DATO TAN CHIN NAM WIN EARNS BALLOT EXEMPTION

THE brilliant win by Whobegotyou in the Group 2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley last Saturday has earned him an exemption from the 2009 BMW Caulfield Cup ballot.

The champion four-year-old is the only horse aside from the Danny O’Brien-trained Vigor, winner of the G2 Makybe Diva Stakes, to be awarded this privilege to date.

The addition of blinkers proved to make all the difference to the Mark Kavanagh-trainedWhobegotyou, which defeated rising star, Mic Mac and Singapore-trained mare, Jolie’s Shinju.

The winner of both the G1 Rokk Ebony Underwood Stakes (1800m) and the G3Naturalism Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield this Saturday will also gain exemption into the Caulfield Cup.

In Sydney, the Chris Waller-trained import Voice Coach passed the first elimination clause for the Caulfield Cup following his second placing to Ready To Lift in the G3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Voice Coach has moved from equal number 86 in the order to equal number 61.

Second declarations for the BMW Caulfield Cup, The Age Caulfield Guineas, SchweppesThousand Guineas and Tatts Cox Plate will close at noon on Tuesday 22 September, whilesecond declarations for the Emirates Melbourne Cup will close at noon on Tuesday 6 October.

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