Group 1 winner Pasadena Girl heads the $500,000 Thousand Guineas field with Hugh Bowman to reunite with
the daughter of Savabeel after he rode her to victory in the Gr1 Champagne Stakes (2yo’s) back in April.
Thousand Guineas Prelude winner
Miss Gunpowder is also in the field but there are question marks about the filly getting a strong 1600m while Mick Price will give
Badawiya a crack at the Group 1 event backing up just six days after a hard run when winning the Group 2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.
Craig Williams will be aboard Miss Gunpowder again while Craig Newitt will ride Badawiya.
PAYROLL
Payroll trained by Richard Laming, was an eye-catching runner-up to Miss Gunpowder last start and has drawn barrier 1 looking ideally placed in this field from the barrier with Jim Cassidy staying in the saddle.
The team at Dynamic Syndications and the 20 co-owners of our recent SNITZEL / WORKHARD syndication, will be cheering with gusto Richard Laming’s Payroll – a daughter of NOT A SINGLE DOUBT because she is the ¾ sister to our SNITZEL / WORKHARD Colt that we syndicated recently with Gai Waterhouse. Naturally if Payroll can win this Gr1 event not only will her value skyrocket but so too does the value of our stunning colt.
Our Colt
On exposed form leading into this event, Payroll looks extremely well placed and the stable have such a big opinion of Payroll that she is one of just two 3yo fillies remaining in the nominations for the Cox Plate.
If connections believe their filly has credentials for Australia’s Weight-For-Age Championship, then with average racing luck, she will prove hard to toss in this Thousand Guineas (3yo Fillies Set Weights) at 1600m.
Below is the final field and barrier draw for Saturday’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas.
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier
1 PASADENA GIRL (NZ) Peter G Moody Hugh Bowman 7
2 MISS GUNPOWDER Phillip Stokes Craig Williams 11
3 SAGARONNE Toby Edmonds Blake Shinn 3
4 JAMEKA Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 9
5 TAKE PRIDE Murray Johnson Patrick Moloney (a) 5
6 BADAWIYA Mick Price Craig Newitt 10
7 STAY WITH ME David Hayes & Tom Dabernig Dwayne Dunn 4
8 PAYROLL Richard Laming Jim Cassidy 1
9 ALASKAN ROSE (NZ) Michael Moroney Steven Arnold 6
10 SUPER CASH Andrew Noblet Kerrin McEvoy 2
11 DON’T DOUBT MARLEY Robbie Griffiths Chris Parnham 8