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Maribyrnong Trial Stakes guide

A look at the field for this year’s Maribyrnong Trial Stakes.

Knightsbridge as a yearling.
Knightsbridge as a yearling. Picture: Magic Millions

The Maribyrnong Trial Stakes traditionally launches the Victoria's two-year-old season and a field of 12 has been drawn for the $175,000 Listed event, which will be run at Flemington this Saturday.

Below is a look at this year's runners, where they came from and what they've done at the trials and jumpouts.

2025 Maribyrnong Trial Stakes

1 – Eurocanto (B,W&JD Hayes): The son of Per Incanto cost $250,000 at this year's Magic Millions January sale and is out of the Savabeel mare Shespending, who is from the family of Group 3 winner and Coolmore Stud Stakes runner-up Splashing Out. Finished second in both jumpouts but certainly would have won the first if asked and was again held together to the line behind One Day At A Time at the set held up the Flemington straight last Thursday.

2 – Guest House (M Price & M Kent Jr): The $270,000 Magic Millions youngster will become the first product of boom freshman sire Home Affairs to race in Victoria and has had a busy week, finishing third in last week's Flemington jumpout won by Knurl before being given another one over 800m at Cranbourne on Monday, when second but never asked by Jamie Melham, who rides this weekend.

3 – Harry Met Sally (M Walker): Son of Yes Yes Yes and the General Nediym mare Agueda was not offered for sale at auction. Was given two Cranbourne jumpouts before a trip to Flemington last week, where he finished off strongly when asked to finish second in the trial won by the McEvoy-trained Cyclotron, who is being reserved for a later debut, in 47.82secs.

4 – Knightsbridge (G Waterhouse & A Bott): A $750,000 Magic Millions colt who is by a stallion (Farnan) and mare (Festivity) that Waterhouse used to train. Brings a different trial form line to all others, having gone around in the big set at Randwick on Monday last week, and he did a good job to defeat stablemate Our Emperor over 850m.

5 – Knurl (T&C McEvoy): Godolphin homebred by Brazen Beau who is the first foal from the Lonhro mare Mollycoddle. Was a soft winner of his initial jumpout and then held off Rubare to score a narrow-but-impressive win in the latest in a time of 47.19 secs.

6 – Rich On Bubbles (B,W&JD Hayes): The son of Golden Slipper winner Capitalist cost $200,000 on the Gold Coast in January and is a half-brother to his stablemate Stoli Bolli, who runs in the first race on the Turnbull Stakes card. There was a lot to like about the way he rounded them up in his first jumpout, over 600m at Pakenham, but failed to repeat that last week in the trial won by Knurl.

7 – Flash Of Class (M Walker): Another who has had three jumpouts, winning the first of them before not being knocked around in the last two, including a fifth placing behind Knurl. Another by Capitalist, being out of the War Pass mare Flashing Speed, whose only other to race is a two-start maiden. A $55,000 Magic Millions weanling from the National Sale, she was later sold at this year's Classic Sale, where Te Akau Racing forked out $70,000 for her.

8 – Given The Extreme (S Zahra): A $100,000 buy out of Book 2 at Magic Millions' January Sale, the daughter of Extreme Warrior is a three-quarter-sister to Extreme Diva, who ran third in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace Stakes. Finished third behind Sabrina at her first jumpout then ridden out to finish second behind Lift Net on last Thursday's jumpout held on the inside grass.

9 – One Day At A Time (T&C McEvoy): Daughter of former straight-track star Bivouac, who had his first Group 1 winner as a sire last week when Beiwacht won the Golden Rose, and is from the Listed-winning Charge Forward mare Everyday Lady. The $270,000 Magic Millions buy was runner-up to Sabrina, when not asked, at her first jumpout then glided away from her rivals stylishly late last week to win in 47.15.

10 – Rubare (N Ryan): The cheapest horse in the race at $35,000, the Inglis Premier-sourced son of Rubick has finished behind Knurl at both jumpouts and got closer at the latest, but was urged along a little more than the McEvoy colt.

11 – Sabrina (T&C McEvoy): The fastest of last week's jumpout winners with her winning time of 46.57secs the only sub-47secs time recorded. It was hard to not be impressed by the way she powered top the line under a light ride. A $90,000 buy out of the Perth Magic Millions Sale, Sabrina is by Blue Point out of the War Chant mare Witchfulthinking, who is from the family of former star WA filly Delicacy.

12 – Streisand (C McDonald): The daughter of Magnus was far too speedy in a 650m Cranbourne jumpout on September 8 then finished second to second to Sabrina last week. A $22,000 Great Southern weanling who later sold for $100,000 at Premier, Streisand 's only other sibling to race is a Rich Enuff gelding yet to win in three starts.


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