The second race the Blue Sapphire for 3yos saw the clash of the three unbeaten horses Fire Thunderbolt, Lankan Rupee and Sizzling plus Snitzerland who was unbeaten as a 3yo.  Down the straight Lankan Rupee led while Snitzerland tried to chase while Fire Thunderbolt was joining in down the outside and Sizzling was starting to wind up from well back.  In the final few bounds Snitzerland got the upper hand to just hold a margin to win from Fire Thunderbolt with Lankan Rupee just holding out Sizzling for third.  Snitzerland by Snitzel from Fraar mare Monte Rosa no takes her record to 9 starts for 6 wins and 2 placings.   The Thoroughbred Club Stakes was next which saw Cavalry Rose on the rails win from Mareeza with Saturn Rock third.  In winning the daughter of Charge Forward took her record to 8 starts for 3 wins and a placing.

The Schillaci Stakes has been taken out by Black Caviar for the two previous years but this year it was Buffering who added his name to the winners list.  Winning his second race in a row this preparation Buffering defeated Golden Archer with the ever consistent Stirling Grove third.  The 5yo took his record to 28 starts for 11 wins and looks to be the star sprinter of the spring in the absence of Black Caviar and Hay List this year.

The Caulfield Stakes followed where Ocean Park continued in his winning form defeating the fast finishing Alcopop with Sincero third.  Ocean Park is a 4yo entire by Thorn Park from Zabeel mare Sayyida and now takes his record to 10 starts for 6 wins and 3 placings his only unplaced effort was on a bog track in the Randwick Guineas. 

One of the smallest fields for the Toorak in many years turned out next and all expected to see More Joyous walk away to another victory but a torrid run early in the race took its toll and in the closing stages it was Solzhenitsyn who stormed home to grab the lead right on the line from Spirit Song with Yosei third and More Joyous in 4th.  Solzhenitsyn by St Petersburg took his record to 24 starts for 11 wins and 7 placings.

The feature race was next The Caulfield Guineas and once again it proved why it is a time honoured race.  Only a very small field lined up this year with only the top three runners expected figure in the finish.  Perro was unbeaten in 8 races and going for 9 in a row while Epaulette had won The Golden Rose and the Caulfield Guineas Prelude at his previous two runs while All Too Hard, a half brother to Black Caviar by Casino Prince, had done a few things wrong against the older horses at his last start but was expected to show his best today.  Pierro was caught 4 wide early on and like More Joyous was under pressure to run on up the hill along the back of the course while All Too Hard dropped out to the back of the small field.  Along the side Pierro was out moving up on the leader while All Too Hard and Epaulette were positioned for their runs.  In the straight Pierro kicked well clear and looked to have the race in his keeping but All Too Hard was just starting to hit top speed.  Inside the final 50m All Too Hard hit the front and although Pierro fought back strongly the early effort told and All Too Hard gained the upper hand  right on the line to win from the gallant Pierro with a gap back to Epaulette third and another gap to the others.  Both horses are expected to return for a second Melbourne clash in the Cox Plate.

The Herbert Power Hcp was race 8 where several Caulfield and Melbourne Cup hopefuls were having trying to win their way into the big Cups.  Gatewood, Bianmick, Excluded and Exceptionally were all well fancied but in the end it was the French horse Shahwardi that despite being on the toe pre race stormed past the field as if they were standing still in the run to the line to win convincingly from Excluded with Exceptionally third and Ironstein 4th.  By Lando and from the Dr Devious mare Sharndara the 7yo stallion took his record to 21 stars for 4 wins and 11 placings and is not expected to start again before the Melbourne Cup where he is right on the borderline of gaining a run.

The final race was the Sprint Series Final which went to the fast finishing Serene Star from Koonoomoo with Miss Marx third.