The W.H. Stocks Stakes 2016 field for Friday night’s feature race for mares at Moonee Valley Racecourse is now out and includes last start Group 2 winner Don’t Doubt Mamma.
Don’t Doubt Mamma (outside) chases a second Group 2 win on the trot in the 2016 Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
Due to jump as Moonee Valley Race 6 at 9:00pm (AEST) on the eight-race Moir Stakes Night program, this season’s $200,000 Group 2 Zoustar Stocks Stakes (1600m) has attracted a final field of 11 mares.
Drawn well in barrier five is the Tony McEvoy-trained Not A Single Doubt four-year-old Don’t Doubt Mamma who chases back-to-back Group 2 Melbourne wins.
She enjoyed a narrow victory at Flemington on September 10 in the Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) and is back up to a mile on Friday night for the first time since her third to Mahuta in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m) last November.
Drawn one on her inside in the Stocks Stakes field and barriers this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is the race’s highest-rated acceptor Rising Romance.
Damian Lane rides the David & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig-trained Ekraar six-year-old four the fifth time on the trot, Rising Romance down in class after running in Group 1 company in her six latest runs.
She placed second first-up to Black Heart Bart in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) after returning home from a run in Hong Kong, and is out to improve on her seventh to Palentino from September 10 in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.
Rising Romance is best known for her Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) win as a three-year-old back in 2014, and is yet to run at Moonee Valley or win over a mile.
She is ed in the Stutt Stakes field be stablemate Jessy Belle (barrier seven), a six-year-old daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar coming off a close fourth when just over half a length away from Don’t Doubt Mamma in the Let’s Elope Stakes.
Jessy Belle is somewhat of a Moonee Valley track specialist having enjoyed three wins, a second and a third at the course from her eight runs to date, but hasn’t raced here since June of 2015.
Also high up the ratings is the Danny O’Brien-trained Miss Rose De Lago in gate nine with Damien Oliver continuing his association with the six-year-old.
He has ridden her twice this campaign for the first-up Caulfield win in the Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m), and the disappointing last when things went amiss from the outside alley in the Group 2 Dato’ Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) in early September.
Miss Rose De Lago returns to the Moonee Valley mile and in a smaller field of fellow mares will be looking to make up for the big Dato’ defeat.
See below for the full Stocks Stakes 2016 field, barriers and jockeys.
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2016 WH Stocks Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw
Moonee Valley Race 6 (9:00pm) – 30/09/2016
| # | Form (Last 10) | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Br. | Wgt. | H. Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x063540x27 | RISING ROMANCE (NZ) | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Damian Lane | 4 | 57kg | 107 |
| 2 | 10x3419x10 | MISS ROSE DE LAGO | Danny O’Brien | Damien Oliver | 9 | 57kg | 105 |
| 3 | 4537635×04 | JESSY BELLE | David & B Hayes & T Dabernig | Chris Symons | 7 | 57kg | 92 |
| 4 | 100×071100 | IGGIMACOOL | Robert Smerdon | Chris Parnham | 2 | 57kg | 103 |
| 5 | 622333×316 | ROCKET COMMANDER | Matthew Dale | Blake Shinn | 6 | 57kg | 94 |
| 6 | 3x115x11x7 | CLEMENCY | Robert Smerdon | Craig Williams | 3 | 57kg | 81 |
| 7 | 1114×67514 | KANIANA | Darren Weir | Brad Rawiller | 8 | 57kg | 76 |
| 8 | 4×41019253 | BABY DON’T CRY | Peter Morgan & Craig Widdison | TBA | 1 | 57kg | 77 |
| 9 | 736480×105 | GINALI | Clinton McDonald | Nicholas Hall | 10 | 57kg | 67 |
| 10 | 13x1210x51 | DON’T DOUBT MAMMA | Tony McEvoy | Dwayne Dunn | 5 | 56.5kg | 100 |
| 11 | x151123x20 | C’EST BEAU LA VIE | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas | Luke Nolen | 11 | 56.5kg | 85 |
