Minor confusion at Caulfield Guineas barrier draw

Brad Waters - Tuesday October 10

A touch of confusion reigned at the barrier draw for Saturday's Caulfield Guineas.

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Royal Symphony didn't know what all the fuss was about Photo: Darryl Sherer

Connections of Caulfield Guineas favourite Royal Symphony thought they had drawn barrier six for Saturday's $2 million event because a line to distinguish the numbers six and nine on the number underneath a replica trophy was hard to see.

Chief steward Terry Bailey inspected the trophy picked up by Royal Symphony's part-owner Amanda Dunn before declaring the colt had drawn barrier nine.

Below is the barrier draw for Saturday's Caulfield Guineas.

TAB no.	Runner	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier
1	The Mission	Paul Perry	Beau Mertens	11
2	Summer Passage	O'Sullivan & Scott	Glen Boss	17
3	Azazel	Tony McEvoy	Luke Currie	4
4	Sircconi	Peter Morgan	Linda Meech	13
5	Showtime	Hawkes Racing	Damien Oliver	1
6	Royal Symphony	Tony McEvoy	Dwayne Dunn	9
7	Gold Standard	Waterhouse & Bott	Stephen Baster	6
8	Perast	Paul Perry	Ben Melham	2
9	Sanctioned	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	16
10	Al Passem	Ken Keys	Ben Thompson	12
11	Kementari	James Cummings	Damian Lane	10
12	Eclair Sunshine	Phillip Stokes	Luke Nolen	14
13	Salsamor	Busuttin & Young	Brad Rawiller	8
14	Levendi	Peter Gelagotis	Anthony Darmanin	7
15	Holy Snow	Mick Price	Michael Dee	15
16	Catchy	Hayes, Hayes & Dabernig	Mark Zahra	3
17 (Emerg)	Mighty Boss	Mick Price	Michael Walker	5

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