run as the Caulfield Stakes in 1886, according to the Melbourne Racing Club.
Birdman (IRE)
Barrier: 2
Jockey: Ben Melham
Trainer: Chris Waller
Weight: 59kg
Last start: Won the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m), Caulfield, 19 September.
Land Legend (FR)
Barrier: 1
Jockey: Ethan Brown
Trainer: Ciaron Maher
Weight: 59kg
Last start: 11th, Group 3 JRA Cup (2000m), Caulfield, 27 September.
Torranzino (NZ)
Barrier: 4
Jockey: Celine Gaudray
Trainer: Paul Preusker
Weight: 59kg
Last start: 10th, Group 3 JRA Cup (2000m), Caulfield, 27 September.
Kingswood (GB)
Barrier: 5
Jockey: John Allen
Trainer: Gavin Bedggood
Weight: 59kg
Last start: 4th, Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m), Caulfield, 19 September.
Treasurethe Moment
Barrier: 3
Jockey: Daniel Stackhouse
Trainer: Matt Laurie
Weight: 57kg
Last start: 2nd, Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m), Caulfield, 27 September.
Sheza Alibi
Barrier: 6
Jockey: Luke Nolen
Trainer: Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman
Weight: 56kg
Last start: Won the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), Flemington, 12 September.
Sheza Alibi steps up as Birdman eyes the Cox Plate
Sheza Alibi, the Doncaster winner in April, has won six of her past seven starts and gets 3kg from Birdman under weight-for-age. Co-trainer Peter Moody said the run “should give us valuable information for her next campaign in relation to races like the Australian Cup”, before she drops back to 1500m for the $10 million Golden Eagle three weeks later, racing.com reported.
Birdman beat Cosmic Crusader, who then won the Turnbull Stakes, by 1.75 lengths in the Underwood. It was his second Group 1 after May’s Doomben Cup, and racing.com said it put him in Cox Plate calculations.
Ben Melham said Birdman “won with a bit in hand so I think he’s a good 2000 metre horse”, racing.com reported.
Treasurethe Moment ran second to Globe in this race last year.
Toorak Handicap field, barriers and jockeys
Evaporate (NZ)
Barrier: 2
Jockey: Blake Shinn
Trainer: Ben, Will and JD Hayes
Weight: 58kg
Last start: 9th, Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), Caulfield, 19 September.
Lady Shenandoah
Barrier: 9
Jockey: James McDonald
Trainer: Chris Waller
Weight: 58kg
Last start: 4th, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Warnie (IRE)
Barrier: 1
Jockey: Mark Zahra
Trainer: Ciaron Maher
Weight: 57kg
Last start: 6th, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Feroce (NZ)
Barrier: 15
Jockey: Billy Egan
Trainer: Dominic Sutton
Weight: 56.5kg
Last start: 5th, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Von Hauke (NZ)
Barrier: 11
Jockey: Harry Coffey
Trainer: Cliff Brown
Weight: 56.5kg
Last start: 7th, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Regal Award
Barrier: 4
Jockey: Lachlan Neindorf
Trainer: Phillip and Tommy Stokes
Weight: 55kg
Last start: 3rd first-up, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Hellsing (IRE)
Barrier: 12
Jockey: Daniel Stackhouse
Trainer: Annabel and Rob Archibald
Weight: 54kg
Last start: 5th, Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m), Newcastle, 18 September.
Sabaj
Barrier: 10
Jockey: Ethan Brown
Trainer: Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr
Weight: 54kg
Last start: 12th, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Sun God (GB)
Barrier: 5
Jockey: Jye McNeil
Trainer: Chris Waller
Weight: 54kg
Last start: 8th, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, 19 September.
Panova
Barrier: 13
Jockey: William Pike
Trainer: Chris Waller
Weight: 53kg
Last start: 6th, Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m), Randwick, 5 September.
Too Darn Discreet
Barrier: 14
Jockey: Declan Bates
Trainer: Dan O’Sullivan
Weight: 53kg
Last start: 3rd, Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m), Caulfield, 27 September.
Welcometotheshow
Barrier: 6
Jockey: Craig Newitt
Trainer: Tyler Donaldson-Aitken
Weight: 52.5kg
Last start: Won the Listed Tontonan Stakes (1400m), Flemington, 12 September.
Changing Colours
Barrier: 8
Jockey: Luke Cartwright
Trainer: Lucy Yeomans
Weight: 52kg
Last start: Won the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m), Caulfield, 27 September.
Pondalowie
Barrier: 3
Jockey: Rachel King
Trainer: Emma-Lee and David Browne
Weight: 52kg
Last start: Won the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m), Flemington, 12 September.
Salty Pearl
Barrier: 7
Jockey: Craig Williams
Trainer: Ciaron Maher
Weight: 52kg
Last start: 4th, Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m), Flemington, 12 September.
Lady Shenandoah’s Sydney option
Lady Shenandoah is also accepted for the Group 3 Alan Brown Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill that afternoon, racing.com reported. So is Warnie. Lady Shenandoah drew barrier one in the Sir Rupert Clarke, won by Angel Capital.
First Group 1 chances
Changing Colours has won her past four starts. Blake Shinn cannot make 52kg, so apprentice Luke Cartwright rides her, and a win would be a first Group 1 for Cartwright and trainer Lucy Yeomans, racing.com reported. Tyler Donaldson-Aitken is also chasing a first Group 1 with Welcometotheshow.
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