Golden Slipper Day Group 1 fields and barrier draws

Star sprinter Private Harry was the second last horse to make it into the field of 14 for his Group 1 debut in Saturday’s $1 million The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill.

Gun sprinter Private Harry puts his reputation on the line in Saturday’s Group 1 Galaxy at Rosehill. Picture: Grant Peters/Trackside Photography.

Star sprinter Private Harry was the second last horse to make it into the field of 14 for his Group 1 debut in Saturday’s $1 million The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill.

The exciting unbeaten speedster, which is on the second line of The Everest all-in betting at $11, drew barrier 6, will jump from 5 if the emergency does gain a start, for his first assignment at the elite level where he’ll chase his five consecutive win.

The other excitement machine in The Galaxy, Briasa didn’t fare as well and will have to overcome the outside barrier if he’s to improve his record to seven wins from eight starts.

The field and barrier draw for The Galaxy is;

No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – MAZU – Joseph Pride – Hugh Bowman – 11 – 58kg

2 – UNCOMMON JAMES – Matthew Hoysted – Damian Lane – 8 – 58kg

3 – I AM ME – Ciaron Maher – Nash Rawiller – 1 – 57.5kg

4 – LADY LAGUNA – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Tommy Berry – 3 – 57kg

5 – JEDIBEEL – Brad Widdup – Tom Marquand – 12 – 56.5kg

6 – GROWING EMPIRE – Ciaron Maher – James McDonald – 7 – 56kg

7 – DRAGONSTONE – Joseph Pride – Alysha Collett – 13 – 56kg

8 – FRONT PAGE – Matthew Dale – Tim Clark – 5 – 55kg

9 – OSTRAKA – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Jason Collett – 14 – 55kg

10 – ESTRIELLA – Ciaron Maher – Kerrin McEvoy – 10 – 54.5kg

11 – BRIASA – Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes – Tyler Schiller – 15 – 54.5kg

12 – EAGLE NEST – Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou – Rachel King – 9 – 53kg

13 – PRIVATE HARRY – Nathan Doyle – Ashley Morgan – 6 – 53kg

14 – COMMEMORATIVE – James Cummings – Zac Lloyd – 2 – 51kg

15e – TIME TO BOOGIE – Michael Freedman – Reece Jones – 4 – 51kg

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The first of Saturday’s five Group 1 races is the Ranvet Stakes (2000m) where Australia’s highest rated horse Via Sistina will take on six opponents in her quest for a seventh local Group 1 win.

The first of this carnival’s international raiders, this William Haggas-trained Al Mubhir will clash with Via Sistina while Chris Waller also takes the covers off a US Group 1 winner Full Count Felicia.

Of the locals, Lindermann leads the charge.

The field and barrier draw for the Ranvet Stakes is;

No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – ZARAKEM – Ciaron Maher – Mark Zahra – 1 – 59kg

2 – FAWKNER PARK – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Tyler Schiller – 5 – 59kg

3 – LINDERMANN – Chris Waller – TBA – 7 – 59kg

4 – AL MUBHIR – William Haggas – Tom Marquand – 6 – 59kg

5 – GOLDEN PATH – Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) – Chad Schofield – 4 – 59kg

6 – VIA SISTINA – Chris Waller – James McDonald – 2 – 57kg

7 – FULL COUNT FELICIA – Chris Waller – TBA – 3 – 57kg

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Next to go will be the three-year-olds where Broadsiding will be out for redemption in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m) after being beaten by Linebacker in the Randwick Guineas.

There’s no Linebacker this week but Broadsiding will have to overcome 10 rivals as he chases a fourth Group 1 success.

The field and barrier draw for the Rosehill Guineas is;

No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – BROADSIDING – James Cummings – James McDonald – 9 – 56.5kg

2 – GOLDRUSH GURU – Andrew Gluyas – Jamie Melham – 7 – 56.5kg

3 – SWIFTFALCON – Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes – Tyler Schiller – 4 – 56.5kg

4 – CHECKMATE – Lance O’Sullivan & Andrew Scott – Blake Shinn – 3 – 56.5kg

5 – PLYMOUTH – Glen Thompson – Mark Zahra – 2 – 56.5kg

6 – SAVOUR THE DREAM – Bevan Laming – Martin Harley – 10 – 56.5kg

7 – OUR BENEFACTOR – Bevan Laming – Zac Lloyd – 5 – 56.5kg

8 – KOSUKE – Gregory McFarlane – TBA – 11 – 56.5kg

9 – MAJORCA SUNSET – Bjorn Baker – Joshua Parr – 6 – 56.5kg

10 – BERNEN WIN – John Thompson – Tom Sherry – 8 – 56.5kg

11 – AELIANA – Chris Waller – Jason Collett – 1 – 56.5kg

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The Golden Slipper field and barrier draw was declared and announced on Tuesday so rounding out Saturday’s Group 1 events is the George Ryder Stakes (1500m), which year-on-year is one of Australia’s highest rating races.

The weight-for-age contest has attracted 11 top class gallopers, 10 Group 1 winners.

Ceolwulf will be attempting to get back into the winner’s circle and will take on the likes of All-Star mile winner Tom Kitten, Canterbury Stakes winner Royal Patronage, Underwood Stakes winner Buckaroo and Apollo Stakes winner Fangirl.

The field and barrier draw for the George Ryder Stakes is;

No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – CEOLWULF – Joseph Pride – Chad Schofield – 2 – 59kg

2 – TOM KITTEN – James Cummings – Ben Melham – 11 – 59kg

3 – ROYAL PATRONAGE – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Tim Clark – 3 – 59kg

4 – BUCKAROO – Chris Waller – Damian Lane – 1 – 59kg

5 – GRINGOTTS – Ciaron Maher – Tommy Berry – 4 – 59kg

6 – MILITARIZE – Chris Waller – Zac Lloyd – 10 – 59kg

7 – CELESTIAL LEGEND – Les Bridge – Hugh Bowman – 6 – 59kg

8 – KOVALICA – Chris Waller – Nash Rawiller – 8 – 59kg

9 – PORT LOCKROY – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Mark Zahra – 7 – 59kg

10 – FANGIRL – Chris Waller – James McDonald – 9 – 57kg

11 – STEFI MAGNETICA – Bjorn Baker – Jason Collett – 5 – 57kg

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The Rosehill track was rated a good (4) at acceptance time. The rail will be in the 3-metre position on Saturday.

Saturday’s 10-race program commences at 12.30pm with the final event to be run at 5.55pm.

The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Sydney is.

Wednesday – Mostly sunny. 29.

Thursday – Mostly sunny. 31.

Friday – Partly cloudy. 29.

Saturday – Partly cloudy. 30.

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Originally published as Golden Slipper Day Group 1 fields and barrier draws