Gifted but injury-plagued galloper Chase The Rainbow heads an exciting list of 20 nominations in Saturday’s $120,000 Listed Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield. Last seen at the races winning over 1400 metres at Caulfield in September 2012, trainer Rick Hore-Lacy had planned to target the five-year-old at the BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) in October before he succumbed to a second tendon injury in 12 months.
A winner of the Group 2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley as a three-year-old, should the son of Dash For Cash hope to return with a victory he could have to defeat an impressive field.
Other key nominations include Mick Price’s Stakes-winning mare Loveyamadly, multiple city winner Rescue Mission, exciting three-year-old Lord Of The Sky, reigning Essendon Mazda 55 Second Challenge champion Vatican and veteran sprinter Zedi Knight.
A further highlight on the eight-race National Jockeys’ Trust Race Day program is the $100,000 open handicap over 1600 metres which features 23 entries headed by Eximius.
Among four career wins, the Mick Price-trained four-year-old boasts a victory in the Listed Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) in June.
Fellow Caulfield trainer Peter Moody has Group 2 Drake International Cup (2500m) winner Vatuvei and progressive mare Zoomania both entered alongside the likes of last-start Moonee Valley winner Lord Wimble and David Hayes’ import Auld Burns.
Hore-Lacy features prominently among the nominations again with one-time boom galloper Clevadude leading a list of 18 entries in the Benchmark 78 three-year-old handicap over 1000 metres.
The son of Bel Esprit is one of six horses in the field qualified for $50,000 worth of Super VOBIS and VOBIS Gold bonuses on top of the $80,000 prize money.
Robbie Laing has entered Lord Of The Sky (also nominated in the Doveton Stakes), with the colt one of six last-start winners among the nominations that also include nine-length debut Kilmore winner West Africa and Phillip Stokes’ Lucky Symbol.
Click here to view the full list of nominations for Saturday’s National Jockeys’ Trust Race Day at Caulfield
Racing Victoria