Up and Coming Stakes 2014 – Field

Race 3 – 1:50PM SYNERGY FX UP AND COMING STAKES (1300 METRES)
Of $125,000.1st $75,000, 2nd $25,000, 3rd $12,500, 4th $6,250, 5th $2,500, 6th $1,250, 7th $1,250, 8th $1,250, Starter Subsidy $200 GROUP 3
Quality, Minimum Weight 54kg, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 14 + 4 EM

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No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 VALENTIA Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry 10 59kg
2 KUMAON John O’Shea James McDonald 1 58.5kg
3 SCISSOR KICK Paul Messara Tye Angland 5 54.5kg
4 LIBERATION Gai Waterhouse Tim Clark 3 54kg
5 MEURSAULT John O’Shea Kerrin McEvoy 9 54kg
6 SHOOTING TO WIN Peter & Paul Snowden 8 54kg
7 BETTER LAND Peter G Moody 7 54kg
8 LORD BECKWORTH Paul Perry Jeff Lloyd 6 54kg
9 PANZER DIVISION Paul Messara 2 54kg
10 HERO I AM Chris Waller Jason Collett 4 54kg
11 ROAD TO SHANGRI LA (NZ) Anthony Cummings Brenton Avdulla 11 54kg

 

News:

Tony McEvoy is keen for Affirmation to have a decent hit-out on Tuesday morning ahead of the Up And Coming Stakes and hopes wet weather doesn’t foil his plans.

An impressive last-start winner over 1400m at Caulfield, Affirmation is one of 13 nominations for Saturday’s Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Randwick and McEvoy is looking to use the Group Three race to test the gelding’s Golden Rose prospects.

McEvoy said he would monitor how Affirmation works on Tuesday morning before locking in a start in Saturday’s race.

“He’s got to please me tomorrow morning,” McEvoy said.

“We’ve had an incredible amount of rain at Hawkesbury. I’m hoping I can get a good piece of work into him tomorrow and if he pleases me and comes through it well he’ll run on Saturday.”

Glyn Schofield has been booked to ride Affirmation.

Paul Messara has nominated Rosebud winner Scissor Kick and stablemate Panzer Division while the runner-up from the Rosebud, the Peter Moody-trained Better Land has also been entered.

There were 13 three-year-olds nominated on Monday with entries extended until Tuesday morning.

John O’Shea has Meursault, an impressive winner at the feature Hawkesbury meeting on debut in May, nominated along with Group One-placed colt Kumaon.

Affirmation is at $15 for the $1 million Group One Golden Rose next month and McEvoy expects Saturday’s race to determine whether Affirmation heads that way.

“If he shows me that he’s really competitive on Saturday in this class we’ll certainly consider the million-dollar race,” McEvoy said.

Affirmation was fifth in the Inglis Classic in Sydney on debut in January before being gelded.

He resumed with a maiden win in Adelaide and then finished powerfully at Caulfield last start in a late-season two-year-old 1400m race to win by three lengths.

“I thought he was ultra-impressive with 57-1/2 (kilograms) on his back, running better sectionals than the Bletchingly Stakes on the day,” McEvoy said.

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