Minor confusion at Caulfield Guineas barrier draw

Brad Waters - Tuesday October 10

A touch of confusion reigned at the barrier draw for Saturday's Caulfield Guineas.

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Royal Symphony didn't know what all the fuss was about Photo: Darryl Sherer

Connections of Caulfield Guineas favourite Royal Symphony thought they had drawn barrier six for Saturday's $2 million event because a line to distinguish the numbers six and nine on the number underneath a replica trophy was hard to see.

Chief steward Terry Bailey inspected the trophy picked up by Royal Symphony's part-owner Amanda Dunn before declaring the colt had drawn barrier nine.

Below is the barrier draw for Saturday's Caulfield Guineas.

TAB no.

Runner

Trainer

Jockey

Barrier

1

The Mission

Paul Perry

Beau Mertens

11

2

Summer Passage

O'Sullivan & Scott

Glen Boss

17

3

Azazel

Tony McEvoy

Luke Currie

4

4

Sircconi

Peter Morgan

Linda Meech

13

5

Showtime

Hawkes Racing

Damien Oliver

1

6

Royal Symphony

Tony McEvoy

Dwayne Dunn

9

7

Gold Standard

Waterhouse & Bott

Stephen Baster

6

8

Perast

Paul Perry

Ben Melham

2

9

Sanctioned

James Cummings

Glyn Schofield

16

10

Al Passem

Ken Keys

Ben Thompson

12

11

Kementari

James Cummings

Damian Lane

10

12

Eclair Sunshine

Phillip Stokes

Luke Nolen

14

13

Salsamor

Busuttin & Young

Brad Rawiller

8

14

Levendi

Peter Gelagotis

Anthony Darmanin

7

15

Holy Snow

Mick Price

Michael Dee

15

16

Catchy

Hayes, Hayes & Dabernig

Mark Zahra

3

17 (Emerg)

Mighty Boss

Mick Price

Michael Walker

5

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