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Aleppo Pine headlines the final field for the Black Opal Stakes

View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2025 Black Opal Stakes. The Black Opal Stakes will be run on Sunday, 9 March 2025 at Canberra racecourse.

Time: 2:32pm AEDT

Distance: 1200m

Class: Group 3

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Black Opal Stakes Field

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 ALEPPO PINE James Cummings Ms Rachel King 2 57kg
2 BANKNOTE HUSTLER Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Chad Schofield 19 56kg
3 CONGRESSMAN Chris Waller 17 56kg
4 EXTRACTOR Michael Freedman Tommy Berry 15 56kg
5 FARCITED Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyeronimus 9 56kg
6 HILLIER Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Chad Schofield 5 56kg
7 KING OF POP Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Zac Lloyd 6 56kg
8 NASHVILLE JACK Brad Widdup Ms Alysha Collett 4 56kg
9 NORDIC VIKING John Sargent Nash Rawiller 16 56kg
10 SANCTIFIED (NZ) Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Tyler Schiller 10 56kg
11 STEEL KNIGHT Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Joshua Parr 3 56kg
12 TROPIC Chris Waller James McDonald 12 56kg
13 DUSHENKA Stuart Kendrick Kyle Wilson-Taylor 8 54kg
14 TUPAKARA Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Andrew Adkins 13 54kg
15e PARTY BOSS Gary Colvin Blaike McDougall 14 56kg
16e NAPOLEONIC John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 20 56kg
17e MAVNICZS Sam Shires Ms Jess Taylor 11 56kg
18e TIME FOR SNOW Anthony Warren Jean Van Overmeire (late alt) 7 56kg
19e NULLARBOR JANE John Sargent 1 54kg
20e LADY PANKHURST John Sargent 18 54kg

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