Three Year Old Stakes Racing This Weekend

Breednet - Wednesday Aug 12

Saturday will give us a first look at some of the better three-year-old contenders for the spring with the fields declared for the Group III Vain Stakes, Group III Quezette Stakes in Melbourne and the Rosebud (LR) in Sydney.

Blue Door (inside) beating The Next Episode on debut. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au/

The Rosebud has attracted a full field of 16 along with three emergencies and sees the return of impressive debut winners Blue Door and Chilly Girl, while recent smart debut winner Castillo King is also there.

Others from the autumn 2YO racing include Canonbury Stakes (Group III) winner Hidrix, Maribyrnong Plate winner and Magic Millions runner-up Tornado Valley and the highly touted Central Europe, placed in both the Skyline Stakes (Group II) and Pago Pago Stakes (Group III) at his only two starts.

The TAB Rosebud (LR) 1100m

1. Hidrix (AUS) (Extreme Choice) Chris Waller / (17) 58.5kg

2. Tornado Valley (AUS) (Too Darn Hot) Ciaron Maher / (13) 58.5kg

3. Central Europe (AUS) (Frankel) Chris Waller / (7) 57.5kg

4. Outspan (AUS) (Bivouac) Michael Freedman / Zac Lloyd (16) 57.5kg

5. Under Focus (AUS) (Too Darn Hot) Kris Lees / Dylan Gibbons (15) 57kg

6. Blue Door (AUS) (Stay Inside) Bjorn Baker / Rachel King (5) 56.5kg

7. Chilly Girl (AUS) (Trapeze Artist) Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou / Tim Clark (4) 56kg

8. Queen Regent (AUS) (Wild Ruler) Blake Ryan / Jay Ford (18) 54kg

9. Eviction Notice (AUS) (Stay Inside) Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott / (19) 54kg

10. Castillo King (AUS) (Farnan) Michael Freedman / Tommy Berry (14) 54kg

11. Hostwin King (AUS) (King's Legacy) Tommy Wong / (6) 54kg

12. Oh Yes She Did (AUS) (Yes Yes Yes) Peter Snowden / (2) 54kg

13. Scintillation (AUS) (I Am Invincible) John O'Shea and Tom Charlton / (8) 53kg

14. She's Extra (AUS) (Exceedance) Kris Lees / Tyler Schiller (3) 53kg

15. Royal Exile (AUS) (King's Legacy) Jenny Graham / (1) 53kg

16. Striking Alibi (AUS) (Hanseatic) Chris Waller / (12) 53kg

17. Suasion (AUS) (All Too Hard) Brett and Georgie Cavanough / (11) 54kg

18. Write Me A Letter (AUS) (Astern) Brett and Georgie Cavanough / (10) 54kg

19. Half Pipe (AUS) (Extreme Warrior) Annabel and Rob Archibald / (9) 54kg

At Caulfield the colts run in the Vain Stakes which sees a nine-horse field including the return of Group I Blue Diamond runner-up Closer To Free and debut Talindert Stakes winner Hard Kick.

Tornado Valley is a dual acceptor into this race also.

Tobin Brothers Vain Stakes (G3) 1100m

1. Tornado Valley (AUS) (Too Darn Hot) Ciaron Maher / (2) 58kg

2. Closer To Free (AUS) (Street Boss) Danny O'Brien / Mark Zahra (9) 58kg

3. Hard Kick (AUS) (All Too Hard) Ben, Will and JD Hayes / Damian Lane (5) 57kg

4. Big Wigs (AUS) (Gold Standard) Phillip and Tommy Stokes / Lachlan Neindorf (7) 56kg

5. Outspan (AUS) (Bivouac) Michael Freedman / Chad Schofield (3) 56kg

6. Almontego (AUS) (Alabama Express) Gavin Bedggood / Michael Dee (4) 56kg

7. Confederation (AUS) (Wootton Bassett) Chris Waller / (1) 56kg

8. Organised Crime (AUS) (I Am Invincible) Lloyd Kennewell / Ethan Brown (6) 56kg

9. Myhro's Ruler (AUS) (Wild Ruler) John McArdle / Jamie Mott (8) 56kg

The fillies run in the Quezette and features the first Australian start for New Zealand’s top two year-old Lara Antipova, unbeaten in four starts including a last win in the Group I Sistema Stakes.

Quayclean Quezette Stakes (G3) – 1100m

1. Lara Antipova (AUS) (Russian Revolution) Mark W Walker / Michael Dee (8) 59kg

2. Shiki (AUS) (Too Darn Hot) G and A Waterhouse and Bott / Mark Zahra (19) 58kg

3. Rebel Tuesday (AUS) (Rebel Dane) Phillip and Tommy Stokes / Lachlan Neindorf (13) 57kg

4. Ghana's Akan (AUS) (Street Boss) Ciaron Maher / (18) 56kg

5. Natural Fling (AUS) (Home Affairs) T and C McEvoy / Damian Lane (5) 56kg

6. Divine Dot (AUS) (Overshare) John McArdle / Jamie Mott (17) 56kg

7. Stars Of Dom (AUS) (Exceedance) Ben, Will and Jd Hayes / Craig Williams (9) 56kg

8. Scintillation (AUS) (I Am Invincible) J and T O'Shea and Charlton / Ben Melham (6) 56kg

9. Satin Summer (AUS) (Written Tycoon) Michael Freedman / Jamie Melham (1) 56kg

10. Riverina Lulu (AUS) (Blue Point) Grahame Begg / Jordan Childs (12) 56kg

11. Almost An Angel (AUS) (So You Think) Robbie Griffiths / Luke Currie (7) 56kg

12. Lady Catalina (AUS) (Written Tycoon) Ciaron Maher / (11) 56kg

13. Oh Yes She Did (AUS) (Yes Yes Yes) Peter Snowden / (16) 56kg

14. Portinari (AUS) (Home Affairs) Ben, Will and Jd Hayes / Blake Shinn (14) 56kg

15. Santa Barbara (AUS) (Snitzel) P and K Moody and Coleman / Luke Nolen (15) 56kg

16. Hearts Affair (AUS) (Home Affairs) G and A Waterhouse and Bott / Jett Stanley (10) 56kg

17. Relinquishing (AUS) (Wild Ruler) S and H Nichols and Black / Luke Cartwright (2) 56kg

18. Superbec (AUS) (Kingman) L and T and W Corstens and Larkin / Ben Allen (3) 56kg

19. Flying Fury (AUS) (Ole Kirk) Tom Dabernig / John Allen (4) 56kg

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