Saturday’s G1 Caulfield Stakes will be a three horse race with champion mare Winx and Darren Weir’s star Black Heart Bart scaring off all rivals except He Or She.
The final acceptances for the 2016 Caulfield Stakes have closed with just the three runners to line-up in the field making it Australia’s smallest ever G1 race.
Final field 3 runners Gp1 Caul Stks Winx, Black Heart Bart, He Or She.
Intriguing but disap. Will be sit sprint not ideal Cox Plt prep— Michael Felgate (@MFelgate7) October 4, 2016
Before He Or She accepted late it was looking like it could be a match race:
Jake Norton the Head Of Racing at the Melbourne Racing Club has said they will proceed with the race even if there are just two runners in it, saying Darren Weir is yet to submit his acceptances for the race in which he had nominated stable star Black Heart Bart.
An hour before acceptances close @Caulfield for Saturday. One horse acc’d in the Caul Stakes. Assuming its Winx she may have to race herself
— T®oy Co®sTens (@Destroystens) October 4, 2016
@Globalgallop @Blood1971 Stakes races exempt from such policy. Weir yard yet to submit acceptances. If it’s a two-horse race we’ll run it.
— Jake Norton (@JGNorton82) October 4, 2016