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View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2026 The Buffering. The The Buffering will be run on Saturday, 3 January 2026 at Eagle Farm racecourse.

Time: 4:32pm AEST

Distance: 1350m

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The Buffering Field

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 ROBUSTO Bjorn Baker Joshua Parr 11 59kg
2 ROTHFIRE Robert Heathcote Ben Thompson 4 58kg
3 SANDPAPER Bjorn Baker Kerrin McEvoy 1 58kg
4 THE THREE HUNDRED Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 10 58kg
5 BAND OF BROTHERS Matthew Dunn Andrew Mallyon 9 58kg
6 ROCKRIBBED Tony Gollan Ryan Maloney 8 57.5kg
7 TAVS Mark Currie Ms Angela Jones 2 57.5kg
8 NEED SOME LUCK Peter Snowden Tommy Berry 3 57kg
9 TUNED Annabel & Rob Archibald Daniel Moor 13 56kg
10 STRAIT ACER Stephen McLean Martin Harley 12 56kg
11 I AM ARTIE Paul Jenkins Mark Du Plessis 5 56kg
12 ZASZOU Ciaron Maher Craig Williams 7 55kg
13 EL MORZILLO Kelly Schweida Jason Collett 6 54kg

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