View the final field for the 2017 Cyril Flower Stakes. The Cyril Flower Stakes will be run on Saturday 18th February at Ascot racecourse.
Time: 4:00PM
Distance: 1200m
Class: Listed
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| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIVINE CALLING | Fred Kersley | Daniel Staeck | 4 | 60.5kg | |
| 2 | DURENDAL | Chris Gangemi | Jarrad Noske | 2 | 59kg | |
| 3 | DREAM LIFTER | Paul Hunter | Mitchell Pateman | 3 | 58.5kg | |
| 4 | POTENT SECRET | Roy Rogers | Ms Jerry Noske | 8 | 55kg | |
| 5 | REBEL KING | Darren Mcauliffe | Brad Parnham | 12 | 54.5kg | |
| 6 | RED ORA | Daniel Morton | Chris Parnham | 6 | 54.5kg | |
| 7 | BASS STRAIT (NZ) | Neville Parnham | Steven Parnham | 1 | 54kg | |
| 8 | COMING BACK | Grant & Alana Williams | William Pike | 7 | 54kg | |
| 9 | GIGANTE | Jim P Taylor | Jason Brown | 9 | 54kg | |
| 10 | GREAT SHOT | Rhys Radford | Craig Staples | 11 | 54kg | |
| 11 | IT’S IT | Sharon Miller | Patrick Carbery | 10 | 54kg | |
| 12 | ZUCCHEROS | G Durrant & J Miller | Joseph Azzopardi | 5 | 54kg |
News:
A month after a Magic Millions experience that would put most two-year-olds in a spelling paddock, Invader has found winning form.
But whether the colt is around for much longer remains to be seen despite a win built on determination in the Chris Toogood Handicap at Randwick on Wednesday.
“It’s a day-to-day thing now to see how far he progresses from now on,” co-trainer Paul Snowden said.
“It was a killer day (at the Gold Coast) and it says a lot for him to go up there and race enormously well to get beaten a pimple for third.
“He went down on his head after two hundred metres, split his lip open and to finish where he did was a massive effort.”
Snowden expects Invader to improve as the distances extend beyond Wednesday’s 1200m.
“Definitely he is going to be better once he gets up in trip a bit … it will help him travel a lot better,” Snowden said.
Hugh Bowman allowed Invader, the $2.40 favourite, to keep the advantage of the rails into the straight.
Invader joined Malahat on the turn before holding off the Canonbury Stakes placegetter’s stablemate Savatiano to win by a neck.
The win started a sequence of victories on up-and-coming horses for Bowman as he also scored on I Thought So and Sizzling Bullet.
