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The flinging open of the Caulfield gates on Saturday could coincide with the unexpected appearance of Cox Plate winner, Sir Dragonet.

SEN Track Preview: Group racing at Caulfield By Saturday racing returns to Caulfield following the Australia Day meeting on Tuesday. The track played fairly that day but there are a few unknowns today with the rail out 9 metres and a fair bit of rain around Melbourne providing us with a Soft 5. A little bit more rain is forecast (is there really BOM?) but hopefully it doesn’t wreak too much havoc with the track. Race 1 - Ive Print Handicap @ 12:55pm The Maher/Eustace filly Lariat looks the overs in the opener. Was only fair last start but drops down in class and up to the 1400 suits. Is ...

Link to Share Leading trainers Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace are to release some of their expected autumn stars on Tuesday with Cox Plate champion Sir Dragonet headlining a quality line-up at the weekly jump-outs at Caulfield. Sir Dragonet is listed to contest the first jump-out against seven rivals, including stablemates How Womantic and Southern France. Sir Dragonet took the Cox Plate last spring at his Australian debut before finishing sixth in the Melbourne Cup after failing to stay the 3200-metre trip. The flying three-year-old Anders takes on stablemate and Caulfield Guineas placegetter...

Carl Di Iorio Jockey(s) to watch: Laura Lafferty is yet to ride a city winner but that should change quickly in 2021. The vast majority of her winners, as is the case with most apprentices early in their career, settled top three, but she's won races during December with some intelligent off-pace rides, displaying greater timing and composure. I predict that Damien Oliver will win this season's Melbourne Jockeys' Premiership. He's ridden almost enough seconds to complete a minute already this season although his choice of rides will be slightly impacted by the minimum weight in the metropoli...