A big field has accepted for Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes with trainers looking to win their way into the Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday in November.
The Andrew Ramsden Stakes is raced over 2800m at Flemington and gives the winner a ballot exempt start into the 2019 Melbourne Cup so there are no surprises a full field will go around in the race on Saturday.
Despite the ticket into the Melbourne Cup it looks a relatively weak field with Eastender, Steel Prince and Surprise Baby set to battle out favouritism.
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| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EASTENDER | Barry Campbell | Craig Newitt | 9 | 58.5kg | |||
| 2 | STEEL PRINCE (IRE) | Anthony Freedman | Damien Oliver | 3 | 58.5kg | |||
| 3 | ALFARRIS (FR) | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | John Allen | 19 | 58.5kg | |||
| 4 | AZURO (FR) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | Jye McNeil | 15 | 58.5kg | |||
| 5 | BARRY THE BAPTIST | Paul A Jones | Daniel Stackhouse | 1 | 58.5kg | |||
| 6 | SERENADE THE STARS (IRE) | Peter Gelagotis | Jason Maskiell | 14 | 58.5kg | |||
| 7 | FELAAR (NZ) | Stephen Marsh | Michael Dee | 6 | 58.5kg | |||
| 8 | GOLDEN AUTHORITY (NZ) | Dane Smith | 2 | 58.5kg | ||||
| 9 | SAN REMO (IRE) | Dane Smith | 4 | 58.5kg | ||||
| 10 | INSTIGATOR (GER) | Aaron Purcell | Declan Bates | 12 | 58.5kg | |||
| 11 | RUNAWAY | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Stephen Baster | 10 | 58kg | |||
| 12 | SURPRISE BABY (NZ) | Paul Preusker | Dean Holland | 18 | 58kg | |||
| 13 | SASKO | Tony McEvoy | Andrew Mallyon | 17 | 58kg | |||
| 14 | ROCKARRAL | Tony McEvoy | Jamie Mott | 7 | 58kg | |||
| 15 | FAIRLIGHT (IRE) | Kris Lees | James Winks | 16 | 58kg | |||
| 16 | SHEEZDASHING | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Craig Williams | 5 | 56kg | |||
| 17 | BEMBOKA QUEEN | Robbie Laing | 8 | 56kg | ||||
| 18 | TRANSACT | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Luke Currie | 11 | 54kg | |||
| 19e | MENTAL TELEPATHY (NZ) | Simon Morrish | Beau Mertens | 13 | 58.5kg |