Kingsford Smith Cup Final Field – 2017

View the final field and barriers for the 2017 Kingsford Smith Cup. The Kingsford Smith Cup will be run on Saturday 27th May at Eagle Farm racecourse.

Time: 3:55PM

Distance: 1300m

Class: Group 1

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 BLACK HEART BART Darren Weir Brad Rawiller 4 59kg
2 UNDER THE LOUVRE Robert Smerdon Dwayne Dunn 8 59kg
3 JAPONISME Chris Waller Blake Shinn 6 59kg
4 MUSIC MAGNATE (NZ) Bjorn Baker Jeff Lloyd 13 59kg
5 COUNTERATTACK Chris Waller Opie Bosson 7 59kg
6 CLEARLY INNOCENT Kris Lees Hugh Bowman 9 59kg
7 START WONDERING (NZ) Evan & Jennifer J Rayner Johnathan Parkes 12 59kg
8 JUNGLE EDGE Mick Bell Kevin Forrester 14 59kg
9 IN HIS STRIDE Rex Lipp Damian Browne 2 59kg
10 HOPFGARTEN Robert Heathcote Ronnie Stewart 10 59kg
11 DERRYN David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Mark Zahra 5 57kg
12 TYCOON TARA Peter & Paul Snowden 11 57kg
13 EGYPTIAN SYMBOL Bjorn Baker Damian Lane 3 57kg
14 IMPENDING Darren Beadman James Doyle 1 57kg

 

 

News:

The experienced Benzini and the up-and-coming Chocante will be out to uphold New Zealand’s reputation in the staying ranks at Eagle Farm.

The pair will contest Saturday’s Group Three Premier’s Cup (2200m) as a prelude to the Group Two Brisbane Cup (2400m) on June 10 won last year by Benzini.

The seven-year-old was withdrawn from the Doomben Cup on Saturday because of the wet.

“We didn’t want to run him on a heavy track,” owner Adrian Bull, who trains the gelding with his son Harry, told NZ Racing Desk.

“He’s done well and we’re happy with him.”

Benzini ran sixth in the Hong Kong Vase at the International meeting in December and has since been placed in the Group One New Zealand Stakes and Group Three Canterbury Gold Cup.

The Stephen Marsh-trained four-year-old Chocante is a Group Three winner at home and ran third in the Chairman’s Handicap at Doomben last Saturday week.

“I was rapt. I thought his run was outstanding,” Marsh said. “He’d gone from 1400 to 1600 metres and then up to 2000 at Doomben.

“He was still fresh and pulled a bit so it was a great effort and he’s done an absolute treat since.”

Marsh believes the 2400 metres of the Brisbane Cup will be ideal and he is looking even further ahead.

“We would like to be in Melbourne in the spring for some serious races,” he said.

“It’s not as if he’s having a lot of racing this autumn and he can be on a direct flight back from Brisbane and he won’t need a long time out in the paddock.”

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