Gai Waterhouse is set for a very successful spring with her star filly More Strawberries likely to emerge as the early favourite for the 2010 Crown Oaks this Melbourne Cup Carnival after the nominations for the fillies’ feature were released today.
Eighty-nine of the season’s best staying fillies have been entered for the $1 million Crown Oaks (2500m), due to light up the Flemington track on Thursday November 4, two days after the 150th Melbourne Cup.
Having won both the Furious Stakes and Tea Rose Stakes already this season, More Strawberries is one the highest rated 2010 Crown Oaks nominees.
Other significant entries sure to be at the top of the betting markets include Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Divorces, AJC Sires Produce Stakes victor Yosei, Peter Moody’s Willow Creek, promising Bradbury’s Luck filly Ringa Ringa Rosie and John Thompson’s recent Newcastle Spring Stakes placegetter Heartsareforlove.
Notable absentees from the Crown Oaks nominations include Parables, Crystal Lily, Solar Charged and Sistine Angel, not suited to the staying distance of the race.
The list of 2010 Victoria Derby Nominations were also released today, the other Melbourne Cup Carnival feature attracting 88 three-year-olds.
List of 2010 Crown Oaks Entries
| No. | Horse | Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIN’TNOFALLENSTAR | Lee Freedman |
| 2 | ALITTLEBITOFMONICA | Marc Conners |
| 3 | AMBERS WALTZ | John O’Shea |
| 4 | ANOTHER SUNDAY | Peter G Moody |
| 5 | ARDECHE (NZ) | Bart Cummings |
| 6 | ARIZONA MISS (NZ) | Michael Kent |
| 7 | BABOOSH | David Hayes |
| 8 | BECERRA | Lee Freedman |
| 9 | BELLE CHANTECLER (NZ) | Lee Freedman |
| 10 | BOUGGIE DANZER | Robbie Griffiths |
| 11 | BRAZILIAN PULSE (NZ) | Michael Moroney |
| 12 | BRIDE SALAMA | Anthony Cummings |
| 13 | CHULA VISTA | Anthony Cummings |
| 14 | COUNT YOUR FINGERS | John P Thompson |
| 15 | CRAFTY LADY | John Symons & Sheila Laxon |
| 16 | DANCING ATTENDANCE | Guy Walter |
| 17 | DIVORCES | Peter Snowden |
| 18 | DIZLAGO | Lee Freedman |
| 19 | ELITE EBONY | Michael Templeton |
| 20 | EVIDENTIA | David Hayes |
| 21 | FEMALE AGENT | John McArdle |
| 22 | FIBRILLATION | Tim Martin |
| 23 | FLEUR DE LOUIS | Dean Binaisse |
| 24 | FOREVERCLEVER (NZ) | Shane A Edwards |
| 25 | GIGGLESWICK | Lee Freedman |
| 26 | HEARTSAREFORLOVE | John P Thompson |
| 27 | HIDDEN KISSES | Robert Heathcote |
| 28 | HIGHLAND MARY | Paul Messara |
| 29 | JADE’S DILEMMA | Lee Freedman |
| 30 | JALSAH | David Hayes |
| 31 | KITTENS | Mark Kavanagh |
| 32 | KOALA BEAR | Lee Freedman |
| 33 | KRUPP DIAMOND | Patrick Payne |
| 34 | L’INQUISITOR | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas |
| 35 | LADY CHRISTINE | Anthony Cummings |
| 36 | LADY OF THE GARTER | Tony Noonan |
| 37 | LALLA ROOKH | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas |
| 38 | LIVE AND LEARN | Gai Waterhouse |
| 39 | LORNA’S LASS | John McArdle |
| 40 | LUDKA | Lee Freedman |
| 41 | MAGHREB | Guy Walter |
| 42 | MAGIC TARTAN (NZ) | John P Thompson |
| 43 | MARAASEEM | David Hayes |
| 44 | MARGIELA (NZ) | David Hayes |
| 45 | MEDITATION | Gai Waterhouse |
| 46 | MELTED | Leon Corstens |
| 47 | MILENKA | Rick Hore-Lacy |
| 48 | MISS VINNOIRE | Lindsey Smith |
| 49 | MORE STRAWBERRIES | Gai Waterhouse |
| 50 | MY SYDNEY ROSE | Danny O’Brien |
| 51 | OUR PRIDE AND JOY | Patrick Payne |
| 52 | PINKER PINKER | Greg Eurell |
| 53 | PLACEMENT (NZ) | Danny O’Brien |
| 54 | PLASTIC FANTASTIC | Anthony Cummings |
| 55 | PRECIOUS LORRAINE | David Hayes |
| 56 | PRETTY YARRA | Go Shigemi |
| 57 | PRINCESS TOSHI | Rick Hore-Lacy |
| 58 | QUEEN’S FASHION | David Hayes |
| 59 | QUICK THINKING (NZ) | Bart Cummings |
| 60 | REEM | David Payne |
| 61 | REMEMBER | Shane A Edwards |
| 62 | RINGA RINGA ROSIE | Bevan & Richard Laming |
| 63 | SASA | Tim Martin |
| 64 | SAYAHAILMARY | Peter G Moody |
| 65 | SEAN BAILE MOR | Todd Balfour |
| 66 | SERENE TANIE | Robbie Laing |
| 67 | SET TO UNLEASH | John P Thompson |
| 68 | SHAMROCKER (NZ) | Danny O’Brien |
| 69 | SHEZATEN (NZ) | Tony Vasil |
| 70 | SHYLIGHT | David Brideoake |
| 71 | SLOW THE FLOW | Matthew Smith |
| 72 | SONG SHAN | Anthony Cummings |
| 73 | SPEED OF DARK | Grant Craven |
| 74 | SPURCIFIC | Robbie Griffiths |
| 75 | STELLA DENON | Kieran Barry |
| 76 | STRUM CHA | Mark Kavanagh |
| 77 | SUSSURO | Tony Noonan |
| 78 | TOP BILLING (NZ) | Phillip Stokes |
| 79 | VENUS’S DREAM | Guy Walter |
| 80 | VERY CHERRY | Leon Corstens |
| 81 | WAVE DANCING | Anthony Cummings |
| 82 | WILDCAT STRIKE | Robbie Griffiths |
| 83 | WILFUL HEIRESS | Kieran Barry |
| 84 | WILLOW CREEK | Peter G Moody |
| 85 | YOSEI | Stuart Webb |
| 86 | ZABILLIE | Gary Portelli |
| 87 | ZIGZAG | Guy Walter |
| 88 | ZUBBAYA | Lee Freedman |
| 89 | ZUTARA | Gai Waterhouse |