View the nominations for the 2016 Canterbury Stakes. The Canterbury Stakes will be run on Saturday 5th March at Royal Randwick racecourse.
| Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACHMAN | G | 4 | Gerald Ryan | ||
| 2 | CRITERION (NZ) | H | 5 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig | ||
| 3 | ECUADOR (NZ) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse | ||
| 4 | FIRST SEAL | M | 4 | John P Thompson | ||
| 5 | HAPPY CLAPPER | G | 5 | Patrick Webster | ||
| 6 | HOLLER | C | 3 | John O’Shea | ||
| 7 | KERMADEC (NZ) | H | 4 | Chris Waller | ||
| 8 | OUR BOY MALACHI | G | 7 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
News:
Another Valley and Ever So Natural have booked their tickets to the $400,000 Country Championship at Randwick by running one-two in the Taree heat of the series.
Prepared by veteran trainer Bob Milligan and ridden by Grant Buckley, Another Valley ($12) wore down the leaders to claim Ever So Natural ($7) by 1-1/2 lengths in Sunday’s qualifier.
Ever So Natural’s trainer Cliff Bashford also had the $2.20 race favourite Ocean Grand who beat just one runner home.
Milligan’s son Glenn said Another Valley had earned a chance at the final.
“If we got beaten today she was going to the paddock but you’ve got to have a crack when the money’s there,” Milligan told Sky Thoroughbred Central.
“I was a bit worried when she was tardy away but she’s just getting better and better.
“She is only a baby being a three-year-old.”
The Taree qualifiers join Saturday’s Wagga winner Steakandbearnaise and runner-up Mitchell Road.
Steakandbearnaise is trained by Brett Cavanough at Albury while Mitchell Road is from Chris Heywood’s Wagga stable.
The final is at Randwick on April 2.
