JRA Cup

Under the lights this Friday night Moonee Valley Racecourse will host a bumper twilight meeting headlined by four Group races including the $200,000 Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m).

This year the 2010 JRA Cup has attracted an impressive 26 nominations making this one of the best races to check out the odds on at Sportsbet come the weekend.

Lloyd Williams has seven horses nominated in the JRA Cup – check out their odds at SportsBet

The large field of entries for the feature has to do with the Caulfield Cup qualification that the winner also receives.

The bulk of the JRA Cup nominees are heading towards a run in the 2010 Caulfield Cup on October 16 including seven Lloyd Williams-owned gallopers Alandi, C’est La Guerre, Imposing, Linton, Muir, Rundle and Zipping.

Of the Williams contingent Zipping is the only runner not nominated for a Caulfield Cup berth, the Australian Cup winner heading towards the iconic 150^th Melbourne Cup on Tuesday November 2 instead.

Other notable nominees for Friday’s JRA Cup showdown include last year’s beaten Melbourne Cup favourite Alcopop who won the JRA Cup 12 months ago, last start Naturalism Stakes winner Rainbow Styling and the Bart Cummings-trained duo Precedence and Brightnight.

The 2010 Tatts JRA Cup final field of acceptances is announced on Wednesday September 22 and we will publish the list of hopeful horses moments after the release so bookmark this page.

The other three major Moonee Valley races on Friday night are the $500,000 Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) featuring the likes of Hay List and Reward For Effort,  the $200,000 Group 2 Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m) for three-year-olds and the Group 3 Champagne Stakes (1200m) where star fillies Chance Bye and Military Rose have been nominated.

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2010 Tatts JRA Cup Nominations