The listed 2010 Chester Manifold Stakes will be run this Saturday, 16 January at the spacious Flemington race course - home of the Emirates Melbourne Cup.
Run over a distance of 1400 metres, the event is worth over $150,000 in prize money and is one of the better listed races early in the year.
Rok Posta was successful in the 2009 Chester Manifold Stakes when he carried 53 kilograms to defeat Orbit Express into second place with Itsamonty third.
Entry costs per Adult ($12) with concession for Students ($10) and Pensioners ($7) with eight races scheduled to begin at 12.45pm and finish at 5.25pm.
There are a variety of restaurants and bars to cater for all types of foods and drinks.
The children will enjoy activities such as free shetland pony rides, free camp australia activities eg tug of war, soccer, face painting and lot's of other activities on the public lawn area.
The early favourite for the Chester Manifold Stakes is the Darren Weir trained Time Matters at $4.00 to be ridden by Damian Oliver. Second favourite at $4.00 is Ship In The Night with Danny Nikolic aboard, with Berringama next at $6.50 from True Takes around $9.00.
2010 Chester Manifold Stakes final field & barrier draw
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
| 1 | Time Matters | Darren Weir | Damien Oliver | 5 | 59.0 |
| 2 | Zagreb | David Hayes | Steven Arnold | 12 | 58.5 |
| 3 | Pacino | Clinton McDonald | Brad Rawiller | 8 | 58.0 |
| 4 | Itsamonty | Dean Lawson | Mark Zahra | 3 | 56.5 |
| 5 | Tears I Cry | David Bourke | James Winks | 4 | 56.0 |
| 6 | Okay Oky | M. Ellerton & S. Zahra | Chris Symons | 13 | 55.0 |
| 7 | Pass Me By | Peter G Moody | Luke Nolen | 6 | 55.0 |
| 8 | Danzylum | Robbie Griffiths | Luke Currie | 1 | 54.5 |
| 9 | True Tales | Tony Vasil | Craig Newitt | 10 | 53.5 |
| 10 | Not A Copy | Nikki Burke | 14 | 53.0 | |
| 11 | Scenica | Lee Freedman | Dwayne Dunn | 11 | 53.0 |
| 12 | Minnesota Shark | Tom Hughes | Craig Williams | 9 | 53.0 |
| 13 | Berringama | Brian Cox | Glen Boss | 2 | 53.0 |
| 14 | Ship In The Night | Mark Young | Danny Nikolic | 7 | 53.0 |
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