Barrier draw sets Private Eye a huge task
Star galloper Private Eye has to overcome a horror draw if he’s to win his first race of the preparation in the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
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Star galloper Private Eye has to overcome a horror draw if he’s to win his first race of the preparation in the Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
A field of 18 runners has been declared for the quality handicap.
Private Eye is the 60.5kg topweight in the race and has drawn barrier 16 while his stablemate King Of The Castle fared more favourably and will start from barrier 7.
Chris Waller as well as Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Peter Snowden are the other stables with multiple runners.
Waller’s duo of Chrysaor and Tannhauser has drawn 8 and 18 respectively while the Tulloch Lodge runners Hoo Ya Mal has drawn barrier 2 with So United to jump from barrier 4. The Snowden pair of Xidaki and Need Som luck will start from barriers 12 and 14.
The Hunter runner-up, Gary Nickson’s Felix Majestic has drawn barrier 17 while Ciaron Maher’s Little Dance winner St Lawrence starts from barrier 9.
The field and barrier draw for the Festival Stakes.
No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight
1 – PRIVATE EYE – Joseph Pride – Nash Rawiller – 16 – 60.5kg
2 – MIGHTY ULYSSES – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Adam Hyeronimus – 3 – 58.5kg
3 – HOO YA MAL – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Tim Clark – 2 – 57kg
4 – CHRYSAOR – Chris Waller – TBA – 8 – 55kg
5 – FELIX MAJESTIC – Gary Nickson – Molly Bourke (a) – 17 – 55kg
6 – ST LAWRENCE – Ciaron Maher – Chad Schofield – 9 – 55kg
7 – XIDAKI – Peter Snowden – TBA – 12 – 54.5kg
8 – COASTWATCH – Richard & Will Freedman – Regan Bayliss – 13 – 54kg
9 – COTEHELE – John O’Shea & Tom Charlton – Tom Sherry – 5 – 54kg
10 – KINTYRE – Gary Portelli – Jason Collett – 6 – 54kg
11 – ROBUSTO – Bjorn Baker – TBA – 11 – 54kg
12 – SO DAZZLING – John Sargent – TBA – 15 – 54kg
13 – NEED SOME LUCK – Peter Snowden – TBA – 14 – 54kg
14 – KING OF THE CASTLE – Joseph Pride – TBA – 7 – 53kg
15 – TANNHAUSER – Chris Waller – TBA – 18 – 53kg
16 – SO UNITED – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Louis Beuzelin – 4 – 53kg
17 – SUPER HELPFUL – Barbara Joseph, Paul & Matt Jones – TBA – 1 – 53kg
18 – UZZIAH – Scott Aspery – Jay Ford – 10 – 53kg
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Other feature races on Saturday’s card are the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) and the Listed ATC Cup (2000m) while the country gallopers clash in the Country Classic (2000m).
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The forecast heading into Saturday could result in a good to anything up to a heavy rated track with storms forecast on Friday and Saturday throwing up the possibility of between five and 55mm of rainfall leading into the meeting.
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The Rosehill track was rated a good (4) at acceptance time. The rail will be in the true position on Saturday.
Saturday’s 10-race program commences at 12.35pm with the final event to be run at 5.55pm.
The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Sydney is.
Wednesday – Mostly sunny. 38.
Thursday – Partly cloudy (70% chance of 0-10mm of rain). 32.
Friday – Cloudy (90% chance of 1-20mm of rain). 26.
Saturday – Cloudy (90% chance of 4-25mm of rain). 25.
CLICK HERE to get the fields and free formguide for the Rosehill meeting on Saturday.
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