Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 4, 2023 Journalists Share Posted October 4, 2023 Montefilia heads a strong field for the 2023 Hill Stakes at Rosehill this weekend. (Picture: George Sal/Racing Photos) The time-honoured Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m) moves back to Rosehill Gardens this Saturday for the first time since 2011 and has attracted a strong field of 14 set to stake their claim on the $2 million prize packet. Chris Waller dominates the field with four runners engaged – including the race favourite Montefilia, who has opened +260 after a bold display in the Group 3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m). Waller also has Hinged in the mix at +1000 with online bookmakers, while Magical Lagoon and No Compromise are both +5000 outsiders. The Kris Lees-trained pair of Protagonist (+500) and Luncies (+2500) will be looking to improve second-up into the campaign. Meanwhile, Hoo Ya Mal (+360) will have his third Australian run for the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott barn, with Adam Hyeronimus set to take the reins on the lightly raced four-year-old. Numerian (+2500) is the only galloper in the race first-up and will wear the number one saddlecloth in the weight-for-age contest after a lacklustre winter preparation. Billy Egan and Danny O’Brien will combine with the in-form Young Werther (+2500) searching for his third-straight win of the campaign, after saluting at Moonee Valley on September 9 in BM100 company. Team Hawkes has two gallopers set to start; Zeyrek (+700) will be looking to make an impression third-up, while Mount Popa (+5000) will appreciate the step up in trip after finding it too sharp in the Group 3 Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle last start. The 2023 Hill Stakes will kick off the quaddie at Rosehill on Saturday in the seventh race, which is scheduled for 4:10pm AEDT. Hill Stakes 2023 final field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Numerian Annabel Neasham Ryan Maloney 15 59kg 2 Zeyrek Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Tommy Berry 7 59kg 3 Young Werther Danny O’Brien Billy Egan 14 59kg 4 Luncies Kris Less Tim Clark 3 59kg 5 No Compromise Chris Waller Tyler Schiller 16 59kg 6 Protagonist Kris Lees Dylan Gibbons 1 59kg 7 Hoo Ya Mal Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyeronimus 6 59kg 8 Sky Lab Paul Perry Kathy O’Hara 4 59kg 9 Hosier Mark Minervini Rachel King 8 59kg 10 Mount Popa Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Koby Jennings 10 59kg 11 Montefilia Chris Waller Nash Rawiller 2 57kg 12 Hinged Chris Waller Brett Prebble 5 57kg 13 Magical Lagoon Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 9 57kg 14 Fireburn Gary Portelli Jason Collett 11 56kg 15 Hezashocka (1E) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Zac Lloyd 12 59kg 16 Ironclad (2E) Will Clarken & Nikki O’Shea TBC 13 59kg More horse racing news View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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