As the second Guineas to be run on Saturday, a large field of 19 (including three emergencies) have accepted for the A$750,000 contest at Flemington. History will need to be broken if Divine Prophet (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) is to be the first to complete the Caulfield Guineas/Australian Guineas double, and after a pleasing effort at weight for age in the G1 CF Orr S. behind Black Heart Bart (Aus) (Blackfriars {Aus}) first-up, the Dwayne Dunn-ridden colt importantly has proven form at the distance.
Impressive last-start G3 CS Hayes S. winner Hey Doc (Aus) (Duporth {Aus}), third behind Divine Prophet and Seaburge (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) in the Caulfield Guineas, looks to start as one of the favourites, and with form at the distance and the course, could give the Tony McEvoy-trained colt back-to-back stakes victories.
Backing up after a narrow fourth last Saturday in the G1 Futurity at weight for age behind Black Heart Bart, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Attention (Aus) (Stratum {Aus}) needs only to show that he can handle the trip, a distance that he has failed at once previously, to be right in the finish.
One of four last-start winners in the field, the Lindsay Park-trained Fuhryk (Aus) (Star Witness {Aus}) was a scratching at the barrier last Saturday. Although she steps up to 1600 metres having never raced past 1200 metres in her six starts, her two-length victory in the G3 Kevin Hayes S. at her most recent start highlights her ability. Another of the fillies in the field who looks a chance is Harlow Gold (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}), a stablemate of Fuhryk (AUS). A winner over the trip last spring before ending her campaign with a second in the G1 Crown Oaks, the Regan Bayliss-ridden filly resumed with a very pleasing third in the G3 Vanity S. over 1400 metres, and the extra 200 metres on Saturday is clearly in her favour.
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