King Diamond Receives Cup Penalty
- Monday, 07 March 2011 09:58
King Diamond will carry 54.5 kilos in next Monday’s $400,000 Group Two Adelaide Casino Adelaide Cup (3200m).
The four-year-old gelding won Saturday’s $150,000 Listed Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington and consequently received a one kilo penalty from TRSA Chief Handicapper Craig Kutcher.
King Diamond is yet to run over two miles but has won four of his past five starts and has now accumulated in excess of $275,000.
Kavanagh could have two runners in the Adelaide Cup with Rain Shadow on the brink of forcing her way into the final field of twenty.
Rain Shadow finished last, beaten over 19 lengths in Saturday’s Group 3 Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) at Morphettville narrowly won by Guyno.
Morphettville (March 14)
$400,000 Group 2 Adelaide Casino Adelaide Cup (3200m)
# | Horse | Trainer | Kg | Rating |
1 | CAPECOVER (NZ) | Patrick Payne | 57.5 | 105 |
2 | MOURAYAN (IRE) | Robert Hickmott | 57 | 104 |
3 | FAST FUTURE (NZ) | Russell Cameron | 56 | 100 |
4 | GUYNO (NZ) | Lou Luciani | 55.5 | 99 |
5 | KING DIAMOND | Mark Kavanagh | 54.5 | 97 |
6 | MAUNATRICE | Darren Weir | 54 | 101 |
7 | LADY AVACAN | Sue Jaensch | 54 | 100 |
8 | VESPER | Robert Hickmott | 54 | 95 |
9 | MACEDONIAN (NZ) | Peter G Moody | 54 | 95 |
10 | TIBOOBURRA TRAVIS | Leon Wells | 53 | 92 |
11 | BIG TED | Ivan Haggerty | 53 | 90 |
12 | SIMPLY ADORABLE | Vaughn Sigley | 53 | 89 |
13 | MUIR (GB) | Robert Hickmott | 53 | 88 |
14 | ZAUBERIN | Russell Cameron | 53 | 88 |
15 | OLYMPIC WIN (NZ) | Robert Smerdon | 53 | 87 |
16 | PERGOLA (NZ) | Colin & Cindy Alderson | 53 | 87 |
17 | HE'S UNDER THE GUN (NZ) | Michael Moroney | 53 | 86 |
18 | ART SUCCESS (NZ) | Ciaron Maher | 53 | 86 |
19 | SADDLER'S STORY | Robert Smerdon | 53 | 83 |
20 | SKYSTREAMER | Tony Vasil | 53 | 82 |
21 | STREAKY FELLA | Darren Weir | 53 | 82 |
22 | RAIN SHADOW | Mark Kavanagh | 53 | 78 |
23 | SIR WALTER | Kathryn Durden | 53 | 78 |
24 | MONTAHLIA (NZ) | Michael Kent | 53 | 78 |
25 | OUR SERENA | Pat Carey | 53 | 77 |
26 | STAKHANOVITE | Gary Searle | 53 | 76 |
27 | EXALTED BEAUTY | Jim Smith | 53 | 74 |
28 | MATEO | Tony Noonan | 53 | 72 |
29 | SANDHILL LAD | Barry Dunn | 53 | 71 |
30 | KINCAPLE (NZ) | Jim Conlan | 53 | 68 |
31 | INTERAQ | Neil Walsh | 53 | 58 |
Picture: Fiona Tomlin