2022 Kennedy Champions Mile Barrier Draw & Final Field

Justin Darcy

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Last updated: Wed 02 Nov 2022 03:22

Justin Darcy 02 Nov 2022

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The barrier draw has been conducted for the 2022 Kennedy Champions Mile
11 runners make up the final field
The Kennedy Champions Mile is the Group One mile held at the end of the Melbourne Cup Carnival

Private Eye headlines the Champions Mile. (Getty)

The 2022 Kennedy Champions Mile is a Group One 1600 middle distance event run on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Private Eye (barrier five) makes his way down from Sydney in outstanding form, winning the Nature Strip Stakes last start and prior had finished second in The Everest. He is an Epsom winner so he runs out the mile strong.

Cascadian (barrier 11) has won his last two starts and is a Grand Final horse, as we saw when he won the All Aged Stakes in April this year.

Alligator Blood (barrier three) won the Underwood Stakes three starts back and last time ran a bold fifth in the Cox Plate.

My Oberon (barrier seven) was the winner of the Crystal Mile at The Valley last start while Tuvalu (barrier eight) can't be discounted after winning the Toorak Handicap last start.

Kennedy Champions Mile 2022 Barriers & Final Field

No	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	KOLDING (NZ)	Chris Waller	Damien Oliver	1	59kg	$71
2	PRIVATE EYE	Joseph Pride	Brenton Avdulla	5	59kg	$3.10
3	CASCADIAN (GB)	James Cummings	James McDonald	11	59kg	$5.50
4	ALLIGATOR BLOOD	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	3	59kg	$5.50
5	MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ)	Ben & JD Hayes	Craig Williams	4	59kg	$9
6	DALASAN	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Michael Dee	2	59kg	$81
7	AEGON (NZ)	Andrew Forsman	Ms Jamie Kah	10	59kg	$31
8	TUVALU	Lindsey Smith	Jarrod Fry	8	59kg	$13
9	MY OBERON (IRE)	Annabel Neasham	John Allen	7	59kg	$4.40
10	KISS SUM	Tracey Bartley	Nash Rawiller	9	59kg	$31
11	SINAWANN (IRE)	Anthony & Sam Freedman	Ben Melham	6	59kg	$101

Odds courtesy of Betr & correct at 2.20pm on 02/11/2022.

Kennedy Champions Mile Winners

The Champions Mile has had 10 name changes since the first running in 1881, all of which relating around transport including the Honda Stakes and the Nissan Stakes before settling on the Emirates Stakes.

The Champions Mile is one of the more coveted events on the calendar outside the big three of Melbourne racing.

An important scheduling move was made when moving the Champions Mile from the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival to the first. This gives the winner a better chance to race again throughout the festival if connections decide to take that route.

With the race having gained WFA status, the race underwent a name change and a day change to the Champions Mile and moved back to the last day to form part of Champions Day.