Lofty Strike, Spacewalk fight for favouritism in Caulfield Sprint
The Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1000m) has brought together a small but quality field of seven set to line-up for their share of the $300,000 prize packet on Saturday afternoon.
It’s the James Cummings-trained gelding Spacewalk that holds the call post barrier draw, with online bookmakers injecting the four-year-old as a +150 favourite.
It comes on the back of an impressive first-up victory at Warwick Farm on October 2 in BM100 company, and now gains the services of Jamie Kah to go along with the featherlight weight of 53kgs.
Lofty Strike is the clear second elect with online betting sites at +170 making his return from a spell.
The son of Snitzel brings the strongest form into the race, as he’s competed amongst Group 1 company throughout his three-year-old season – boasting a minor placing in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) and Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m).
Midwest (+600) is on the third line of betting as the Anthony & Sam Freedman have kept the five-year-old gelding racing at the same track and trip for back-to-back starts.
Generation ($9.00) rounds out the horse in single figures, as he tries to bounce back from a disappointing effort in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) behind Imperatriz.
General Beau (+900) has been unseen since the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m), while Doull (+1200) showed enough first-up at Rosehill to warrant respect here.
The Group 2 Caulfield Sprint is the sixth race on the program at Caulfield on Saturday and will get underway at 3:15pm AEDT.
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