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Stellar Field for $1million NZB Memsie Stakes

Media Release - Wednesday August 30

The 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship heats up on Saturday with the running of the second leg, the A$1m Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Jon SnowThe prizemoney for the NZB Memsie Stakes has doubled this year from A$500,000 to A$1m – a move that has been rewarded with a sensational field for the first Group One race of the 2017-18 Australian racing season.

Hartnell(Authorized) won the first leg of the Series, the A$200,000 PB Lawrence Stakes on August 19, but is bypassing Saturday's race. A stellar cast of proven elite performers will be out to move up the points table in his absence.

Nine of the 12 runners are Group 1 winners, including last year's winnerBlack Heart Bart(Blackfriars) and the high-class Karaka graduates Jon Snow(NZ) (Iffraaj) and I Am A Star(NZ) (I Am Invincible).

The Series will have a new leader if either Charmed Harmony (8 points, 2nd in Leg 1) or Black Heart Bart (6 points, 3rd in Leg 1) finish in the first three on Saturday, while a Memsie Stakes win by Tosen Stardom (3 points, 5th in Leg 1) or Humidor (1 point, 6th in Leg 1) would send them to the top of the table.

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The NZB Memsie Stakes will be run as Race 7 with a start time of 4:10pm (6:10pm NZT).

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