The all important barrier draw for the $10million ATC Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill this Saturday was conducted on Tuesday night adding a new layer of intrigue to a race packed with quality Aussie four year-olds and a couple of genuinely top class Group I winning contenders from France and Japan.
Japanese superstar Ascoli Piceno drew wide in gate 17, while unbeaten French raider Lazzat drew gate 12 and of the local hopes Joliestar drew 11 and Tom Kitten got gate 2 and Stefi Magnetica drew ideally in gate 4..
The field for the 2024 Golden Eagle is:
No – Horse (Sire) – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight
1 – Southport Tycoon (Written Tycoon) – Ciaron Maher – Craig Williams – 15 – 57.5kg
2 – Veight (Grunt)– Tony & Calvin McEvoy – Harry Coffey – 18 – 57.5kg
3 – Tom Kitten (Harry Angel (IRE)– James Cummings – Ben Melham – 2 – 57.5kg
4 – Ostraka (Pariah)– Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Chad Schofield – 13 – 57.5kg
5 – Griff (Trapeze Artist) – Ciaron Maher – Dylan Gibbons – 6– 57.5kg
6 – Encap (Capitalist)– Gary Portelli – Jason Collett – 1 – 57.5kg
7 – Xidaki (Zoustar)– Peter Snowden – Tom Sherry – 10 – 57.5kg
8 – Chrysaor (Better Than Ready) – Chris Waller – Regan Bayliss – 14– 57.5kg
9 – Kintyre (Hallowed Crown)– Gary Portelli – Reece Jones – 3 – 57.5kg
10 – War Machine (Harry Angel (IRE)– Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson – Jay Ford – 7 – 57.5kg
11 – Port Lockroy (Better Than Ready) – Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald – Adam Hyeronimus – 9 – 57.5kg
12 – Lazzat (Fr) (Territories)– Jerome Reynier – Antonio Orani – 12 – 56.5kg
13 – Craig (GB) (Territories)– Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young – Nash Rawiller – 5 – 56.5kg
14 – Lake Forest (GB) (No Nay Never) – William Haggas – Cieron Fallon – 8 – 56.5kg
15 – Stefi Magnetica (All Too Hard)– Bjorn Baker – Zac Lloyd – 4 – 55.5kg
16 – Joliestar (Zoustar)– Chris Waller – Kerrin McEvoy – 11– 55.5kg
17 – Makarena (Snitzel)– Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes – Tyler Schiller – 20 – 55.5kg
18 – Skybird (Exosphere)– Mitchell Freedman – Beau Mertens –16 – 55.5kg
19 – Ascoli Piceno (Jpn) (Daiwa Major)– Yoichi Kuroiwa – Joao Moriera – 17– 54.5kg
20 – Corazon Beat (Jpn) (Suave Richard) – Shizuya Kato – Tommy Berry – 19 – 54.5kg
