Premiere Stakes Field – 2016

The Final Field has been released for the 2016 Premiere Stakes which is to be run at Randwick racecourse on Saturday 1st, October 2016. View the Premiere Stakes Field.

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 UNDER THE LOUVRE Robert Smerdon Dwayne Dunn 1 58.5kg
2 OUR BOY MALACHI Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 12 58.5kg
3 REBEL DANE Gary Portelli Jason Collett 13 58.5kg
4 TAKEDOWN Gary Moore Blake Shinn 2 58.5kg
5 AMOVATIO Chris Waller Craig Williams 15 58.5kg
6 FAMOUS SEAMUS (NZ) Noel Mayfield-Smith Jay Ford 7 58.5kg
7 GOOD PROJECT Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 3 58.5kg
8 SMART VOLATILITY John Sargent Tye Angland 6 58.5kg
9 BOSS LANE Ron Quinton Ms Kathy O’Hara 8 58.5kg
10 HOWMUCHDOYOULOVEME Con Karakatsanis Ms Samantha Clenton (a) 5 58.5kg
11 KAEPERNICK Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 4 58.5kg
12 SOUTHERN LEGEND Les Bridge Tim Clark 14 58.5kg
13 ENGLISH Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tommy Berry 11 56.5kg
14 DANISH TWIST Kris Lees James McDonald 9 56.5kg
15 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Peter & Paul Snowden 10 53kg

News:

Angela Davies’ eye for a yearling may have unearthed a stakes prospect for her small Gosford stable.

Machinegun Jubs has made her mark on the provincial circuit and Davies will raise the bar in the NGS Super Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill on Wednesday.

Owner Michael Abdallah, who bred dual Group One placegetter Avoid Lightning, gave Machinegun Jubs to Davies to train.

“He asked me to go up and have a look at his yearlings in the paddock,” Davies said.

“I said ‘I really like that filly’ and he said ‘alright she can be your first one for me’.

“You put your neck on the line when you pick horses out of the paddock.

“I’m just very fortunate that she’s able to gallop.”

Davies was delighted with Machinegun Jubs’ performance to win her fourth race from six attempts in the $35,000 Godolphin Tiara at Muswellbrook on September 11.

“She absolutely dashed and showed a wonderful turn of foot to win the Tiara,” Davies said.

That was the four-year-old mare’s second consecutive win after a class two race on her home track on August 23.

On Wednesday she will be pitted against Godolphin colt Morton’s Fork who has won at Saturday metropolitan grade.

While Morton’s Fork is resuming from a short spell, Machinegun Jubs is having her fourth start for the preparation.

After apprentice jockey Blaike McDougall’s three-kilogram claim, Machinegun Jubs will carry 54.5kg, 4.5kg less than Morton’s Fork

“If she can win tomorrow then you’d think we might be able to sneak away with a fillies and mares Listed race somewhere,” Davies said.

Davies has got her small team firing, with nine wins and six placings from her last 27 starts.

And she’s not the only Gosford trainer kicking goals, with the Fred Cowell-trained Mighty Lucky set to run in Saturday’s Group One Epsom Handicap at Randwick.

But they face an uncertain future as they fight to stay on course after Gosford Racing Club announced plans last year to evict the 15 trainers by December.

Davies said she met with Racing NSW in Sydney on Tuesday and is hopeful they will be allowed to stay.

“It’s very serious and very worrying for all of us,” Davies said.

“The trainers are going really well so let’s hope they leave us where we are.”

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