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2012 Newmarket Handicap field and barrier draw

7th Mar 2012

Racenet - Clinton Payne - Wednesday, 7 March 2012

The final field has been declared and barriers allocated for Saturday’s Group I Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington.

A field of 23 has accepted to contest Australia’s biggest sprinting handicap and pre-post favourite Hay List has come up with barrier 15.

Sydney raider Rain Affair will jump from barrier one while the Oakleigh Plate winner Woorim starts alongside Rain Affair in gate two.

Other notables include Toorak Toff (6), Beaded (14), Buffering (8), Lone Rock (12), Bel Sprinter (13) and Foxwedge (17).

The fields and form for the full Flemington meeting will be online as soon as they are published.

No. | Horse | Trainer | Barrier | Weight ---- | ------- | --------- | ----- | ---- : 1 | HAY LIST | John McNair | 15 | 58.5kg 2 | ALBERT THE FAT | Chris Waller | 7 | 56.5kg 3 | TOORAK TOFF | Rick Hore-Lacy | 6 | 56kg 4 | BEADED | Peter Snowden | 14 | 55.5kg 5 | EAGLE FALLS | David Hayes | 18 | 55.5kg 6 | RAIN AFFAIR | Joseph Pride | 1 | 55.5kg 7 | WOORIM | Robert Heathcote | 2 | 55.5kg 8 | BUFFERING | Robert Heathcote | 8 | 54.5kg 9 | KING’S ROSE (NZ) | Peter G Moody | 3 | 54.5kg 10 | TEMPLE OF BOOM | Tony Gollan | 11 | 54.5kg 11 | GRAND NIRVANA | Fred Kersley | 20 | 54kg 12 | WARATAH’S SECRET | Jim P Taylor | 5 | 53.5kg 13 | LONE ROCK | Robert Smerdon | 12 | 53kg 14 | BEL SPRINTER | Jason Warren | 13 | 52.5kg 15 | FACILE TIGRE | Jason McLachlan | 21 | 52.5kg 16 | ROCK CLASSIC | Bart Cummings | 10 | 52.5kg 17 | LIVEANDLETDIE | Mark Kavanagh | 9 | 52kg 18 | MASTER OF DESIGN | David Payne | 16 | 52kg 19 | METALLURGICAL | John P Thompson | 19 | 52kg 20 | MR CHARD | Dean Lawson | 4 | 52kg 21 | PHELAN READY | Jason McLachlan | 23 | 52kg 22 | FOXWEDGE | John O'Shea | 17 | 50kg 23 | AFRICAN PULSE | Michael Moroney | 22 | 50kg

Photo: 2010 VRC Newmarket Hcp winner Wanted