Sat 14th Dec – G2 Villiers Stakes – 1550m

[Sands]

Noms / weights

No Horse Trainer Weight
1 Coup Ay Tee (NZ) Chris Waller 59
2 Western Symbol (NZ) Gai Waterhouse 59
3 Alma's Fury Paul Murray 58
4 Destiny's Kiss Joseph Pride 56
5 Said Com (NZ) Chris Waller 55.5
6 Monton Ron Quinton 55
7 Strike The Stars (NZ) Anthony Cummings 55
8 Ninth Legion Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 54.5
9 Scream Machine Jason Coyle 54.5
10 Listen Son Tony Gollan 54
11 Midsummer Sun (GB) Sam Kavanagh 54
12 Sysmo (Fr) Tony McEvoy 54
13 Court Connection Danny Williams 53
14 Taxmeifyoucan Gregory Hickman 53
15 Limes Peter Snowden 53
16 Absalon Sam Kavanagh 53
17 Imperil Peter Snowden 53

[kiwiz]

Why are they running this on the Kensington course?

[Sands]

No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Coup Ay Tee (NZ) Chris Waller Jason Collett 5 59
2 Western Symbol (NZ) Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry 13 59
3 Alma's Fury Paul Murray Blake Shinn 4 58
4 Destiny's Kiss Joseph Pride Christian Reith 7 56
5 Said Com (NZ) Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 2 55.5
6 Monton Ron Quinton Sam Clipperton (a0) 1 55
7 Strike The Stars (NZ) Anthony Cummings Glyn Schofield 6 55
8 Ninth Legion Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Peter Robl 11 54.5
9 Scream Machine Jason Coyle Adam Hyeronimus 14 54.5
10 Listen Son Tony Gollan Kathy O'Hara 3 54
11 Sysmo (Fr) Tony McEvoy James McDonald 9 54
12 Taxmeifyoucan Gregory Hickman Tim Clark 8 53
13 Limes Peter Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 10 53
14 Absalon Sam Kavanagh Brenton Avdulla 12 53

[grizzle]

Why are they running this on the Kensington course?
Randwick course proper deemed not to be up to standard to hold the meeting (race)

[grizzle]

Seems there's been a problem for a while now, apparently

[Sands]

Randwick course proper deemed not to be up to standard to hold the meeting (race)
Yeah, remedial work done to improve the surface following Nov 9 meeting, but still not up to scratch

[grizzle]

2nd-rate field as a result