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Barrier 17 for favourite in the Golden Eagle

The barrier draw has been conducted for the 20 runners that will face the starter in Saturday’s $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill.

Clinton Payne
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October 29, 2024 - 9:27AM
Ascoli Piceno winning at Nakayama. Photo: Japan Racing Association.
Ascoli Piceno winning at Nakayama. Photo: Japan Racing Association.

Japan’s prospects of going back-to-back in Saturday’s $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill were dealt a blow when the favourite Ascoli Piceno drew barrier 17.

A full field of 20 runners will face the starter this year, the sixth running of the four-year-old set weights contest over 1500m.

The Golden Eagle is now Australia’s second richest race.

Last year the race was won by Japanese raider Obamburumai and this year two more Japanese gallopers, Ascoli Piceno and Corazon Beat, are here to attempt to emulate Collette (2020) as the only females to have won the race.

Ascoli Piceno, regarded as one of Japan’s best milers, was the favourite when markets closed.

Two other Northern Hemisphere raiders are among the acceptors, undefeated French Group 1 winner Lazzat and the William Haggas-trained Lake Forest, a Group 1-placed Group 2 winner.

Leading the local defence are Group 1-winning gallopers Southport Tycoon, Veight, Tom Kitten, Stefi Magnetica and Joliestar.

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The field for the 2024 Golden Eagle is:

No – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – SOUTHPORT TYCOON – Ciaron Maher – Craig Williams – 15 – 57.5kg

2 – VEIGHT – Tony & Calvin McEvoy – Harry Coffey – 18 – 57.5kg

3 – TOM KITTEN – James Cummings – Ben Melham – 2 – 57.5kg

4 – OSTRAKA – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Chad Schofield – 13 – 57.5kg

5 – GRIFF – Ciaron Maher – Dylan Gibbons – 6 – 57.5kg

6 – ENCAP – Gary Portelli – Jason Collett – 1 – 57.5kg

7 – XIDAKI – Peter Snowden – Tom Sherry – 10 – 57.5kg

8 – CHRYSAOR – Chris Waller – Regan Bayliss – 14 – 57.5kg

9 – KINTYRE – Gary Portelli – Reece Jones – 3 – 57.5kg

10 – WAR MACHINE – Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson – Jay Ford – 7 – 57.5kg

11 – PORT LOCKROY – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Adam Hyeronimus – 9 – 57.5kg

12 – LAZZAT (FR) – Jerome Reynier – Antonio Orani – 12 – 56.5kg

13 – CRAIG – Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young – Nash Rawiller – 5 – 56.5kg

14 – LAKE FOREST (GB) – William Haggas – Cieron Fallon – 8 – 56.5kg

15 – STEFI MAGNETICA – Bjorn Baker – Zac Lloyd – 4 – 55.5kg

16 – JOLIESTAR – Chris Waller – Kerrin McEvoy – 11 – 55.5kg

17 – MAKARENA – Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes – Tyler Schiller – 20 – 55.5kg

18 – SKYBIRD – Mitchell Freedman – Beau Mertens – 16 – 55.5kg

19 – ASCOLI PICENO (JPN) – Yoichi Kuroiwa – Joao Moriera – 17 – 54.5kg

20 – CORAZON BEAT (JPN) – Shizuya Kato – Tommy Berry – 19 – 54.5kg

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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.

The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Parramatta is.

Tuesday – Mostly sunny. 24.

Wednesday – Mostly sunny. 28.

Thursday – Partly cloudy (70% chance of 0-7mm of rain). 27.

Friday – Mostly cloudy. 22.

Saturday – Partly cloudy. 23.

CLICK HERE to get the fields and free formguide for the Rosehill meeting on Saturday.

Originally published as Barrier 17 for favourite in the Golden Eagle

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