Chipping Norton Stakes Final Field – 2017

Winx - Chipping Norton Stakes

View the final field for the 2017 Chipping Norton Stakes. The Chipping Norton Stakes will be run on Saturday 25th February at Randwick racecourse.

Champion mare Winx has drawn perfectly in barrier 4 with her main rival Hartnell drawing the outside barrier in the field.

Winx opened and is likely to remain the $1.10 favourite in Chipping Norton Stakes odds post the release of the final field and barriers.

Time: 4:30PM

Distance: 1600m

Class: Group 1

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 HARTNELL (GB) John O’Shea Brenton Avdulla 10 59kg
2 PREFERMENT (NZ) Chris Waller Joshua Parr 8 59kg
3 GRAND MARSHAL (GB) Chris Waller Jason Collett 5 59kg
4 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) Chris Waller Tim Clark 1 59kg
5 LIBRAN (IRE) Chris Waller Glyn Schofield 3 59kg
6 MAGIC HURRICANE (IRE) John O’Shea Christian Reith 2 59kg
7 TAVAGO (NZ) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Tommy Berry 6 59kg
8 ENDLESS DRAMA (IRE) Chris Waller Tye Angland 7 59kg
9 WINX Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 4 57kg
10 LASQUETI SPIRIT Lee Curtis Jay Ford 9 53kg

 

Chipping Norton Stakes News:

Any hopes rival trainers might have been harbouring that Winx had a tough run in the Apollo Stakes have been put to bed by Chris Waller.

The champion made a delayed start to 2017 last Monday at Randwick after the scheduled meeting two days earlier was moved because of extreme heat.

It made no difference to the mare who took her score over Hartnell to five-nil in the Group Two race.

The two meet at the track again in Saturday’s Group One Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) with Winx looking to extend her winning streak to 15 and bring up her 10th win at the elite level.

‘We weighed her and she’s put on a couple of kilos since the Apollo,” Waller said.

“So she is holding her racing weight and that’s important.

“She is fit and our job is to maintain that and keep her going through the preparation and she’s as good as she can be.”

Hugh Bowman can probably count himself lucky to be riding the mare after an incident in a later race on Monday when he was suspended for not riding his mount to the line.

Bowman will be out from Monday to Friday this week.

Brenton Avdulla has got the nod to ride Hartnell with retained Godolphin jockey James Doyle sidelined with a hand injury after falling from Pearls in the Triscay Stakes on Monday.

Doyle was originally expected to be out for at least a month but now hopes to get back for the March 4 meeting or shortly after.

The Waller-trained Omei Sword will have her first start since the spring when she runs in Saturday’s Group Two Surround Stakes.

The filly hasn’t run since she finished second to Godolphin colt Asterm in the Group One Golden Rose in September.

Her autumn campaign has been delayed because of a slight muscle problem but she proved her fitness with a race day gallop at Rosehill on Saturday.

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