Tom Kitten to return in Up And Coming Stakes

Tom Kitten is the headline act in Saturday’s Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens.

A Stakes winner at two, the Godolphin three-year-old colt is set to have the first run of his spring campaign this weekend.

Having claimed the Listed Fernhill Handicap, Tom Kitten went on to finish fourth in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) before heading to the paddock.

Having trialled twice in the lead-up to this fresh assignment, the Harry Angel colt will be accompanied by regular jockey Nash Rawiller.

As the highest-rated horse in the race, he will give his rivals at least 4kg at the weights.

Les Vampires will be looking to go from a midweek Warwick Farm maiden victory to a Group 3 win and will have a tactical advantage on some of his rivals as the race leader.

Having caught the eye when resuming in The Rosebud (1100m), Griff steps to the 1300m having broken his maiden at 1200m back in June.

The Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes is the co-feature on Saturday’s 10-race program at Rosehill, alongside the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m).

Up And Coming Stakes 2023 final field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1		Tom Kitten	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	3	59kg
2		Cafe Millenium	John O’Shea	Tom Sherry	7	55kg
3		Caballus	Chris Waller	James McDonald	4	54.5kg
4		Kintyre	Gary Portelli	Dylan Gibbons	11	54.5kg
5		Manwe	Anthony Cummings	Jason Collett	2	54kg
6		Ducasse	Michael Freedman	Chad Schofield	1	54kg
7		Encap	Gary Portelli	Brett Prebble	9	53.5kg
8		Infatuation	Bjorn Baker	Jett Stanley	12	53.5kg
9		Tutta La Vita	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	5	53kg
10		Griff	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Tyler Schiller	8	53kg
11		Les Vampires	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	6	53kg
12		Hasty Honey	Brad Widdup	Jay Ford	10	53kg