Real Love headlines Saturday's Lexus Stakes Field
View the Final Field for the 2016 Lexus Stakes. The Lexus Stakes will be run on Saturday 29th October at Flemington racecourse.
Twelve horses will line-up in Saturday’s Lexus Stakes with a majority of them hoping to head to the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.
Horses who need to win the race to make the Melbourne Cup are: Pentathlon (a chance to make it if he doesn’t win), Tom Melbourne, De Little Engine, Oceanographer, Rose Of Virginia and The Bandit.
Real Love topped the all in markets for the race with Oceanographer well backed after his late nomination for the race was received.
Race Time: 1:40PM
Distance: 2500m
Grade: Group 3
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| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JUNOOB (GB) | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 11 | 59kg | |||
| 2 | REAL LOVE | Darren Weir | Brad Rawiller | 5 | 58.5kg | |||
| 3 | TALLY | John O’Shea | James McDonald | 9 | 58kg | |||
| 4 | PENTATHLON (NZ) | John Wheeler | Mark Du Plessis | 6 | 55kg | |||
| 5 | TOM MELBOURNE (IRE) | Lee & Anthony Freedman | Glen Boss | 2 | 54.5kg | |||
| 6 | HIPPOPUS (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Luke Nolen | 1 | 54kg | |||
| 7 | DE LITTLE ENGINE | Danny O’Brien | Chad Schofield | 4 | 54kg | |||
| 8 | OCEANOGRAPHER (GB) | Charlie Appleby | 8 | 54kg | ||||
| 9 | BLACK TOMAHAWK | Darren Weir | Craig Williams | 10 | 54kg | |||
| 10 | ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ) | Lee & Shannon Hope | Ben E Thompson (a) | 3 | 54kg | |||
| 11 | THE BANDIT (JPN) | John Sadler | Craig Newitt | 7 | 54kg | |||
| 12 | TRANSFER ALLOWANCE | Peter Roche | Chris Symons | 12 | 54kg |
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