The Final Field has been released for the 2016 TAB Rewards Stakes which is to be run at Flemington on Saturday 5th, March 2016 at 3:10PM. View the TAB Rewards Stakes Field.
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEEBAZ (NZ) | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Dwayne Dunn | 10 | 58.5kg | |||
| 2 | PUCCINI (NZ) | Darren Weir | Mark Zahra | 3 | 58kg | |||
| 3 | RED BOMBER | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig | Damian Lane | 5 | 57.5kg | |||
| 4 | BURNING FRONT | Darren Weir | Brad Rawiller | 4 | 57kg | |||
| 5 | BIG MEMORY (FR) | Tony McEvoy | Damien Oliver | 6 | 56.5kg | |||
| 6 | DAN ZEPHYR | Pat Carey | Michael Dee (a) | 1 | 54kg | |||
| 7 | MIGHTY LIKE | Mick Price | Craig Newitt | 7 | 54kg | |||
| 8 | ZEBRINZ | Leon & Troy Corstens | Ben Melham | 9 | 54kg | |||
| 9 | HENWOOD (NZ) | John Sadler | Glen Boss | 8 | 54kg | |||
| 10 | GENERAL GROOVE | Leon & Troy Corstens | Stephen Baster | 2 | 54kg |
News:
Another Valley and Ever So Natural have booked their tickets to the $400,000 Country Championship at Randwick by running one-two in the Taree heat of the series.
Prepared by veteran trainer Bob Milligan and ridden by Grant Buckley, Another Valley ($12) wore down the leaders to claim Ever So Natural ($7) by 1-1/2 lengths in Sunday’s qualifier.
Ever So Natural’s trainer Cliff Bashford also had the $2.20 race favourite Ocean Grand who beat just one runner home.
Milligan’s son Glenn said Another Valley had earned a chance at the final.
“If we got beaten today she was going to the paddock but you’ve got to have a crack when the money’s there,” Milligan told Sky Thoroughbred Central.
“I was a bit worried when she was tardy away but she’s just getting better and better.
“She is only a baby being a three-year-old.”
The Taree qualifiers join Saturday’s Wagga winner Steakandbearnaise and runner-up Mitchell Road.
Steakandbearnaise is trained by Brett Cavanough at Albury while Mitchell Road is from Chris Heywood’s Wagga stable.
The final is at Randwick on April 2.