The Metropolitan field and barrier draw

Clinton Payne - Tuesday September 26

A field of 12 will line up in the $750,000 Group I The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

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The Metropolitan start at Randwick. Photo: Steve Hart

Joe Pride’s tough stayer Destiny’s Kiss is the sole locally-bred galloper with five hailing from the Shaky Iles and the other six acceptors behind European-bred stayers.

Sydney's premier trainer Chris Waller has four runners – Libran, Who Shot Thebarman, Antonio Giuseppe and Life Less Ordinary while Victoria’s top trainer Darren Weir has two starters – Big Duke and Loresho.

Two-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Robert Hickmott also has a pair of acceptances – Amralah and Foundry.

The final field and barrier draw for The Metropolitan is.

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	LIBRAN	Chris Waller	Glyn Schofield	3	57kg
2	WHO SHOT THEBARMAN	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	2	57kg
3	DESTINY'S KISS	Joseph Pride	Jason Collett	7	55.5kg
4	AMRALAH	Robert Hickmott	Ben Melham	12	55kg
5	BIG DUKE	Darren Weir	Brenton Avdulla	6	55kg
6	ANTONIO GIUSEPPE	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	4	54.5kg
7	CHOCANTE	Stephen Marsh	Corey Brown	1	54.5kg
8	BROADSIDE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	9	52kg
9	LIFE LESS ORDINARY	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	11	51kg
10	FOUNDRY	Robert Hickmott	Michael Dee	8	50.5kg
11	LORESHO	Darren Weir	TBA	10	50kg
12	MY DIAMANTINE	Brian Smith	Andrew Spinks	5	50kg

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