A full capacity field with emergencies have accepted for Saturday’s feature G1 at Flemington the $1.5million dollar Victoria Derby.
The race start time is set for 3:50pm with the race run over 2500m at Group 1 level.
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Field:
No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |||
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1 | SACRED ELIXIR (NZ) | Tony Pike | Zac Purton | 1 | 55.5kg | |||
2 | PRIZED ICON | James Cummings | Glyn Schofield | 5 | 55.5kg | |||
3 | SWEAR | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 10 | 55.5kg | |||
4 | ROCKETEER | Mick Price | Mark Zahra | 19 | 55.5kg | |||
5 | MORVADA | Peter Jolly | Steven Arnold | 12 | 55.5kg | |||
6 | INFERENCE | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Dwayne Dunn | 20 | 55.5kg | |||
7 | CAPTAIN DUFFY | Phillip Stokes | 2 | 55.5kg | ||||
8 | SILVERA | Tony McEvoy | Kerrin McEvoy | 13 | 55.5kg | |||
9 | WINE BUSH | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 17 | 55.5kg | |||
10 | SO SI BON | Robbie Laing | Hugh Bowman | 11 | 55.5kg | |||
11 | KENT | John O’Shea | James McDonald | 4 | 55.5kg | |||
12 | HIGHLAD | Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman | Craig Williams | 15 | 55.5kg | |||
13 | BEACH LIFE | Ciaron Maher | Nicholas Hall | 8 | 55.5kg | |||
14 | TUMULTUOUS | Chris Waller | Ben Melham | 18 | 55.5kg | |||
15 | HOLLYWOOD MO | Paul Perry | Stephen Baster | 6 | 55.5kg | |||
16 | ALL OUT OF LOVE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Blake Shinn | 9 | 55.5kg | |||
17e | PETER JOHN (NZ) | John Sargent | Michael Walker | 3 | 55.5kg | |||
18e | ANAHEIM | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | 14 | 55.5kg | ||||
19e | SHINE TAK STAR | John Sargent | 16 | 55.5kg | ||||
20e | ZOFFMAN | Aaron Purcell | 7 | 55.5kg |
The Victoria Derby 2016 barrier draw will be crucial if So Si Bon is to turn the tables on Sacred Elixir when they meet again in the Classic at Flemington.
That’s the opinion of So Si Bon’s trainer Robbie Laing who is confident the colt only needs a little luck on Saturday.
So Si Bon is the Derby $7 second elect after his third behind the New Zealander in the Vase on a soft Moonee Valley track last Saturday when Sacred Elixir stamped his $3.20 favouritism.
“If I draw gate one and Sacred Elixir draws 18, I’m a good chance of beating him and if Sacred Elixir draws one and we draw 18 then I’m a remote chance,” Laing said.
Laing thought his Derby hopes were dashed when So Si Bon was under pressure before the turn in the Vase (2040m) and appeared to be struggling.
“On the corner he was starting to skate because he can’t handle rain-affected ground and they got up on his inside and came around him and I thought he was going to run eighth,” Laing said.
“I was thinking what am I going to do, do I keep going to the Derby but then he got going again.
“He’s come through the run well so it’s on to the Derby.”
Laing said So Si Bon spent 30 minutes on an aquasizer on Monday afternoon and worked over two laps at Cranbourne on Tuesday morning.
Hugh Bowman, who teamed with Laing to win the 2013 Derby with Polanski, will ride So Si Bon and will get to know him in a work-out on Thursday morning.
Laing didn’t consider So Si Bon a Derby colt early in his preparation, with the trainer’s sights set a little lower towards races like the Carbine Club Stakes and Sandown Guineas.
“He’s only 15.2 (hands) and 490 kilos but importantly he’s got an engine,” Laing said.
“He’s been getting back but relaxes and hits the line hard so we thought we’d try the Derby.”
Bowman will also will also ride the Laing-trained Missrock in Saturday’s Wakeful Stakes, the tradtional Oaks lead-up.
The Derby barriers will be determined on Wednesday.