Grand Prix Stakes Field – 2016

The Final Field has been released for the 2016 Grand Prix Stakes which is to be run at Doomben racecourse on Saturday 28th, May 2016. View the Grand Prix Stakes Field.

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 HOWARD BE THY NAME Darren Weir Brad Rawiller 10 57kg
2 CYLINDER BEACH (NZ) Desleigh Forster Michael Cahill 9 57kg
3 I’M BELUCCI Desleigh Forster Jim Byrne 11 57kg
4 MACKINTOSH (NZ) Chris Waller Blake Shinn 3 57kg
5 UNBREAKABLE John O’Shea 14 57kg
6 ENCOSTA LINE Chris Waller Rory Hutchings (a) 13 57kg
7 RED ALTO Paul Banks 5 57kg
8 EAGLE WAY Bryan Guy Paul Hammersley 6 57kg
9 MULTIFACETS (NZ) Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 8 57kg
10 BRAZEN David Vandyke Zac Purton 7 57kg
11 ESCHIELE John O’Shea 12 57kg
12 SNAPPER ROCKS Bryan Guy 1 57kg
13 LAST TYPHOON Robert Smerdon Glen Colless 2 57kg
14 HARVARD (NZ) Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 4 57kg

News:

Well-bred Last Typhoon will head to Brisbane for the Grand Prix Stakes ahead of a planned Queensland Derby mission.

Trainer Robert Smerdon said the colt was due to fly to Queensland on Tuesday night to run in Saturday’s Grand Prix (2200m) at Doomben, a traditional Derby lead-up.

Last Typhoon is by Street Cry and is the only foal out of former Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy who died after giving birth to the colt in 2012.

A winner at Bairnsdale and Donald over 2000m when trained by Peter Moody, Last Typhoon has been unplaced in his three starts for Smerdon but has done enough for connections to press on to Queensland with a view to the Grand Prix Stakes and Queensland Derby.

“I think he’s going to run the trip and that’s a good starting point,” Smerdon said.

“So we’re certainly keen to give him his chance.”

Last Typhoon finished 11th behind Queensland Oaks hopeful Tavi Bay over 2000m at Caulfield last start and Smerdon said the colt would have a gear change for Saturday.

The trainer will remove blinkers and put winkers on the three-year-old.

“He was quite good late in the race, through the line and past the line,” Smerdon said of the last-start run.

“The barrier forced us to go back a bit and Jake (Noonan) said he pulled a bit with the blinkers on. So we’re going to take them off and just leave him with winkers.”

Smerdon believes Eagle Farm, the venue for the Derby, will suit Last Typhoon better than Doomben.

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