Alligator Blood is tipped to continue his ace spring campaign with the cult galloper heading betting on the Group 1 $1 million Neds Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Caulfield Guineas Day headlines the racing action in Melbourne this weekend with a triple-shot of Group 1 racing including the Might And Power race that was formerly known as the Caulfield Stakes.
A host of potential Ladbrokes Cox Plate-bound horses face off in the million-dollar weight-for-age clash with betting led by the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained marvel Alligator Blood.
The All Too Hard seven-year-old franked the Mr Brightside form backing-up from two good runs behind the country’s leading miler before a successful title defence in the Underwood Stakes over 1800m here at the Caulfield track.
The ‘Gator now pays $2.30 in Might And Power betting at Ladbrokes to secure another career Group 1 and win over the 2000m distance for the first time.
He jumps from gate three fourth-up and fit with Tim Clark aboard and looks a strong chance to stretch the extra furlong and salute for the punters.
Alligator Blood faces nine rivals on Saturday with the main danger at current Might And Power odds of $3.90 is the airborne import with a Royal back story, Just Fine.
The former Queen-owned European is also now with the Waterhouse/Bott stable and chases his fifth win on the trot.
The Sea The Stars gelding is undefeated down under winning all three Australian starts including stepping-up in grade to salute in the Group 1 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on Epsom Day.
He is back down in distance for the Might And Power, heads south for the first time ahead of a Melbourne Cup bid, and goes up notably from 50kg to 59kg so needs to answer a few questions here.
The early Might And Power market mover meanwhile well-supported in the markets is the Edward Cummings-trained multiple Group 1 winning mare Duais ($5.50 into $4.80).
Blake Shinn rides this talented daughter of Shamus Award who is out to break a lengthy winning drought.
She looked back to her best in the Underwood running a slashing third at big odds only a length beaten.
Unlike Alligator Blood, Duais is a three-time winner over the 2000m distance and will relish getting up in trip now fourth-up and ready to fire.
Outside of the dominant trio some of the runners chasing an upset include Chris Waller’s Rosehill Guineas winner at the distance Lindermann ($14) with the rails run for jockey Joao Moreira and the Grahame Begg-trained Nonconformist ($17) who can finish hard here.
The 2023 Neds Might And Power is set to run as Race 7 at 3:45pm (AEDT) as part of Caulfield’s 10-race card on Saturday.
2023 Might And Power Stakes Field & Barriers
No | Last 10 | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | Probable Weight | Penalty | Hcp Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 51x140x421 | ALLIGATOR BLOOD | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 3 | 59kg | 117 | ||
2 | 01x22460x0 | VOW AND DECLARE | Danny O’Brien | Billy Egan | 8 | 59kg | 106 | ||
3 | 0x18402x07 | NONCONFORMIST | Grahame Begg | Harry Coffey | 5 | 59kg | 106 | ||
4 | 16x69x00x0 | ALENQUER (FR) | Michael Moroney | Mark Zahra | 7 | 59kg | 112 | ||
5 | 3x05420x80 | HEZASHOCKA (NZ) | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Damian Lane | 9 | 59kg | 103 | ||
6 | 386061×111 | JUST FINE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Jordan Childs | 4 | 59kg | 106 | ||
7 | 5x4430x762 | FORGOT YOU (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young | John Allen | 6 | 59kg | 97 | ||
8 | x51210x048 | LINDERMANN | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 1 | 58kg | 105 | ||
9 | 880x43x793 | DUAIS | Edward Cummings | Blake Shinn | 10 | 57kg | 112 | ||
10 | 415931×173 | DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) | Michael Kent | Wiremu Pinn (a) | 2 | 57kg | 97 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
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