Race 2 - T J SMITH STAKES [GROUP 1] (1200 METRES)Times displayed in local time of Race Meeting
Of $2,500,000.1st $1,450,000, 2nd $470,000, 3rd $245,000, 4th $115,000, 5th $60,000, 6th $25,000, 7th $25,000, 8th $25,000, 9th $17,500, 10th $17,500, Equine Welfare Fund $25,000, Jockey Welfare Fund $25,000. GROUP 1 Standard Weight for Age, Apprentices cannot claim. Track Name: Randwick Track Type: Turf Field Limit: 18 + 4 EM

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	4x1111x014	ANCESTRY	G	4	Phillip Stokes
2	211x1130x0	ANDERS	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
3	14215x2330	AWAY GAME	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	96
4	365x321x54	BIVOUAC	H	4	James Cummings
5	5x1344x487	BROOKLYN HUSTLE	M	4	Jason Warren & Dean Krongold
6	x310x215x1	CALIFORNIA ZIMBOL	M	4	Peter & Paul Snowden	97
7	4x1114x493	DAME GISELLE	F	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	95
8	11x3413x54	DIRTY WORK	H	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
9	08x85220x3	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	8	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	104
10	11x5134x59	DOUBTLAND	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	91
11	7x11204x11	EDUARDO	G	7	Joseph Pride
12	x573x6111x	ELEVEN ELEVEN	G	4	Gregory Hickman
13	110111x50x	FARNAN	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
14	92x3117x59	FIESTA	M	5	Chris Waller	103
15	x29010x595	FLIT	M	4	James Cummings
16	1412x7x456	GREYWORM	G	6	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	107
17	221x1752x5	HAUT BRION HER	M	5	Chris Waller	108
18	29x8415x00	HEY DOC	G	7	Tony & Calvin McEvoy
19	0x34303x20	IMAGING (GB)	G	6	Chris Waller
20	0753x121x3	JONKER	H	5	Tony Gollan	103
21	3x49x183x3	LIBERTINI	M	4	Anthony Cummings
22	23x26462x2	LYRE	M	4	Anthony & Sam Freedman
23	2x6741x260	MADAM ROUGE	M	5	Chris Waller	106
24	11x238x131	MASKED CRUSADER	G	4	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	104
25	33x0x60220	MIZZY	M	5	Anthony Cummings	108
26	11x2472x12	NATURE STRIP	G	6	Chris Waller
27	12723x5720	ON THE LEAD	C	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	76
28	53x3722x32	ORDER OF COMMAND	G	6	Danny O'Brien
29	2310x15	POLAND	C	3	Michael Moroney	90
30	6162x48x34	PRAGUE	C	3	Annabel Neasham
31	42315149x6	PRIME CANDIDATE	G	6	Bjorn Baker	95
32	3x25318x98	RANTING (NZ)	C	3	Leon & Troy Corstens
33	5x11624x86	SAMADOUBT	G	7	Bjorn Baker	111
34	66x1801x11	SAVATIANO	M	6	James Cummings
35	1x5111x204	SEPTEMBER RUN	F	3	Chris Waller
36	11x5658x40	SPLINTEX	H	4	Mark Newnham	103
37	0x2112x358	SWATS THAT	F	3	Leon & Troy Corstens
38	x1211x2118	TAILLEUR	M	4	James Cummings	100
39	7219x2424x	TREKKING	G	6	James Cummings
40		WHASIR	G	3	Glen Thompson
41	238x113x16	WILD RULER	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden
42	14x115x08x	WISDOM OF WATER	C	3	Annabel Neasham
43	21x111x169	WRITTEN BEAUTY	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	94
44	400x114x71	ZOUTORI	G	5	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra

Unraced and already on his 3rd trainer , what may be the problem there djebel? 

Not imo fwiw.  

Eduardo is flying and such a consistent horse. Clear top pick for mine.

This is a cracking field, this seasons winners of the Newmarket, Coolmore, Lightning, VRC Sprint Classic, William Reid and The Galaxy lining up, plus Dirty Work and Libertini who have shown potential to mix it with the big boys of sprinting, Order of Command perhaps out of his depth here but why not have a throw at the stumps? Eleven Eleven won 3 on end culminating in the Magic Millions Cup beating Yao Dash and giving him 4.5KG so again why not have a throw at the stumps?

Nature Strip absolutely shat in.

Eduardo too brilliant for 1200m at Group One level?

Would of won with Pike on 

I think JMac outsmarted Eduardo,s jock,  Avdulla ??

I see the marketing has already started for Bivouac's stud career. Exceed And Excel's "greatest son" 

Very true.  He was on his game yesterday for sure.  Quirky horse.

Wayne Hawkes lashes Kerrin McEvoy over Masked Crusader ride

Co-trainer Wayne HawkesImage: Getty

Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes believes Masked Crusader would have beaten Nature Strip in the G1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) if it wasn't for a 'badly ill-judge ride'. 

Speaking with Gareth Hall on RSN Central on Tuesday morning, Hawkes didn't hold back in his critique of Kerrin McEvoy's ride.

"He (Masked Crusader) ran good, jockey got a bit lost ... Actually, he didn't get lost, he got completely and utterly lost. 

"Kerrin McEvoy, he butchered it - and I said it to his face. It was terrible, absolutely terrible," Hawkes said.

"He butchered it - and I said it to his face."

WAYNE HAWKES ON KERRIN MCEVOY 

Masked Crusader finished second to Nature Strip, beaten two lengths, after passing the 400m in 8th position.

The Team Hawkes-trained gelding was held up for clear running from the top of the straight until around the 200m mark, with McEvoy steering away from the inside rail.

Hawkes was livid with McEvoy for not taking a run on the inside until the horse - in this case, Nature Strip - had bolted.

"Very, very disappointing. A badly ill-judged ride coming off the fence.

"A race later, the Doncaster, they all came around the corner and hugged the fence," Hawkes said.The outspoken trainer has no doubt Masked Crusader was a 'good thing beaten', despite McDonald easing Nature Strip down over the concluding stages.

"Should he have won? One hundred percent he should won the race.

"J-Mac was up in front on Nature Strip, good luck to him and good on him, but it was pretty disappointing to spend your last six months getting them ready for these sorts of races and for that to happen.

"Am I crying over spilt milk? Pretty much. And you know what, if you owned him, you would be too.

"Look at the way the horse finished. I don't know what the sectionals were - don't need to look - you've only gotta see the way he finished the race off.

"He was getting home three to Nature Strip's one, and he and Eleven Eleven were having a punching duel at the 300m mark," Hawkes said.The sectionals posted on the Australian Turf Club website have Masked Crusader clocking 11.78 seconds for his final 200m, far quicker than the next fastest for that section at 12.16 (Zoutori).

The son of Toronado ran his final 400m in 22.87, while Nature Strip came home in 23.27 after racing outside of the leader and eventual third-placegetter Eduardo. 

Success in the TJ Smith Stakes would've made it back-to-back victories at the top level for Masked Crusader, following his brilliant win in the William Reid Stakes (1200m) on March 19.

"You don't get these chances very often, they are two-and-a-half million dollar races. You want to ride the big horses, well you need to step up to the plate - it's as simple as that," Hawkes said.

"You just don't get those races back. The TJ is the premier sprint race in Australia."

Hawkes said The Everest is now firmly on the agenda for Masked Crusader, with slot holders already keen to lock in the rising star.

"We'll get him ready for The Everest and hopefully we can get the job done there."

Timeform rating of 129 for Nature Strip in TJ Smith stakes. This equals his career peak rating