The best racehorses in training will contest the $500,000 Group I Turnbull Stakes the feature event on a nine race card where only quality will rise to the top and be able to claim a prize on Saturday at Flemington.
   Every race on the card is either a Group or Listed event with last seasons Emirates Melbourne Cup winner Viewed (Scenic - Lovers Knot by Khozaam) trained by Bart Cummings to carry saddle cloth number one in the Turnbull. 
   Another Cup winner, Efficient (Zabeel - Refused the Dance by Defensive Play) along with Cox Plate winners Maldivian (Zabeel - Shynzi by Danzig) and El Segundo (Pins - Palos Verdes by Oak Ridge) add spice to the event.  As does the 2007 Caulfield Cup winner Master O’Reilly (O’Reilly - Without Remorse by Bakharoff)  and they will all test the form of the two four-year-olds Predatory Pricer (Street Cry - Shady Stream) and Roman Emperor (Montjeu - Gussy Godiva by Last Tyocon).
    The nine race card offers more than $1.8 million in prize money and it includes the Group 2 $201,500 Blazer Stakes (1400m), $251,500 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) and $251,500 Gilgai Stakes (1200m), continuing the VRC’s proud tradition of providing first class racing.
   “The Victoria Racing Club is proud to herald in spring racing at Flemington with such a high-quality racing program. The statistics tell the story: eight Group 1 winning horses and a combined $27.5 million in prize money amongst the runners in the Turnbull Stakes alone,” said Dale Monteith, VRC Chief Executive.

Previous winners:-

Group I	VRC Turnbull Stakes (SWP 4+)	Pictures from Sportpix
2008-09	Littorio (pedigree)
2007-08	Devil Moon (pedigree)
2006-07	Sphenophyta (pedigree)
2005-06	Makybe Diva (pedigree)
2004-05	Elvstroem (pedigree)

Stallions select Predatory Pricer (Street Cry - Shady Stream by Archregent) to just hold out last years’ Cox Plate hero Maldivian (Zabeel - Shynzi by Danzig) in the feature on Saturday.

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