Best draw:
18 of 61 Australian Cup winners have come from Box 1 (29.5%).

Favourite’s race:
24 Australian Cups have been won by the favourite (39.5%).

Trainer tops:
Andrea Dailly has trained 5 of the past 10 Australian Cup winners including the past two on end.

Fastest PB at The Meadows 525m:
29.47sec Whiskey Riot
29.63sec Hard Style Rico
29.76sec Mister Harlewood

Best winning strike rate at The Meadows 525m:
71% Hard Style Rico
67% Last Hurrah
57% Whiskey Riot

Best career winning strike rate:
53% Hard Style Rico
49% Whiskey Riot
41% Last Hurrah

Most wins:
20 Whiskey Riot
18 Last Hurrah
16 Fernando’s Riot

Most prize money:
$750,810 Whiskey Riot
$92,715 Fernando’s Riot
$79,330 Last Hurrah

2020 TAB Australian Cup
1 Aston Cade (Andrea Dailly)
2 Mister Harlewood (Jeff Britton)
3 Hard Style Rico (Luckie Karabitsakos)
4 Last Hurrah (Brett Nye)
5 Hardaway Winnie (Paul Bartolo)
6 Fernando’s Riot (Anthony Azzopardi)
7 Scatterbox (Jeff Galea)
8 Whiskey Riot (Anthony Azzopardi)

Reserves
9 Shima Breeze (Robert Camilleri)
10 Steinbrenner (Jeff Britton)

The Watchdog selects:
3 Hard Style Rico; 1 Aston Cade; 2 Mister Harlewood; 8 Whiskey Riot

James Van de Maat selects:
1 Aston Cade; 3 Hard Style Rico; 2 Mister Harlewood; 8 Whiskey Riot

George Farrugia selects:
5 Hardaway Winnie; 8 Whiskey Riot; 1 Aston Cade; 3 Hard Style Rico

Quaddie change:
Saturday night’s TAB Quaddie at The Meadows has a projected pool of $500,000 and will incorporate Races 6-9.