The four-year-old entire won the $350,000 Underwood Stakes by almost one and a half lengths ahead of Southern Speed and Midas Touch.

Lion Tamer was second-up in the 2011 Underwood Stakes after finishing fourth in the Group 1 Challenge Stakes behind Mufhasa in New Zealand.

Trainer Murray Baker will now aim Lion Tamer towards the 2011 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup later in the spring.

“We are happy with that run,” Baker said.

“He has done plenty of work at home and he ran on well at Hastings.

“The 1400m was a bit short for him and today he had to show something to be a candidate for the weight for age races.

“We’ve always thought he was a good horse.

“He missed last autumn and VRC Derby winners have this thing about them which makes you wonder if they are going to come back.”

Baker said Lion Tamer’s owner is determined to experience a Melbourne Cup win.

“We would like to run him in the Melbourne Cup,” the trainer said.

“His owner Mr Bailey is 88 and he ran second (in the Melbourne Cup) with Blue Denim and he is keen to get it.”

Lion Tamer, who had ten months off following his Victoria Derby win last year due to injury, has now won six of his 12 race starts and accrued around $1.3 million in prize money.

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2011 Underwood Stakes Results

The current favourites in the 2011 Underwood Stakes horse racing betting are both Glass Harmonium and Lights Of Heaven, who are each paying odds of $4.60 to win the race at Luxbet.

However, our tip to win the Underwood Stakes 2011 is Heart Of Dreams, who is presently third favourite paying $5.50 to win the race at Luxbet.

Heart Of Dreams will be ridden by jockey Damien Oliver and will have to contend with barrier 14 in the race.

The gelding will be second-up in the 2011 Underwood Stakes after finishing second by a nose to King’s Rose in the Group 2 Memsie Stakes on August 27.

Fourth favourite in the 2011 Underwood Stakes betting markets is Playing God, who is paying odds of $9 at Luxbet.

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2011 Underwood Stakes Field

Price believes the six-year-old gelding will get a nice run behind front-runner Glass Harmonium.

“I reckon Glass Harmonium will jump and roll across and probably lead,” Price said.

“I think he’s a weight-for-age horse who runs his races in that manner, so if my bloke doesn’t step away too slowly and we can roll forward, which we will be doing, we might get some sort of tag along in the race.

“It’s an interesting race. There will be a lot of horses under a hold and finishing off.

“You’ve got Lights Of Heaven drawn three, there’ll be some traffic there.

“So hopefully (jockey)  Lisa (Cropp) rolls forward and we have a nice run in the race.

“She rates those sort of horses well and they seem to find under pressure for her and 14 may not be too bad for us.”

Heart Of Dreams finished second to King’s Rose last start in the Memsie Stakes.

“He’s pretty fit, he’s done plenty of work and he’s had three weeks between runs,” Price said.

“You’ll see plenty of rib on him, that’s the sort of horse he is.

“He’s cleaned-winded and I don’t think fitness is an issue.

“I think he’s ready to go.”

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The Group 1 Underwood Stakes will be run under weight-for-age conditions and will be worth a total of $350,000 in prize money.

The race is typically a good indication of a horse’s performance ahead of the $3 million Cox Plate in October.

Included in the 2011 Underwood Stakes final field and barrier draw is Graeme Rogerson’s Scarlett Lady, who won the Group1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm last preparation.

Scarlett Lady finished seventh in her last start in the Group 1 Challenge Stakes at Hastings behind Mufhasa on August 27 and will be having her first Australian start of the spring in the 2011 Underwood Stakes.

Also included in the 2011 Underwood Stakes are Efficient, Master O’Reilly, Heart Of Dreams, Maluckyday, Lion Tamer, Shamrocker and Lights Of Heaven.

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2011 Underwood Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw

23 horses have been nominated for the race that will be run over 1,800 metres and worth $350,000 in prize money.

Included in the 2011 Underwood Stakes nominations is Scarlett Lady, who will be having her first Australian race this spring.

Trainer Graeme Rogerson is confident that Scarlett Lady is capable of winning the race.

“She went 33.94 the last 600 (in her last start),” he said.

“That’s phenomenal… she got a long way back (and) 1,400m was too short for her.

“She’s a pretty good filly.

“Her work’s just been outstanding.”

Also included in the 2011 Underwood Stakes horse racing nominations are Efficient, Glass Harmonium, Heart Of Dreams, Maluckyday, Lion Tamer, Playing God, Absolutely, Lights Of Heaven and Shamrocker.

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2011 Underwood Stakes Nominations

Headlining a bumper nine-race programme is the opening elite level race of the carnival, the $350,000 Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m).

Other feature horse racing events for Luxbet punters to enjoy on Underwood Stakes Day include the:

- $125,000 Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m): offers a ballot exemption for the 2011 Caulfield Cup

- $125,000 Group 3 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m): lead-up race to the 2011 Thousand Guineas

- $125,000 Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m)

The 2011 Underwood Stakes is a weight-for-age middle-distance staying feature that always attracts a field of the season’s best gallopers.

Used as a preparatory run for horses heading towards the spring’s top showdowns including the richest weight-for-age race on the calendar, the 2011 Cox Plate, the Underwood Stakes provides an excellent guide for Luxbet customers wanting to get in on the generous futures spring horse racing odds.

Last year’s Underwood Stakes winner was the great So You Think, the then Bart Cummings-trained champion coming off a win in the Memsie Stakes.

While already having won the 2009 Cox Plate, after their success in the Underwood So You Think went on to win the Group 1 Yalumba Stakes (2000m), the 2010 Cox Plate for a second successive year and the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day before finishing third behind Americain and Maluckyday in the 150^th Melbourne Cup.

Looking at the horses that finish high up the 2011 Underwood Stakes results is a good way to get an idea of who will win this year’s $3 million Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 22.

Horses vying for the Underwood Stakes title may come via a number of earlier spring races including the $200,000 Group 2 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 27, as So You Think did last year, and the $400,000 Group 2 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 3.

Underwood Stakes Day nominations close on September 12, before final fields of acceptances for all the races on the programme including the 2011 Underwood Stakes field are released on September 14 and published right here.

Horses already confirmed as likely Underwood Stakes contenders this year include Stradbroke Handicap winner Sincero and Graeme Rogerson’s Queensland Oaks winner Scarlett Lady.

Kiwi sensation Scarlett Lady will be out to emulate the feats of the mighty New Zealand mare Ethereal (2001) in winning the Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double on the back of a Doomben Roses – Queensland Oaks winning double, and is highly fancied in the odds at Luxbet to do so.

“She’ll be competitive in anything she runs in this campaign,” Rogerson said of Scarlett Lady.

“She certainly is a pretty good filly and she looks good.

“She has put on some weight since the Oaks in Brisbane and after the Challenge Stakes (in New Zealand) she’ll go to Australia and run in the Underwood stakes and then the Turnbull before the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.”

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The Bart Cummings-trained So You Think ($1.75) coasted to victory at Caulfield on Saturday, beating stablemate Dariana ($31) by an emphatic two and a half lengths with Chris Waller’s Metal Bender ($8) a gallant third a short-half-head further away.

Sportsbet have further slashed So You Think’s odds to win back to back Cox Plates this year, now paying $2.70.

After their eye-catching second, Dariana has also had her price reeled in for the 2010 Caulfield Cup, overtaking Moudre as the favourite.

The Group 1 Yalumba Stakes (2000m) on Caulfield Cup Day October 9, is So You Think’s next major target.

There was plenty of racing action at Caulfield on Saturday, including the other Group 1 feature, the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes won by Response.

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2010 Rokk Ebony Underwood Stakes Results

Top online bookie Sportsbet currently have So You Think as the clear $1.80 favourite for the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield after the star four-year-old drew ideally in barrier two.

In final field brimful of champions, the second favourite to win the Underwood Stakes is Heart Of Dreams.

Melbourne Cup winner Shocking is at juicy odds of $10 through SportsBet to win the Underwood Stakes

Currently paying $5.50, the Mick Price-trained gelding is coming off an eye-catching second to Shocking in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington and has also come up trumps in the barrier draw with gate one.

Following closely in the betting markets is $6 chance Metal Bender, the Warwick Stakes winner in top form and set for a big race as they head towards the 2010 Melbourne Cup.

Great value can be found with last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Shocking at double figure odds of $10 through Sportsbet.

Shocking won the Makbye Diva last start from barrier eight, but has drawn better on Saturday with barrier six and will have Michael Rodd aboard.

The 2010 Rokk Ebony Underwood Stakes is scheduled to jump at 1:15pm at Caulfield on Saturday as part of an elite race day that also includes the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, where Peter Moody’s up-and-coming Doubtful Jack will start the favourite.

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2010 Underwood Stakes Odds

*Odds from Sportsbet and correct at time of publication

The 2010 Underwood Stakes final field has been released and 12 of the season’s leading gallopers will line up in the race at Caulfield on Saturday.

The $350,000 Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) has attracted an elite field of weight-for-age stars including 2009 Melbourne Cup winner Shocking, fancied to make it back-to-back success in the Cup this year.

The Mark Kavanagh-trained son of Street Cry is coming off a win in the Makybe Diva Stakes and has drawn barrier six for Saturday.

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One of Shocking’s biggest dangers in the Underwood Stakes is reigning Cox Plate champion So You Think, trained by the Cups King Bart Cummings.

So You Think has drawn ideally with barrier two for Saturday and after winning the Memsie Stakes first-up last month, will be hard to beat.

Cummings will also start Dariana, heading towards the 2010 Melbourne Cup on Tuesday November 2, and Moatize in the Underwood Stakes the stablemates drawn in gates eight and 11 respectively.

Other top chances in the Underwood Stakes include Warwick Stakes winner Metal Bender having his first Melbourne start, Heart Of Dreams in the coveted barrier one and David Hayes’ Largo Lad coming off a Flemington win.

It is a cracker race-card at Caulfield on Saturday with other highlight events including the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clare Stakes (1400m), which is the other inaugural Group 1 race of the Melbourne spring carnival, and the Group 3 Caulfield and Thousand Guineas Preludes.

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2010 Rokk Ebony Underwood Stakes Final Field & Barriers

The 2010 Rokk Ebony Underwood Stakes has drawn 14 elite nominees headlined by a number of champion Group 1 winners.

Set to start at the top of the odds are the two stars from last spring, Melbourne Cup winner Shocking and Cox Plate victor So You Think.

The Mark Kavanagh-trained Shocking, early favourite to make it back-to-back success in the Melbourne Cup this year, won the Makybe Diva Stakes last start and will be hard to beat again on Saturday.

Last year’s Cox Plate winner So You Think is one of three horses from the stables of the legendary Bart Cummings nominated for the Underwood Stakes.

Cummings has also entered Queensland Derby winning mare Dariana and Moatize.

Other leading contenders among the Underwood Stakes nominations include Chris Waller’s Warwick Stakes winner Metal Bender, 2010 Caulfield Cup favourite Moudre and John O’Shea’s Zabeel gelding Zabrasive.

The other Group 1 feature at Caulfield on Saturday is the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) where in-form sprinter Doubtful Jack is sure to head the betting.

Four other Group status races are scheduled on the day including the Caulfield and Thousand Guineas Preludes where the season’s top three-year-olds will be on display.

The 2010 Underwood Stakes final field will be released on Thursday and published right here so bookmark this page for the list of horses and their form guides.

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2010 Rokk Ebony Underwood Stakes Nominations & Weights