The Newmarket is becoming an intriguing big-race riddle...Biggest question is whether Hay List will run. Bookies have him as an unlikely runner but he's still the Newmarket early fav at $3. Bel Sprinter is on $4.60 after his luckless Oakleigh Plate run, and Foxwedge is $6. Sydney's new sprint star Rain Affair, winner of his last nine starts, is next at $7. Trainer John McNair says he will use Buffering and Foxwedge as the benchmark for Hay List. McNair says: 'He has to be within three kilos of
The Newmarket is becoming an intriguing big-race riddle...Biggest question is whether Hay List will run. Bookies have him as an unlikely runner but he's still the Newmarket early fav at $3. Bel Sprinter is on $4.60 after his luckless Oakleigh Plate run, and Foxwedge is $6. Sydney's new sprint star Rain Affair, winner of his last nine starts, is next at $7. Trainer John McNair says he will use Buffering and Foxwedge as the benchmark for Hay List. McNair says: 'He has to be within three kilos of Buffering and seven kilos of Foxwedge to be a winning chance going on where they finished in the Lightning...Foxwedge was only just beaten by Sepoy down the straight in the spring and could get in on the limit 50.'
What happens if Hay List avoids the Newmarket? John McNair says he will follow the same itinerary as last year - the Challenge Stakes at Rosehill on Mar 31 before the T.J. Smith at Randwick two weeks later.
NEWMARKET LATEST MARKET
HAY LIST (unlikely) 3.00 1.50
BEL SPRINTER 4.60 1.90
FOXWEDGE 6.00 2.25
RAIN AFFAIR 7.00 2.50
LONE ROCK 7.50 2.62
CELEBRITY GIRL 11.00 3.50
WOORIM 13.00 4.00
BEADED 13.00 4.00
BUFFERING 15.00 4.50
FACILE TIGRE 17.00 5.00
TEMPLE OF BOOM 17.00 5.00
AFRICAN PULSE 21.00 6.00
ILOVETHISCITY 21.00 6.00
KINGS ROSE 21.00 6.00
DECIRCLES 26.00 7.25
REKINDLED INTEREST 26.00 7.25
ALBERT THE FAT 26.00 7.25
MASTER OF DESIGN 26.00 7.25