Excess Knowledge (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), regarded as a leading player in this weekend's G1 Doncaster Mile will miss Saturday's race at Randwick. The Gai Waterhouse stable informed stewards on Monday that the former John Gosden trainee would not be an acceptor for the Group 1 event when the final field is declared on Tuesday morning. The 6-year-old went into many notebooks when a reappearing second in the G2 Ajax S. at Rosehill Mar.12., his first start since finishing seventh in last year's G1 Melbourne Cup. In the same race another leading contender, New Zealand's Volkstok'n'barrell (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}) will have the assistance of jockey Corey Brown for the first time. The 4-year-old won the G1 Rosehill Guineas at last year's Sydney autumn carnival before running third to Mongolian Khan (Aus)) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the G1 Australian Derby. He arrives to Saturday's race on the back of two recent Group 1 wins in his home country.
In other jockey news Hugh Bowman has chosen the Chris Waller trained Delectation (Aus) (Shamardal) as his mount in the G1 TJ Smith S. Bowman is the regular partner of Terravista (Aus) (Captain Rio {GB}), who is also in the lineup, but has plumped for Group 1 winner Delectation despite his recent last place finish in the Newmarket H. Mar. 12.
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