Memsie Stakes favourites draw horrible barriers

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Alligator Blood has drawn poorly for the Group 1 Memsie Stakes. (Picture: Racing Photos)

The Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) barrier draw has thrown a spanner in the works, with the three horses at the top of the market drawing poorly.

Mr Brightside ($4) and Alligator Blood ($6) have drawn barriers 15 and 14 respectively in the field of 15, while I Wish I Win ($3.60) will need an abundance of luck having drawn barrier one for the $750,000 feature.

The three favourites have been somewhat brought back to the pack in a strong field of 15 that includes some proven Group 1 weight-for-age runners.

Aegon ($26) caught the eye first-up when hitting the line strongly behind Mr Brightside in the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m).

The Inevitable ($34) will have his first start since finishing third in the All-Star Mile (1600m) earlier this year.

As always in the Memsie Stakes, plenty of attention will go towards the new-season four-year-olds as they look to take the step into weight-for-age company.

Osipenko ($10), Bank Maur ($61) and Amenable ($27) all caught the eye in Group company as three-year-olds and are all expected to feature prominently during the Melbourne Spring Carnival.

The Group 1 Memsie Stakes is the penultimate event on the 10-part program at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon, with the race set to jump at 4:50pm AEST.


2023 Memsie Stakes Final Field

No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Silks
Mr Brightside
Ben, Will & JD Hayes
Craig Williams
15
59kg
2 Silks
I Wish I Win
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman
Luke Nolen
1
59kg
3 Silks
Alligator Blood
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Tim Clark
14
59kg
4 Silks
Nonconformist
Grahame Begg
Harry Coffey
6
59kg
5 Silks
Aegon
Andrew Forsman
Michael Dee
13
59kg
6 Silks
The Inevitable
Tegan Keys
David Pires
11
59kg
7 Silks
Western Empire
John Leek (Jnr)
Arron Lynch
9
59kg
8 Silks
Bandersnatch
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
TBC
10
59kg
9 Silks
Duke De Sessa
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Ethan Brown
5
59kg
10 Silks
Osipenko
Chris Waller
TBC
2
58.5kg
11 Silks
Bank Maur
Richard Laming
Jye McNeil
7
58.5kg
12 Silks
Amenable
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Jamie Kah
12
58.5kg
13 Silks
Princess Grace
Chris Waller
TBC
3
57kg
14 Silks
Annavisto
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Damian Lane
4
57kg
15 Silks
Steinem
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
John Allen
8
57kg

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