Jacquinot heads bumper Australian Guineas field

Jacquinot will have 15 rivals in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos)

A full field of 16 runners will line up in the $1 million Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington on Saturday afternoon.

The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt Jacquinot has opened as the $2.80 favourite with online bookmakers for what could be his last-ever race start before going to stud.

The race favourite is one of two runners that brings different Group 1 form, with the Kevin & Bev Kelso-trained Legarto ($8) winning the New Zealand 1000 Guineas in November last year.

Of the six runners that come through the Group 3 CS Hayes form line, there is no question that race winner Elliptical ($6.50) from the Anthony & Sam Freedman yard is the top seed as he goes into the Guineas second-up and stepping up to 1600m.

Another of the interesting factors in the Australian Guineas and Randwick Guineas is that Attrition ($8) and Lindermann ($23) have accepted in both Group 1 three-year-old features, and their scratchings will affect both markets when they come out in the coming days.

Along with the race favourite, the Price & Kent Jnr yard has another two runners in the race, Amenable ($12) and Maximillius ($23), with the former looking to be a definite knockout chance now that he takes the step up to 1600m.

2023 Australian Guineas final field

No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Silks
Jacquinot
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Damian Lane
11
57kg
2 Silks
Elliptical
Anthony & Sam Freedman
Blake Shinn
2
57kg
3 Silks
Osipenko
Chris Waller
TBC
13
57kg
4 Silks
Mr Maestro
Andrew Forsman
Ben Melham
15
57kg
5 Silks
Virtuous Circle
Liam Howley
Blaike McDougall
10
57kg
6 Silks
The Fortune Teller
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
John Allen
6
57kg
7 Silks
Bank Maur
Richard Laming
Jye McNeil
17
57kg
8 Silks
Amenable
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Damien Oliver
1
57kg
9 Silks
Elkington Road
Mike Moroney
Jamie Mott
4
57kg
10 Silks
Lindermann
Chris Waller
TBC
14
57kg
11 Silks
Muramasa
Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
Daniel Moor
16
57kg
12 Silks
Maximullius
Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)
Ethan Brown
3
57kg
13 Silks
Holymanz
Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
Mark Zahra
5
57kg
14 Silks
Attrition
Mitchell Freedman
Jamie Kah
7
57kg
15 Silks
Legarto
Ken & Bev Kelso
Michael Dee
9
55kg
16 Silks
Laced Up Heels
Luke Fernie
Chris Parnham
12
55kg
17 Silks
Japanese Emperor (1E)
Mike Moroney
Daniel Stackhouse
8
57kg

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