Early-season two-year-olds will share the morning limelight with Group 1-winning sprinters at Caulfield Heath for this Thursday’s Caulfield Spring Trials presented by Magic Millions.
The 9:15am two-year-old trial will feature a field of 10 juveniles over 800 metres, with several graduates of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale among those set to step out.
Ben, Will and JD Hayes will saddle Act Up, a $240,000 Castelvecchio colt, along with Stone Nova and Stone Skyrider, two sons of Home Affairs purchased for $200,000 and $170,000 respectively.
Stone Nova is a full brother to stakes-winner Gin Twist, who won the Listed MRC Redoute's Choice Stakes at Caulfield back in April for the Lindsay Park team.
Tony and Calvin McEvoy are represented by Royal Press, a $150,000 Alabama Express colt, and Statehood, a $230,000 colt by the same sire and out of a South African Group 1 winner.
Shane Stockdale-trained Inmate, a $40,000 Book 2 purchase by Yes Yes Yes, and Phillip and Tommy Stokes-trained Steel Dragon, a $70,000 son of Tagaloa, add further Magic Millions representation to the heat.
Group 1 winners Jigsaw and Streisand are set to clash over 800 metres at 7:15am as both prepare for intended starts in the Group 2 Henley Homes Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday, 10 October.
Jigsaw, trained by Cindy Alderson, won the William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield in March and hasn’t raced since claiming the $5 million Quokka (1200m) at Ascot in April.
Clinton McDonald’s Sportsbet Blue Diamond Stakes winner Streisand will use Thursday’s trial to sharpen her fitness after finishing sixth in the Group 3 Cap D’Antibes (1100m) at Flemington on September 12.
Elsewhere on the program, notable stakes performers include Warmonger, Rey Magnerio, King Zephyr and Scheelite, adding further established quality to this week’s trials.
A total of 105 horses have accepted across 14 trials, with the program commencing at 7am and concluding at 10:15am.
Tim Brown - Victoria and Tasmania Bloodstock Manager - and Ben Culham - Victoria and Tasmania Bloodstock Consultant – will both be in attendance for interviews.
WHAT: Caulfield Spring Trials presented by Magic Millions
WHERE: Caulfield Racecourse on Caulfield Heath
DATE: Thursday 1 October
TIME: Gates open 6:30am, trials from 7am
PARKING/ ENTRY: Enter via Gate 9, Kambrook Road and park in Maple Carpark
