Capacity field of 16 fillies to tackle Thousand Guineas Prelude

Inhibitions will line up in the Thousand Guineas Prelude. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos)

A capacity field is set to line-up in Saturday’s Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m), as 16 fillies stake their claim not only on the $300,000 prize packet, but also put their hand up for the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) on November 18.

This is considered one of the more traditional lead-up races to the Thousand Guineas in years gone by, as many of these will press on for Group 1 glory later in the spring.

The Andrew Gluyas-trained filly from Adelaide, Lovely Lookin’ holds favouritism early with online bookmakers at +380 after a dominant performance at Morphettville Parks on September 30.

James McDonald and James Cummings combine with Inhibitions (+500) who finds herself as the second elect in the market after back-to-back minor placings at Moonee Valley.

Coeur Volante (+650) was victorious in the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) but has it all to do from barrier 17 under Blake Shinn.

We start getting into those at double-figure odds; with Moesha seemingly the best of those at +900, while Bossy Nic (+1000) and Oz Empress (+1100) are hot on her heels.

Two strong Sydney contenders have made their way south of the boarder as Lazzago (+1600) and Azula (+1400) bring strong autumn form references to the race and are bound to gain some supporters.

The Thousand Guineas Prelude is the fifth race at Caulfield this Saturday and will get underway at 2:35pm AEDT.

2023 Thousand Guineas Prelude Final Field

No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Silks
Lazzago
Chris Waller
Kerrin McEvoy
4
58kg
2 Silks
Bossy Nic
Tony & Calvin McEvoy
Harry Coffey
10
58kg
3 Silks
Coeur Volante
Mike Moroney
Blake Shinn
17
58kg
4 Silks
Zourion
Mark Walker
Michael Dee
9
58kg
5 Silks
Oz Empress
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Winona Costin
12
57kg
6 Silks
Zoukerette
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
John Allen
5
57kg
7 Silks
Azula
Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
Tim Clark
6
57kg
8 Silks
Inhibitions
James Cummings
James McDonald
3
56kg
9 Silks
Rose Of Shalaa
Matthew Williams
Dean Yendall
14
56kg
10 Silks
Apache Song
Michael Trott
Craig Williams
7
56kg
11 Silks
Nodachi
Mathew Ellerton
Damian Lane
16
56kg
12 Silks
Lovely Lookin’
Andrew Gluyas
Jamie Kah
8
56kg
13 Silks
Vivy Air
Archie Alexander
Declan Bates
11
56kg
14 Silks
Moesha
Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman
Billy Egan
13
56kg
15 Silks
Floozie
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Mark Zahra
2
56kg
16 Silks
Matawai
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Ben Melham
1
56kg
17 Silks
Stellar Mofeed (1E)
Kevin Corstens
Daniel Stackhouse
15
56kg

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