A quality field of sixteen horses have accepted to run in Saturdays $1million dollar The Gong at Kembla Grange.
The Gong a relatively new race on the calendar has attracted a strong group of milers this weekend with the Chris Waller trained Mister Sea Wolf to carry the top weight of 60kg in the handicap event.
Bookmaker Sportsbet installed the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Dawn Passage as the $4.60 all-in favourite for the race and he is set to hold that tag after drawing the inside barrier.
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE) | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 6 | 60kg | ||||
| 2 | OLMEDO (FR) | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | 8 | 58.5kg | ||||
| 3 | CASCADIAN (GB) | James Cummings | Nash Rawiller | 9 | 58kg | ||||
| 4 | ROCK | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Tommy Berry | 11 | 57kg | ||||
| 5 | BEST OF DAYS (GB) | James Cummings | Koby Jennings | 10 | 56.5kg | ||||
| 6 | BRANDENBURG (NZ) | John Sargent | Regan Bayliss | 15 | 56.5kg | ||||
| 7 | DAWN PASSAGE | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Tim Clark | 1 | 56.5kg | ||||
| 8 | THINK IT OVER | Kerry Parker | Brenton Avdulla | 3 | 56.5kg | ||||
| 9 | NETTOYER | Wendy Roche | Robbie Dolan | 14 | 56kg | ||||
| 10 | POSITIVE PEACE | Bjorn Baker | Tom Sherry (a) | 2 | 55.5kg | ||||
| 11 | PURPLE SECTOR (NZ) | John Thompson | Ms Rachel King | 5 | 55.5kg | ||||
| 12 | RELOADED | Chris Waller | Glyn Schofield | 7 | 54kg | ||||
| 13 | ARCHEDEMUS | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes | Jay Ford | 13 | 52.5kg | ||||
| 14 | ASIAGO | James Cummings | Ms Kathy O’Hara | 4 | 52kg | ||||
| 15 | BOTTEGA | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | James Innes Jnr | 16 | 52kg | ||||
| 16 | AL MAH HAHA | Tash Burleigh | Ms Louise Day (a) | 12 | 52kg |