Racehorse TALK

Thursday, 18 June 2009:

In-form sprinter Kroner heads 23 entries for next week's Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.

Formerly known as the Pacesetter, the race was renamed in honour of champion Takeover Target who races in the Golden Jubilee Stakes on Saturday at Royal Ascot.

A seasoned international traveller and multiple Group One winner, Takeover Target claimed his first stakes race when he won the 2004 Pacesetter at his fifth start.

He remained unbeaten in his first seven starts which culminated in Group One success in the Salinger Stakes at Flemington.

Although there are no Takeover Targets in Wednesday's race, Kroner has found a new lease of life since trainer Bart Cummings decided to prepare him solely as a sprinter.

He has won four of his past five and at 101 he is the second highest-rated horse in the entries behind distinctive grey Hadaaf (102).

The Joe Pride-trained Hadaaf carried 59.5kg to win the Takeover Target Prelude (1000m) on June 9 by a nose from Grand Rhumba.

Mister Celestial, runner-up to Captain Bax last year, and third-placed Newton's Rings are also among this year's nominations.

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STAKES(LISTED) 1200m $100,000

No	Last 10	Horse	Jockey	Blt	Wg	Trainer	Career	Rtg
1	63-76153251	HADAAF		1	58.0	Joseph Pride	58-13-7-6	102
2	430-4311811	KRONER	Hugh Bowman	2	57.5	Bart Cummings	14-6-1-2	101
3	845-4658379	NEWTON'S RINGS		3	56.0	Jeff Englebrecht	70-20-10-6	99
4	1-070-230264	NUCLEAR MEDICINE		4	55.0	Gordon Yorke	23-7-4-4	97
5	0-87169-5032	HELENE BRILLIANT		=5	54.5	Marcus Wilson	16-4-3-2	96
6	291512123-4	INNINGS		=5	54.5	Ron Leemon	28-5-8-5	96
7	7-232412216-	STRAT'S FLYER		=5	54.5	Allan Denham	24-5-8-3	96
8	242120-400-5	MISTER CELESTIAL		=8	53.0	Gai Waterhouse	18-6-4-0	93
9	9-12113-162	WELKOM GOLD		=8	53.0	Darren Smith	9-4-2-1	93
10	1179321112	GRAND RHUMBA		=10	53.0	Nick Olive	25-10-3-1	92
11	748671-9070	MUSTARD		=10	53.0	John McNair	89-15-11-12	92
12	220-9380341	COMEPSA		=12	53.0	Gwenda Markwell	17-4-5-2	89
13	1710154240-	FANGLES		=12	53.0	Gerald Ryan	26-7-4-4	89
14	1-2008-06389	CENTURY SERB		=14	53.0	Mick Miladinovic	28-5-4-3	88
15	1717-825160	LIFEBOAT		=14	53.0	Bill Thompson	23-9-2-1	88
16	5-43425-6116	ALLERVITE		16	53.0	Gary Portelli	19-4-2-4	87
17	34-1112-51-74	HARRYKAY		17	53.0	Kim Waugh	11-4-1-1	85
18	80-34716-773	MR INCREDIBLE		=18	53.0	Guy Walter	22-5-6-2	83
19	2050233174	RED LETTER DAZE		=18	53.0	Stephen Farley	28-7-6-3	83
20	828-200-8433	SPIRILINA		20	53.0	Pat Farrell	33-5-7-6	82
21	34-3642324-3	BLOOD ANGEL		21	53.0	Gregory Mcfarlane	17-3-4-4	79
22	627104-716-7	SEA EYE PEA		22	53.0	Gary Portelli	23-5-4-1	77
23	21-9211-78-05	CARTOON CHARACTER		23	53.0	Jason Coyle	11-3-2-0	76