Lightweights Sweating On Cup Start

There might not be the usual crush to try and get a run in this year’s BMW Caulfield Cup, but there are still a few key decisions to be made in the coming days that will shape this year’s race.

With connections of the Chris Waller-trained Grand Marshal, Lindsay Park’s Almoonqith and Tony McEvoy’s Big Memory yet to finalise a decision on whether they run, Racing.com’s likely final field is listed below.

Should any of that trio not accept on Tuesday, it would pave the way for fast-finishing Herbert Power Stakes third placegetter Pemberley to gain a spot, with connections advising they are keen to run if he does get into the final field of 18.

Others in line to gain a start are the Grant Kluske-trained JRA Cup fourth placegetter Go Dreaming andDanny O’Brien’s De Little Engine, who is also a confirmed runner if he gets in, with the six-year-old to head the Coongy Stakes if he doesn’t make the field.

Likely BMW Caulfield Cup field and jockeys (weights to be raised 0.5kg), field limit 18 plus emergencies:

1.     Preferment (57kg) – Hugh Bowman

2.     Our Ivanhowe (56.5kg) – Dwayne Dunn

3.     Exospheric (55.5kg) – Damien Oliver

4.     Scottish (55kg) – Kerrin McEvoy

5.     Sir Isaac Newton (55kg) – Colm O’Donoghue

6.     Tarzino (54.5kg) – Craig Newitt

7.     Grand Marshall (54kg) – ?

8.     Almoonqith (54kg) – ?

9.     Sir John Hawkwood (53.5kg) – Blake Spriggs

10.   Tally (53kg) – Brenton Avdulla

11.   Articus (53kg) – Zac Purton

12.   Jameka (52.5kg) – Nick Hall

13.   Real Love (52.5kg) – Craig Williams

14.   Set Square (52kg) – Michael Dee

15.   Sacred Master (51.5kg) – Tommy Berry

16.   Big Memory (51.5kg) – ?

17.   Fanatic (50.5kg) – ?

18.   Antonio Giuseppe (50.5kg) – Glen Boss

19.   Pemberley (50.5kg) – ?

20.   Go Dreaming (50.5kg) – ?

21.   De Little Engine (50.5kg) – ?

– racing.com

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