Weights for Sat's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup will be raised a record 2.5kgs at final acceptance on Tuesday after some shock dropouts over the weekend. To find a minimum topweight of 57kgs for the world's richest 2400m turf race, officials must lift the weight of Hong Kong raider Mighty High by 2.5kgs - the biggest weight rise in the race's 134-year history. When final declarations are taken, only eight of the top 52 horses originally handicapped are likely to be paid up.Mike Moroney has decided
Weights for Sat's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup will be raised a record 2.5kgs at final acceptance on Tuesday after some shock dropouts over the weekend. To find a minimum topweight of 57kgs for the world's richest 2400m turf race, officials must lift the weight of Hong Kong raider Mighty High by 2.5kgs - the biggest weight rise in the race's 134-year history. When final declarations are taken, only eight of the top 52 horses originally handicapped are likely to be paid up.
Mike Moroney has decided that Glass Harmonium will tackle only the Cox Plate. He says: 'He's a bit suspect at 2400 metres and the Caulfield Cup is not the race to experiment in...He'll go straight to the Cox Plate and hopefully the Mackinnon 2000m at Flemington on Oct 29.' It looks like the CC party is over, too, for former favorite Shamrocker. She'll run in the Cox Plate and then, maybe, the Melbourne Cup.
Lloyd Williams's attack on the Cups seems to be falling apart. He's likely to have just one runner in the Caulfield Cup if Newcastle Cup winner Green Moon can scrape into the field. Linton, who pulled up lame in the off-foreleg following his disappointing Turnbull Stakes run, is only a 'maybe' for the CC. He could be reserved for the Moonee Valley Cup. And plans remain unclear for Melbourne Cup hopefuls At First Sight, scratched from the Caulfield Stakes, Midas Touch and Mourayan.