Ming Dynasty Quality attracts full field

2022 Ming Dynasty
After last year’s success with Golden Mile, can Goldolphin go back-to-back in the Ming Dynasty on Saturday?

The Group 3 Ming Dynasty Quality is expected to feature a full field of 18 three-year-olds, with only one filly competing against the boys in the $250,000 contest at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday afternoon.

Unsurprisingly, Chris Waller leads the way with four runners, followed by Gary Portelli (3), James Cummings (2), and Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott (2).

After a luckless run in the Up And Coming Stakes last start, Encap from the Portelli yard has opened as the race favourite with most online betting sites, even though he is one of four maidens expected to start in the race.

The Cummings-trained Tom Kitten, who won the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes, has opened as the only other runner in single figures, with many believing that the extra 200m will suit the son of Harry Angel.

Tanhauser from the Waller yard has been given the top weight after he ran third in the Group 1 J.J. Atkins during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival.

Interestingly, Ashfall from the same stable has opened as the third favourite, coming through a Hawkesbury maiden victory last preparation.

Group 1 Champagne Stakes placegetter Townsend and last-start winner Raf Attack will take their place in the race for the Waterhouse and Bott stable.

Bjorn Baker has the lone filly in the field, with Infatuation looking to recapture the two-year-old form that led her to win the $1 million Golden Gift.

The 2023 Ming Dynasty Quality is race seven on the card at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday, scheduled to jump at 3:20pm AEST.


Ming Dynasty Quality 2023 field

No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Silks
Tannhauser
Chris Waller
TBC
9
58kg
2 Silks
Townsend
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Adam Hyeronimus
12
57kg
3 Silks
Tom Kitten
James Cummings
Nash Rawiller
12
56.5kg
4 Silks
Infatuation
Bjorn Baker
TBC
8
54kg
5 Silks
Encap
Gary Portelli
Brett Prebble
1
54kg
6 Silks
Ceolwulf
Joseph Pride
Sam Clipperton
6
54kg
7 Silks
Griff
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Jason Collett
14
54kg
8 Silks
Extreme Spirit
Gary Portelli
TBC
10
54kg
9 Silks
Vomo Island
Peter & Paul Snowden
TBC
5
54kg
10 Silks
Steel Blaze
Brett Lazzarini
TBC
2
54kg
11 Silks
Zardozi
James Cummings
Zac Lloyd
16
53kg
12 Silks
Congregation
Chris Waller
TBC
11
53kg
13 Silks
Kintyre
Gary Portelli
Dylan Gibbons
18
53kg
14 Silks
Cafe Millenium
John O’Shea
Tom Sherry
17
53kg
15 Silks
Ducasse
Michael Freedman
Tyler Schiller
19
53kg
16 Silks
Cap Ferrat
Chris Waller
TBC
3
53kg
17 Silks
Raf Attack
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Rachel King
13
53kg
18 Silks
Ashfall
Chris Waller
TBC
4
53kg
19 Silks
Missile Defence (1E)
Anthony Cummings
Chad Schofield
7
54kg

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