Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted March 14, 2023 Journalists Share Posted March 14, 2023 Alligator Blood looks the miler to beat when a field of the season’s best 1600m gallopers take to The Valley track on Saturday for the fifth edition of the $5 million The All-Star Mile. Alligator Blood is the horse to beat in Saturday’s 2023 The All-Star Mile field at The Valley. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Queensland expat received the highest number of public votes for the 2023 All-Star Mile field and is out to reward his faithful followers this weekend. The Gator presents fit second-up after a strong win fresh in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Blue Diamond Stakes Day. He will appreciate the extra furlong second-up and sits top of All-Star Mile betting at Ladbrokes to atone for his unplaced 10th back in the 2020 edition of the hugely popular buy-in event. Alligator Blood looked good putting in a quick piece of work at Moonee Valley early on Tuesday morning and that only boosted the confidence of connections ahead of Saturday’s feature race. “I thought he was magical,” co-trainer Waterhouse told Racing.com after the galloper. Alligator Blood further firmed into clear $3 favouritism in All-Star Mile betting at Ladbrokes following Tuesday morning’s barrier draw where he came up trumps with a mid-field gate seven position. It is a typically tight top-half of betting with a number of other weight-for-age stars at single-figure All-Star Mile odds this year including the $4.80 second elect in gate five I’m Thunderstruck for Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr. The now five-year-old son of Shocking was runner-up to Zaaki in last year’s All-Star Mile results at Flemington and presents as a danger again this year off some solid lead-up form. At his last trip to Moonee Valley back in October he was enormous when runner-up to Godolphin gun Anamoe in the Ladbrokes Cox Plate. This campaign he has had two runs at Sandown in February with a Futurity third to Saturday’s All-Star Mile favourite Alligator Blood the latest. The other best out of the Futurity Stakes from February 25, which looks the hot form race to follow into the All-Star Mile field, is the Ben & JD Hayes-trained runner-up Mr Brightside in barrier two and paying $5 to return to winning form. The five-year-old son of Bullbars is an out-and-out miler boasting an excellent record at the distance (11:7-0-1) and he is also two-from-three at the famous Moonee Valley track. He is after his first win since last September when he took out the Group 2 Feehan Stakes over the mile at The Valley by a runaway 4.5 lengths. Coming via runs in the CF Orr and Futurity Mr Brightside brings in the good form lines and presents as a genuine winning chance up to 1600m and returning to one of his preferred circuits. Also being kept safe in All-Star Mile betting is James Cummings‘ evergreen veteran Cascadian at $15 who eased out after drawing the second outside alley with barrier 14. With one of the original Top 10 vote-getters Jacquinot withdrawn early from contention and first emergency Fangirl being kept in Sydney the path opened up for eight-year-old Cascadian to take his spot. He ran fifth in last year’s race after gaining a start as an emergency and powering home from last in a big late run, but Saturday sees the gelding have his first official Moonee Valley run at career start number 46. Cascadian also comes via a different lead-up having run a fifth fresh under two lengths beaten behind Artorius at Randwick in the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) on March 4. The All-Star Mile field this year is completed by nine-year-old So Si Bon having his 89th career start as a 100/1 roughie after drawing barrier 15 of 15. 2023 All-Star Mile Final Field & Barrier Draw No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating 1 x214225x43 I’M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Daniel Moor 5 59kg 116 2 1x721551x1 ALLIGATOR BLOOD Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Blake Shinn 7 59kg 117 3 1x341154x5 CASCADIAN (GB) James Cummings Ben Melham 14 59kg 113 4 x115473x52 MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) Ben & JD Hayes Luke Currie 2 59kg 112 5 4235734120 SO SI BON Ben & JD Hayes Harry Coffey 15 59kg 98 6 9x42833x64 LAWS OF INDICES (IRE) Annabel Neasham Oisin Murphy 6 59kg 110 7 00x6142x64 AEGON (NZ) Andrew Forsman Blaike McDougall 8 59kg 106 8 9x1616x69x ALENQUER (FR) Michael Moroney Jordan Childs 9 59kg 114 9 412×111111 THE INEVITABLE Scott Brunton David Pires 3 59kg 106 10 61x13x16x6 MY OBERON (IRE) Annabel Neasham Jamie Mott 11 59kg 109 11 1x2146x124 GENTLEMAN ROY Ben & JD Hayes Daniel Stackhouse 10 59kg 107 12 5125821112 POUNDING Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 12 59kg 104 13 x14x211135 NUGGET (GB) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Damien Oliver 1 59kg 105 14 0141210×43 KEATS (IRE) Gavin Bedggood Craig Newitt 4 59kg 95 15 311x81x783 SHEEZA BELTER Peter & Paul Snowden William Pike 13 54kg 108 16e 152732×30 THE FORTUNE TELLER Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 0 56kg 77 Table Credit: Racing Australia. 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