The Metropolitan field and barrier draw

Clinton Payne - Tuesday September 26

A field of 12 will line up in the $750,000 Group I The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The Metropolitan start at Randwick. Photo: Steve Hart

Joe Pride’s tough stayer Destiny’s Kiss is the sole locally-bred galloper with five hailing from the Shaky Iles and the other six acceptors behind European-bred stayers.

Sydney's premier trainer Chris Waller has four runners – Libran, Who Shot Thebarman, Antonio Giuseppe and Life Less Ordinary while Victoria’s top trainer Darren Weir has two starters – Big Duke and Loresho.

Two-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Robert Hickmott also has a pair of acceptances – Amralah and Foundry.

The final field and barrier draw for The Metropolitan is.

No

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

Weight

1

LIBRAN

Chris Waller

Glyn Schofield

3

57kg

2

WHO SHOT THEBARMAN

Chris Waller

Hugh Bowman

2

57kg

3

DESTINY'S KISS

Joseph Pride

Jason Collett

7

55.5kg

4

AMRALAH

Robert Hickmott

Ben Melham

12

55kg

5

BIG DUKE

Darren Weir

Brenton Avdulla

6

55kg

6

ANTONIO GIUSEPPE

Chris Waller

Joao Moreira

4

54.5kg

7

CHOCANTE

Stephen Marsh

Corey Brown

1

54.5kg

8

BROADSIDE

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

Tim Clark

9

52kg

9

LIFE LESS ORDINARY

Chris Waller

Kerrin McEvoy

11

51kg

10

FOUNDRY

Robert Hickmott

Michael Dee

8

50.5kg

11

LORESHO

Darren Weir

TBA

10

50kg

12

MY DIAMANTINE

Brian Smith

Andrew Spinks

5

50kg

 


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