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Nine favourites have saluted in the last 32 editions, with the most recent Romantic Touch ($2.30) in 2013.
No horse has won from gate 1 or 14 in the last 32 editions.
Tommy Berry 1: 1-0-0, Larry Cassidy 11: 1-1-2, Glen Boss 13: 0-3-1, Hugh Bowman 7: 0-2-0, Damien Oliver 12: 0-1-1, Brad Stewart 2: 0-1-0 & Damien Browne 2: 0-0-1.
After seven attempts for just one second placing, Gai Waterhouse has won the last two editions (9: 2-1-0).
This $500,000 contest for two-year-olds at set weights over 1600m dates back to 1893, when won by Common.