Placement Perfect To Break Maiden Status

Wednesday, 23 March 2011 00:45

PlacementAll will be forgiven of Placement should she win Saturday's $350,000 Group One Schweppes Australasian Oaks (2008m) at Morphettville.

Trained by Danny O'Brien, Placement is still a maiden after 14 starts.

However in that time she has been placed eight times and twice in strong fillies company; second in the Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) and third in the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) five days later.

By virtue of those two performances last spring, the daughter of Savabeel is well placed to make amends for those defeats on the weekend.

She will face Auraria Stakes winner Shylight and placegetters from the race Southern Speed and Absolutely.

Five horses have completed the Auraria Stakes - Australasian Oaks double; Miss Clipper (1986), Gatherneaux (1992), La Volta (1998), Episode (1999) and Grand Echezeaux (2000) - since the race was first run in 1982.

The field for the Australasian Oaks can be viewed below.

Morphettville (Saturday)
Race 6 @ 4:10pm - $350,000 Group 1 Schweppes Australasian Oaks (2008m)

#
Horse
Trainer
Jockeys
Br
Kg
1 PLACEMENT (NZ) Danny O'Brien Ben Melham 5 56
2 SOUTHERN SPEED Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Clare Lindop 7 56
3 LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (NZ) Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 6 56
4 PRECIOUS LORRAINE David Hayes Steven Arnold 8 56
5 SHYLIGHT David Brideoake Dwayne Dunn 9 56
6 ABSOLUTELY Michael Kent Brad Rawiller 15 56
7 SEAN BAILE MOR Todd Balfour Dean Holland 4 56
8 JETER John P Thompson Paul Gatt 1 56
9 COUNT YOUR FINGERS John P Thompson Chris Symons 2 56
10 OUI SI ATTITUDE Jon O'Connor Todd Pannell 3 56
11 SECOND DRAW John P Thompson Craig Newitt 14 56
12 LALLA ROOKH Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Chad Lever 13 56
13 QUEEN'S FASHION David Hayes Mark Zahra 12 56
14 TUREEN Barry Brook Troy Baker 11 56
15 LITTLE BLUE DRESS Cliff Murray
10 56

Picture: Fiona Tomlin