18 ran 2m29.70
Owner: Mr Dato Tan Chin Nam
Godolphin
CAULFIELD Saturday, 17 October 2009
GOOD to SOFT
1½m
Bmw Caulfield Cup (Handicap) (Group 1) (Turf)
£883,522 (3yo+)
| 1 | VIEWED (AUS) | 126 | J. B. Cummings, Australia | 14 | 6-9-00(b) | B. Rawiller | 12/1 | ||||
| 2 | 2¼ | ROMAN EMPEROR (NZ) | 117 | J. B. Cummings, Australia | 14 | 4-8-07(b) | H. Bowman | 14/1 | |||
| 3 | ½ | VIGOR (NZ) | 107 | Danny O'Brien, Australia | 14 | 5-8-01(b) | Corey Brown | 14/1 | |||
| 4 | nk | DAFFODIL (NZ) | 111 | K. Gray, New Zealand | NR | 4-8-02 | C. Munce | 10/1 | |||
| 5 | nk | FIUMICINO (NZ) | 115 | M., W. & J. Hawkes, Australia | 28 | 6-8-10 | D. Dunn | 80/1 | |||
| 6 | 1¾ | MASTER O'REILLY (NZ) | 111 | Danny O'Brien, Australia | 7 | 7-8-09 | V. Duric | 14/1 | |||
| 7 | hd | KIRKLEES (IRE) | Pre Nxt | 112 | Saeed bin Suroor, GB | 42 | 5-8-11 | Kerrin McEvoy | 8/1 | ||
| 8 | nk | ALLEZ WONDER (AUS) | 103 | J. B. Cummings, Australia | NR | 4-7-13(b) | Michelle Payne | 9/1 | |||
| 9 | nk | ZAVITE (NZ) | 105 | A. Cummings, Australia | NR | 7-8-05(b) | M. Zahra | 40/1 | |||
| 10 | ½ | HARRIS TWEED (NZ) | 106 | M. & B. Baker, New Zealand | NR | 4-8-04(b) | C. Newitt | 40/1 | |||
| 11 | ¾ | READY TO LIFT (AUS) | 100 | Gerald Ryan, Australia | NR | 6-8-02(b) | G. Boss | 40/1 | |||
| 12 | nk | PREDATORY PRICER (AUS) | 106 | Paul Murray, Australia | 14 | 4-8-06 | S. King | 6/1f | |||
| 13 | 1½ | CIMA DE TRIOMPHE (IRE) | 104 | L. M. Cumani, GB | 70 | 4-8-10 | D. M. Oliver | 8/1 | |||
| 14 | hd | RED LORD (AUS) | 97 | A. Cummings, Australia | 14 | 6-8-03 | G. Schofield | 40/1 | |||
| 15 | ¾ | C'EST LA GUERRE (NZ) | 103 | J. D. Sadler, Australia | 14 | 5-8-10 | Steven Arnold | 20/1 | |||
| 16 | ¾ | SARRERA (AUS) | 99 | M. Moroney, Australia | 153 | 9-8-07 | Nicholas Hall | 66/1 | |||
| 17 | ¾ | LIGHT VISION (NZ) | 94 | R. Smerdon, Australia | 350 | 6-8-04(s) | L. Nolen | 14/1 | |||
| 18 | 1¼ | RED RULER (NZ) | 94 | J. Sargent, New Zealand | 14 | 5-8-06(b) | D. Nikolic | 16/1 |
Godolphin relied on Kirklees in their attempt to follow up All The Good's win in this race twelve months earlier, while Cima de Triomphe was the other challenger from Britain; 3 jockeys, including Brad Rawiller on the winner, were fined after falling foul of the new whip rules introduced in Australia last month. VIEWED (AUS) defied top weight (off a BHA mark equivalent to 118), winning for the first time since last year's Melbourne Cup and providing a seventh Caulfield Cup for his trainer Bart Cummings (who also owned and trained the runner-up), held up, making good headway rounding the turn on the inside, getting a good gap against the rail and staying on well to lead in the final 150 yards; he has been given a 2-lb penalty for the Melbourne Cup, making him joint-top weight, and he'll be racing off an 11-lb higher mark than in 2008. KIRKLEES (IRE) ran just a fair race, not too well away but soon racing in mid-division, one of the widest round the home turn and staying on without ever threatening; he next tackles the Melbourne Cup. CIMA DE TRIOMPHE (IRE), having his third race in a row on a different continent, was again below form, racing just off the pace in about eighth place but beaten before the home turn.
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