It looks like Bold Matador will not be running so that opens up one more spot it will come down to whether horses like Patpong, Hidden Dragon, Star Shiraz, Forum Floozie, Legally Bay, Osca Warrior, Amtrak and Infinite Grace run I would lean to most if not all of them not running.

I think the field will look roughly like this

1. Wager
2. Show Biz Kid
3. Enthusiast
4. Sir Breakfast
5. Our Egyptian Raine
6. Shamekha
7. Dance Hero
8. Winning Belle
9. Yell
10. Patezza
11. Ballet Society
12. Sky Cuddle
13. Sedecrem
14. Takeover Target
15. Patpong
16. Consular
17. Our Sweet Moss
18. St. Basil
19. With My
20. Tui Song
21. Mardi Gras
22. Royal Mask
23. Proudly Agro
24. Recapitalise

That is roughly what I think will possibly accept the one that could be in that I don't have in there is Legally Bay from what I have read though it will be a last minute decision for both it and Tui Song.

On another note just saw that Douglas Whyte will be here to ride Royal Ninja in the derby on saturday that is a big coup for brisbane to get such a world class jockey to the carnival especially with the top jockeys who are suspended be interesting to see if Whyte gets a ride in the Stradbroke.