Caulfield Cup 2016: Full list of weights for the 2400m staying feature

OWNER Lloyd Williams has warned Order of St George won’t run in the Caulfield Cup and is unlikely to come for the Melbourne Cup because of what he perceives as too much weight for the stayer.

Lloyd Williams has indicated Order Of St George will not head to Australia for the Cups. Picture: Colleen Petch

PROMINENT owner Lloyd Williams has warned Order Of St George won’t run in the Caulfield Cup and is unlikely to come for the Melbourne Cup because of what he perceives as too much weight for the emerging stayer.

The Aidan O’Brien trained stayer, along with stablemate Highland Reel, were both allocated 58kg when weights were released on Wednesday for the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 15.

Racing Victoria’s general manager of racing, Greg Carpenter, said Order Of St George was weighted at 54kg in last year’s Melbourne Cup after winning the Irish St Leger.

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“It was the equal of 58kg for an older horse,” Carpenter said. “He is undefeated this season and has won the Ascot Gold Cup very impressively but those races haven’t taken his rating to any higher than it was last year.

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“The top weight must have at least 58kg and the [Melbourne Cup] weights will be released in two weeks’ time and then it’s up to the owner of every horse to review his own horse’s weight and that of the others and then make a decision whether they are going to run in the race.”

While Carpenter said there was no limit on what the top weight could receive, Order Of St George would have to do “something significantly better” than what he has done by winning the Ascot Gold Cup and the St Leger to earn more.

He said there is no imperative that if he wins the coming Irish St Leger that he has to receive more than 58kg in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

“When the weights came out before the Irish St Leger and Septimus won it by 10 lengths, I didn’t penalise him,” Carpenter said. “And there is no imperative that if [Order Of St George] wins the Irish St Leger that he will get more than the 58kg than he got in the Caulfield Cup today.”

Trainer Mick Price’s Caulfield Cup favourite Tarzino has been allocated 54kg.

He is rated a $13 chance by the TAB.

Young New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, who recently relocated to Cranbourne, share the top weights for four-year-olds after their ATC Derby (2400m) winner Tavago was given the same weight as Tarzino.

Tarzino, which has been set for the race. is aiming to become just the fourth horses to the complete the VRC Derby/Caulfield Cup double.

Order Of St George was handed top weight of 58kg in the Caulfield Cup.

Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance and Australian Cup winner Preferment have 56.5kg, while French horse Erupt and last year’s Caulfield Cup placegetter Our Ivanhowe have 56kg.

Carpenter said Tarzino and Tavago had been allocated 54kg on the back of impressive wins in the Victoria Derby and ATC Derby respectively,

“Tarzino is aiming to emulate the likes of Elvstroem (2004), Manfred (1925) and Poseidon (1906) by winning he Caulfield Cup the season after taking out the Victoria Derby, while Tavago looks to retrace the path Mongolian Khan took in 2015 by winning the ATC Derby-Caulfield Cup double,” Carpenter said.

“With an international rating of 121, Highland Reel is the highest-rated galloper in 2016 among the 171 Caulfield Cup nominations, and he shares the status of Caulfield Cup top weight with his stablemate Order Of St George, who was very impressive winning the Irish St Leger in 2015 and Ascot Gold Cup earlier this year over extended journeys.

Caulfield Cup favourite Tarzino will carry 54kg in the big race. Picture: Adam Taylor

“In recent years we have seen the better performed horses come to the fore in the BMW Caulfield Cup, with two of the past four renewals won by a horse carrying the top weight of 58kg in the international entrants Dunaden (2012) and Admire Rakti (2014).

“Aidan O’Brien’s northern hemisphere three-year-old Idaho, who is guaranteed a start in the Caulfield Cup thanks to his brilliant win in the Great Voltiguer Stakes, has been allocated 53kg, which is three kilograms below weight-for-age benchmark.”

Along with Idaho, those horses guaranteed a start in the 2016 Caulfield Cup as the winner of ballot exempt races this season are Sir Michael Stoute’s Jockey Club Stakes (UK) winner Exosphere (55kg) and Mornington Cup winner Berisha (50kg).

Other notable entries and their weights are:

— The United States (55.5kg) — Lloyd Williams-owned seven-year-old winner of the Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m) and Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) last season;

The United States leads Lloyd Williams’ local charge for the Caulfield Cup. Picture: Jenny Evans

— Hartnell (55kg) — Godolphin-owned winner of last year’s Group 1 The BMW during the Sydney Autumn Carnival over the Caulfield Cup distance of 2400m under weight-for-age conditions;

— Bondi Beach (55kg) — Another Lloyd Williams-owned entrant who has won the Group 3 Vintage Crop (2816m) at Navan since finishing 16th in last year’s Emirates Melbourne Cup as a Northern Hemisphere three-year-old;

— Trip To Paris (55kg) — The Ed Dunlop-prepared six-year-old, who finished second behind Mongolian Khan in last year’s BMW Caulfield Cup, has been allocated the same handicap he carried 12 months ago;

— Scottish (54.5kg) — Prepared for Godolphin by Charlie Appleby at Newmarket (UK), Scottish is a last-start winner of the Group 3 Strensall Stakes (1811m) at York;

— Hauraki (54kg) — Another Godolphin runner hailing from the John O’Shea yard, Hauraki placed at Group 1 level three times last season and finished eighth in the 2015 BMW Caulfield Cup;

— Almoonqith (53.5kg) — Last season’s Geelong and Sandown Cup winner, Almoonqith is looking to emulate the Caulfield Cup victory of Tawqeet 10 years ago for trainer David Hayes and owners Shadwell Stud Australasia ;

— Signoff (53.5kg) — One of 17 Cup nominated horses hailing from Darren Weir’s stables, Signoff will be partnered throughout the Spring Racing Carnival by popular jockey Harry Coffey;

— Rising Romance (52.5kg) — Runner-up behind Admire Rakti in the 2014 Caulfield Cup and 13th behind Mongolian Khan last year, Rising Romance has been handicapped 0.5kg less than allocated at her previous two Caulfield Cup attempts.

Our Ivanhowe will be out to improve on his Caukfield Cup placing from last year. Picture: Mark Cranitch

— Gust Of Wind (52kg) — John Sargent’s five-year-old mare has been allocated 1kg more than the handicap she carrier when fourth behind Mongolian Khan in last year’s Caulfield Cup;

— Howard Be Thy Name (51.5kg) — An impressive winner of the SA Derby (2500m), Howard Be Thy Name will seek to become the first horse to complete the SA Derby-Caulfield Cup double since Mummify in 2003;

— Jameka (51.5kg) — Last year’s impressive Crown Oaks (2500m) winner has been allocated 0.5kg more than stablemate and 2014 Crown Oaks winner Set Square was given in last year’s Caulfield

— Real Love (51.5kg) — A gallant winner of the 2015 Perth Cup over the Caulfield Cup distance of 2400m, the Weir-trained six-year-old mare’s handicap is six kilograms below the weight-for-age limit;

— Set Square (51.5kg) — Ciaron Maher’s 2014 Crown Oaks (2500m)-winning mare has been allocated 0.5kg more than she carrier in last year’s Caulfield Cup when 16th;

— Sofia Rosa (51kg) — An impressive winner of the Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m), Sofia Rosa has been allocated the same handicap carried by 2015 ATC Oaks winner Gust Of Wind in the 2015 Caulfield Cup;

— Provocative (50.5kg) — Tony Pike’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) winner will look to become the first mare since Ethereal in 2001 to complete the Queensland Oaks-Caulfield Cup double;

— Raw Impulse (50kg) — Another hailing from the Darren Weir camp, Raw Impulse caught the eye of punters by winning his first three Australian starts on end having transferred from the stables of Clive Cox earlier this year.

First acceptances for the Caulfield Cup are at noon on Tuesday, September 6.

FULL LIST OF WEIGHTS

$3m CAULFIELD CUP

Caulfield, October 15

HIGHLAND REEL 5H A O’Brien 58kgs

ORDER OF ST GEORGE 5H A O’Brien 58

PREFERMENT 5H C Waller 56.5

PRINCE OF PENZANCE 7G D Weir 56.5

ERUPT 5H F Graffard 56

OUR IVANHOWE 7H Lee & A Freedman 56

THE UNITED STATES 7H R Hickmott 55.5

BONDI BEACH 5H A O’Brien 55

EXOSPHERE 5H Sir Michael Stoute 55

HARTNELL 6G J O’Shea 55

TRIP TO PARIS 6G E Dunlop 55

WHO SHOT THEBARMAN 8G C Waller 55

SCOTTISH 5G C Appleby 54.5

SIR ISAAC NEWTON 5H A O’Brien 54.5

HAURAKI 5G J O’Shea 54

MANATEE 6H J O’Shea 54

SIMPLE VERSE 5M R Beckett 54

TARZINO 4H M Price 54

TAVAGO 4G T Busuttin & N Young 54

ALMOONQITH 7H D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 53.5

GALLANTE 6G R Hickmott 53.5

GRAND MARSHAL 7G C Waller 53.5

MAGIC HURRICANE 7G J O’Shea 53.5

PALLASATOR 8G M Prescott 53.5

SIGNOFF 7G D Weir 53.5

STORM THE STARS 5H C Waller 53.5

TOSEN STARDOM 6H D Weir 53.5

IDAHO 4H A O’Brien 53

IT’S SOMEWHAT 6G J O’Shea 53

SPIRITJIM 7H C Waller 53

ALPINE EAGLE 5H T McEvoy 52.5

ARTICUS W Hickst 52.5

AWESOME ROCK 5H L & T Corstens 52.5

EXCESS KNOWLEDGE 7H G Waterhouse & A Bott 52.5

GUARDINI 6H L & A Freedman 52.5

RISING ROMANCE 6M D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 52.5

TALLY 4H J O’Shea 52.5

WICKLOW BRAVE 8G W Mullins 52.5

ENTIRELY PLATINUM 7G M, W & J Hawkes 52

GUST OF WIND 5M J Sargent 52

LAUNCHED 5H P Bary 52

BARSANTI 5G R Varian 51.5

DEAUVILLE 4H A O’Brien 51.5

ESCADO 7G M Laurie 51.5

HOWARD BE THY NAME 4H D Weir 51.5

JAMEKA 4M C Maher 51.5

MAURUS 6G R Smerdon 51.5

NOW WE CAN 8H Nicolas Clement 51.5

REAL LOVE 6M D Weir 51.5

SET SQUARE 5M C Maher 51.5

SIR J HAWKWOOD 8G J P Thompson 51.5

TAIYOO 7G DWeir 51.5

THUNDER FANTASY 6H A Cummings 51.5

BATTERSEA 6H R Varian 51

BIG MEMORY 7G T McEvoy 51

GREY LION 5H M Cumani 51

HE OR SHE 6G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 51

HE’S OUR ROKKII 4G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 51

LIDARI 8H D Weir 51

LIZARD ISLAND 4H P Hyland 51

MAGNAPAL 7G T & K O’Sullivan 51

SHIMRANO GER 5H Lee & A Freedman 51

SOFIA ROSA 4M S Marsh 51

TALL SHIP 6G D Weir 51

AU REVOIR 7H D Weir 50.5

AUVRAY 6G D Weir 50.5

HI WORLD 5H L & A Freedman 50.5

MISS ROSE DE LAGO 6M D O’Brien 50.5

OBSERVATIONAL 6G R Hickmott 50.5

OLD NORTH 4H J O’Shea 50.5

PROVOCATIVE 4M T Pike 50.5

SACRED MASTER 5G C Waller 50.5

SADLER’S LAKE 5G C Waller 50.5

VANBRUGH 4H C Waller 50.5

ALMANDIN 7G R Hickmott 50

ALOFT 5G R Hickmott 50

AMEXED 6G T Gollan 50

ANTONIO GIUSEPPE 4G C Waller 50

ARAB DAWN 6G J O’Shea 50

ARALDO JUNIOR 6G M Moroney 50

ASSIGN 6G R Hickmott 50

AURORA’S STAR 4M A Cummings 50

AUTHORITARIAN 5G L & A Freedman 50

AZURITE 6G T McEvoy 50

BATTLECAMP 4G L & A Freedman 50

BERISHA 5G R Smerdon 50

BLACK TOMAHAWK 7G D Weir 50

BOHEMIAN LILY 5M J Bary 50

BOLD SNIPER 7G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

BRAVERY 4H A O’Brien 50

C’EST BEAU LA VIE 4M L Macdonald & A Gluyas 50

CHILL PARTY 5G T Hughes 50

COLDSTONE 5G M Kent 50

COOK ISLANDS 4H A O’Brien 50

COOL CHAP 4G L & A Freedman 50

DANJEU 6G J P Thompson 50

DATA POINT 4H M Kent 50

DE LITTLE ENGINE 6G D O’Brien 50

DEE I CEE 5G G Waterhouse & A Bott 50

DEVERE 5G J Sadler 50

DIVAN 5G R Hickmott 50

DON’T DOUBT MAMMA 4M Tony McEvoy 50

DOUKHAN 8G Kris Lees 50

DREADED 4G L & A Freedman 50

DUCHESS KATE 4M C Waller 50

DUKE OF ELLINGTON C Maher 50

ETNA 6G N Clement 50

EXTRA CHOICE 4G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

FANATIC 4M G Sanders 50

FOUNDRY 7G R Hickmott 50

GABELLA 7M D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

GO DREAMING 7G G Kluske 50

HANS HOLBEIN 5H R Hickmott 50

HEAVENS ABOVE 5M T Martin 50

HIERARCHAL 4G A Cummings 50

HOUSESOFPARLIAMENT 4H A O’Brien 50

HURSLEY 4G C Waller 50

IMMORTAL FIRE 7G K Corstens 50

KILIMANJARO 5G R Hickmott 50

KINEMA R Beckett 50

LORD DISICK 5G M Moroney 50

LORD VAN PERCY 7G D Weir 50

MANAGERESS 5M C Alderson 50

MANNDAWI 7G D Weir 50

MASTER ZEPHYR 5G D Weir 50

METAPHORICAL 6M D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

METRO COWBOY 4G D Clarken 50

MIME 4M M Baker & A Forsman 50

MINOTAUR 5G N Clement 50

MRS RUNHARDT 5M K Southey 50

NEVIS 7G R Hickmott 50

NIGELISSIMA 6M T Busuttin & N Young 50

NORDIC FLIGHT 5G L & A Freedman 50

NOZOMI 5G L & A Freedman 50

ORBEC 6G J P Thompson 50

PEMBERLEY 5G C Maher 50

PERFECT LIFELINE 4G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

PHEIDON 6G J Cerchi Jnr 50

PILOTE D’ESSAI 5G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

PINSTRIPE LANE 6G L & T Corstens 50

PLOT THE COURSE 5G M Trotter 50

PLYMOUTH ROAD 4G L & A Freedman 50

QUICK DEFENCE 5G C Waller 50

RAW IMPULSE 5H D Weir 50

RED LAGO 5G C Conners 50

RULING DYNASTY 5H J Cummings 50

SARRASIN 5H L & A Freedman 50

SCHERZOSO 5G T McEvoy 50

SECOND BULLET 6G D O’Brien 50

SHAMKIYR 6G D Weir 50

SHOGUN 4H A O’Brien 50

SINGING 7H K Lees 50

SINGLE GAZE 4M N Olive 50

SPRINGBOK FLYER 6G C Waller 50

ST JEAN 7H A Purcell 50

STONE WARRIOR 4G L & A Freedman 50

SWACADELIC 6G A Purcell 50

SWORD FIGHTER 4H A O’Brien 50

THE BANDIT JPN 5H J Sadler 50

THE MAJOR GENERAL 4H A O’Brien 50

THUNDER DOWN UNDER 4H C Waller 50

TOM MELBOURNE 6G L & A Freedman 50

TOSSILINI 4G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50

TRANSFER ALLOWANCE 7G P Roche 50

VALLEY GIRL 4M Donna Logan & C Gibbs 50

VENGEUR MASQUE 5G M Moroney 50

WHAT’S THE STORY 4H S McKee 50

WHITE DOLLAR SIGN 5G J Thom 50

ZANTECA 7M D Weir 50

ZAYAM FR 7G M Smith 50

ZUMA ROC 8G D & B Hayes & T Dabernig 50