Prolific Metropolitan winners dominate this year’s field

Prolific Metropolitan winning trainers Chris Waller and Gai Waterhouse hold 10 of the 22 acceptors in this year’s $750,000 Group 1 Metropolitan at Randwick on Saturday.

Land Legend is the favourite for the Metropolitan at Randwick on Saturday. Photo: Jeremy Ng/Getty Images.

Prolific Metropolitan winning trainers Chris Waller and Gai Waterhouse hold 10 of the 22 acceptors in this year’s $750,000 Group 1 Metropolitan at Randwick on Saturday.

The 2400m handicap contest has been won by Waterhouse on nine occasions while Waller is chasing his sixth success in the race this year.

Waller has won three of the last six Metropolitans and this year he has five of the 18 runners in the field and three of the four emergencies.

Meanwhile, Waterhouse, who won the race last year with her training partner Adrian Bott and Just Fine, has two starters on Saturday.

Ciaron Maher also has multiple acceptors as does Newcastle trainer Kris Lees.

It should be noted 11 of the 22 acceptors also hold entries for Saturday’s Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington – the Group 3 Bart Cummings (2500m).

The field for the Bart Cummings will be declared on Wednesday and Metropolitan acceptors that remain in the Flemington entries are – Kalapour, Que Tempesta, Athabascan, Trust In You, El Bodegon, Future History, Etna Rosso, Land Legend, Manzoice, Berkshire Breeze and Matusalem.

The field for the Metropolitan is:

No – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – KALAPOUR – Kris Lees – TBA – 22 – 57kg

2 – MILITARY MISSION – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Regan Bayliss – 1 – 55.5kg

3 – SERPENTINE – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Tim Clark – 18 – 55kg

4 – QUE TEMPESTA – Ben, Will & JD Hayes – Craig Williams – 12 – 54.5kg

5 – ALEGRON – Bjorn Baker – Rachel King – 5 – 54kg

6 – CLEVELAND – Kris Lees – TBA – 19 – 54kg

7 – ATHABASCAN – John O’Shea & Tom Charlton – Jason Collett – 9 – 54kg

8 – TRUST IN YOU – Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley – Tom Sherry – 14 – 53kg

9 – EL BODEGON – Chris Waller – TBA – 17 – 52.5kg

10 – ZARDOZI – James Cummings – Zac Lloyd (a) – 10 – 52kg

11 – FUTURE HISTORY – Ciaron Maher – TBA – 3 – 51.5kg

12 – STAR OF INDIA – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Alysha Collett – 6 – 51.5kg

13 – ETNA ROSSO – Chris Waller – Kerrin McEvoy – 13 – 51.5kg

14 – LAND LEGEND – Chris Waller – TBA – 7 – 51kg

15 – FIRST LIGHT – Chris Waller – TBA – 2 – 50kg

16 – MANZOICE – Chris Waller – TBA – 16 – 50kg

17 – BERKSHIRE BREEZE – Ciaron Maher – TBA – 15 – 50kg

18 – WYCLIF – Ciaron Maher – TBA – 20 – 50kg

19 emg – IMMEDIACY – Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young – Jett Stanley (a) – 21 – 50kg

20 emg – STRATHTAY – Chris Waller – TBA – 11 – 50kg

21 emg – UNUSUAL LEGACY – Chris Waller – TBA – 4 – 50kg

22 emg – MATUSALEM – Chris Waller – TBA – 8 – 50kg

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Sportbet’s post barrier draw betting market;

1 – KALAPOUR – $51

2 – MILITARY MISSION – $41

3 – SERPENTINE – $13

4 – QUE TEMPESTA – $17

5 – ALEGRON – $34

6 – CLEVELAND – $61

7 – ATHABASCAN – $34

8 – TRUST IN YOU – $126

9 – EL BODEGON – $126

10 – ZARDOZI – $12

11 – FUTURE HISTORY – $9

12 – STAR OF INDIA – $126

13 – ETNA ROSSO – $13

14 – LAND LEGEND – $6.50 favourite

15 – FIRST LIGHT – $8

16 – MANZOICE – $17

17 – BERKSHIRE BREEZE – $8.50

18 – WYCLIF – $17

19 emg – IMMEDIACY – $17

20 emg – STRATHTAY – $67

21 emg – UNUSUAL LEGACY – $11

22 emg – MATUSALEM – $67

Yasss!

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— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 20, 2024

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— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 28, 2024

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The Randwick track was rated a soft (5) at acceptance time. The rail will be in the 3-metre

The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Sydney is.

Tuesday – Mostly sunny. 22.

Wednesday – Partly cloudy. 21.

Thursday – Partly cloudy. 21.

Friday – Mostly sunny. 23.

Saturday – Partly cloudy. 28.

CLICK HERE to get the fields and free formguide for the Randwick meeting on Saturday.

Originally published as Prolific Metropolitan winners dominate this year’s field