Is this a warning for December Draw fans? Recent history shows that horses who win the Naturalism Stakes do NOT go on and win the Caulfield Cup. And this applies to those who were penalised and those who were not. A total of 10 winners of the Naturalism have run in the Caulfield Cup since 1991. All of them failed. Five of them were penalised for their wins in the Naturalism. The closest any of them came was Douro Valley, who ran 2nd (51kgs) in 2007. The others ran 14th, 12th, 15th, 12th, 9th, 6t
Is this a warning for December Draw fans? Recent history shows that horses who win the Naturalism Stakes do NOT go on and win the Caulfield Cup. And this applies to those who were penalised and those who were not. A total of 10 winners of the Naturalism have run in the Caulfield Cup since 1991. All of them failed. Five of them were penalised for their wins in the Naturalism. The closest any of them came was Douro Valley, who ran 2nd (51kgs) in 2007. The others ran 14th, 12th, 15th, 12th, 9th, 6th, 13th, 13th and 13th. December Draw has copped a bigger penalty than any of them (2kgs) and has 52kgs in the CC.