Randwick Guineas favourite Kementari has drawn barrier four in a field of 14 for the Group One race.
The Godolphin colt, to be ridden by Glyn Schofield, has won both starts this campaign including the Hobartville Stakes featuring several of his rivals in Saturday’s Guineas (1600m).
New Zealand visitor Age Of Fire will start from gate 13 with D’Argento in 14 while Hobartville runner-up Pierata has barrier one.
There is a field of nine for the other Group One event on the program, the Canterbury Stake (1300m) with Epsom Handicap winner Happy Clapper to start from barrier one and Foxplay from the outside.
A field of nine has also been declared for the Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m) featuring inaugural Everest winner Redzel who has barrier four.
The Randwick track was in the soft range on Wednesday with showers forecast over the next few days.
Full field and barrier draw:
| Race 7 – 4:20PM MOSTYN COPPER GROUP RANDWICK GUINEAS (1600 METRES)Times displayed in local time of Race Meeting |
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| Of $1,000,000.1st $580,000, 2nd $190,000, 3rd $98,000, 4th $44,000, 5th $22,000, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th $10,000, 9th $8,000, 10th $8,000, Equine Welfare Fund $10,000, Jockey Welfare Fund $10,000. GROUP 1 Set Weights, Three-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim. Track Name: Randwick Track Type: Turf Field Limit: 16 + 4 EM NOMINATIONS EXTENDED TO: 06/03/2018 11:00:00 AM |
| No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x155111x55 | ACE HIGH | David Payne | Tye Angland | 2 | 56.5kg | 107 | |
| 2 | 63x6410x14 | TRAPEZE ARTIST | Gerald Ryan | Tim Clark | 10 | 56.5kg | 105 | |
| 3 | 21x4320x11 | KEMENTARI | James Cummings | Glyn Schofield | 4 | 56.5kg | 104 | |
| 4 | 2132113 | AGE OF FIRE | Stephen Autridge & Jamie Richards | Jason Collett | 13 | 56.5kg | 100 | |
| 5 | 4137×12112 | PIERATA | Gregory Hickman | Corey Brown | 1 | 56.5kg | 100 | |
| 6 | 23x11432x8 | SULLY (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | Blake Shinn | 11 | 56.5kg | 94 | |
| 7 | 312×172 | PEACEFUL STATE | Darren Weir | Brad Rawiller | 9 | 56.5kg | 93 | |
| 8 | 00x94220x6 | TANGLED | Chris Waller | 6 | 56.5kg | 90 | ||
| 9 | 242251×600 | CAPITAL GAIN | Paul Butterworth | Adam Hyeronimus | 3 | 56.5kg | 88 | |
| 10 | 11×13 | D’ARGENTO | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 14 | 56.5kg | 88 | |
| 11 | 112×129 | SIEGE OF QUEBEC | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | 8 | 56.5kg | 82 | ||
| 12 | 311×62 | KAONIC (NZ) | Chris Waller | Brenton Avdulla | 5 | 56.5kg | 74 | |
| 13 | 3235×212 | CONDOR | Paul Perry | Joshua Parr | 7 | 56.5kg | 69 | |
| 14 | 74×12 | TANGMERE (NZ) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 12 | 56.5kg | 68 |
Credit: AAP