Caulfield Sprint attracts small field

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The Group 2 (1000m) has brought together a small but quality field of seven set to line-up for their share of the $300,000 prize packet on Saturday afternoon.

It's the James Cummings-trained gelding Spacewalk that holds the call post barrier draw, with online bookmakers injecting the four-year-old as a +150 favourite.

It comes on the back of an impressive first-up victory at Warwick Farm on October 2 in BM100 company, and now gains the services of Jamie Kah to go along with the featherlight weight of 53kgs.

Lofty is the clear second elect with online betting sites at +170 making his return from a spell.

The son of brings the strongest form into the race, as he's competed amongst company throughout his three-year-old season – boasting a minor placing in the Group 1 (1100m) and Group 1 Handicap (1200m).

Midwest (+600) is on the third line of betting as the have kept the five-year-old gelding racing at the same track and trip for back-to-back starts.
Generation ($9.00) rounds out the horse in single figures, as he tries to bounce back from a disappointing effort in the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) behind .

(+900) has been unseen since the Group 3 Handicap (1200m), while Doull (+1200) showed enough first-up at Rosehill to warrant respect here.

The Group 2 Caulfield Sprint is the sixth race on the program at Caulfield on Saturday and will get underway at 3:15pm AEDT.

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