2015 Caulfield Guineas - The final field and barrier draw

Clinton Payne - Wednesday October 7

Dominant favourite Press Statement has drawn one of the outside barriers for Saturday's Group I Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Caulfield Guineas favourite Press Statement. Photo: Steve Hart

A total of 17 three-year-old colts and geldings accepted to contest the $1 million classic. A final field of 16 plus an emergency has been declared for the Melbourne Racing Club's feature three-year-old contest.

Press Statement, the $2.25 favourite, holds a 13 benchmark ratings point advantage over the entire field but his task was made tricky when drawing barrier 14.

The Mick Price-trained Ready For Victory is an equal second favourite at $9 and he drew ideally in barrier 4 while Kiwi contender Dal Cielo will start from barrier 8.The Murray Baker-trained galloper is also on the second line of betting.

Below is the final field and barrier draw for Saturday's Group I Caulfield Guineas.

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	PRESS STATEMENT	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	14	56.5
2	ODYSSEY MOON	Rodney Northam	Steven Arnold	13	56.5
3	READY FOR VICTORY	Mick Price	Glen Boss	4	56.5
4	RAGEESE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	TBA	15	56.5
5	DAL CIELO (NZ)	Murray Baker	Opie Bosson	8	56.5
6	BON AURUM	Ciaron Maher	Kerrin McEvoy	10	56.5
7	SHARDS	John O'Shea	Jim Cassidy	12	56.5
8	SOVEREIGN NATION	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	Michael Walker	1	56.5
9	BASSETT (NZ)	Peter G Moody	Daniel Stackhouse	9	56.5
10	LAST BULLET	John Hyam	Vlad Duric	6	56.5
11	LIZARD ISLAND	Pat Hyland	Blake Shinn	2	56.5
12	KENTUCKY FLYER	Robbie Laing	Craig Williams	5	56.5
13	TARZINO (NZ)	Mick Price	Craig Newitt	3	56.5
14	SNOOPY	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	TBA	11	56.5
15	TULSA	Michael Moroney	Ben Melham	16	56.5
16	MORE THAN MOST	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	TBA	7	56.5
17e	MR INDIVIDUAL	Leon & Troy Corstens	Mark Zahra	17	56.5

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