Imported galloper The United States has is the early favourite for the Group Three MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield but is not guaranteed a start.
The United States is first emergency for Saturday’s 2000m race which carries the incentive of a ballot exemption for the winner into next month’s $3 million Caulfield Cup.
A last-start second at Moonee Valley to his Robert Hickmott-trained stablemate Chance To Dance, The United States is at $4 and needs one scratching from the race to gain a start.
Multiple stakes winning stayer Sertorius is on the second line at $5.50 ahead of last-start Listed winner Magnapal at $6.
Kapour, who came up with the outside barrier in the capacity field of 16 plus four emergencies, is at $7.
Vezalay, a close up sixth, beaten less than a length, in the Group Two Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) is set to back up a week later as the $3.90 favourite in Saturday’s Group Three How Now Stakes (1200m) while Canberra sprinter Fell Swoop is the $3.10 favourite in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes.
The winner of seven of his nine starts, Fell Swoop made a winning introduction to stakes racing in a 1200m Listed sprint at Moonee Valley earlier this month in his first Melbourne start.
