Golden Eagle Field and Barrier Draw – Kiwi Domination?

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday November 1

The field for the $10million Golden Eagle is out with several Kiwi bred contenders looking to keep up their domination of this rich race for four year-olds run over 1500m at Rosehill..

Queensland Derby winner Kovalica is one of five runners in the Golden Eagle for Chris Waller - image Grant Courtney

Past winners are Kolding (NZ) (2019), Colette (2020), I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (2021) and I Wish I Win (NZ) (2022) with the Kiwi bred hopes resting this year with Kovalica, Osipenko, Ruthless Dame and Legarto.

Here is the field and barrier draw for the 2023 Golden Eagle.

No. – Horse (Sire) – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight
1 – HAWAII FIVE OH (I Am Invincible)– Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Nash Rawiller – 4 – 57.5Kg

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2 – ATTRITION (Churchill (IRE)– Mitchell Freedman – Beau Mertens – 19 – 57.5Kg
3 – PERICLES (Street Boss (USA)– James Cummings – Ben Melham – 1 – 57.5Kg
4 – GOLDEN MILE (Astern)– James Cummings – Zac Lloyd (a) – 18 – 57.5Kg
5 – KOVALICA (NZ) (Ocean Park)– Chris Waller – Tommy Berry – 16 – 57.5Kg
6 – REDIENER (Redoute’s Choice)– Chris Waller – Kathy O‘Hara – 3 – 57.5Kg
7 – OSIPENKO(NZ)  (Pierro)– Chris Waller – Jason Collett – 8 – 57.5Kg
8 – STRAIT ACER (Headwater) – Edward Cummings – Tyler Schiller – 7 – 57.5Kg
9 – COMMUNIST (Russian Revolution) – Michael Freedman – Koby Jennings – 12 – 57.5Kg
10 – COIN TOSS (Flying Artie)– Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Brett Prebble – 17 – 57.5Kg
11 – KNIGHT‘S CHOICE (Extreme Choice) – John Symons & Sheila Laxon – Jaden Lloyd – 10 – 57.5Kg
12 – OBAMBURUMAI (Jpn) (Discreet Cat)– Keiji Yoshimura – Josh Parr – 2 – 56.5kg
13 – NEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE) (New Bay)– Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Adam Hyeronimus – 13 – 56.5kg
14 – AGE OF KINGS (IRE) (Kingman) – Chris Waller – Craig Williams – 11 – 56.5kg
15 – GALERON (IRE) (Camacho)– Charles Hills – Regan Bayliss – 14 – 56.5kg
16 – AMELIA‘S JEWEL (Siyouni)– Simon A Miller – Damian Lane – 5 – 55.5kg
17 – RUTHLESS DAME (NZ) (Tavistock) – Ciaron Maher & David Eustace – Sam Clipperton – 20 – 55.5kg
18 – LEGARTO (NZ) (Proisir) – Ken & Bev Kelso – Michael Dee – 6 – 55.5kg
19 – VIENNA PRINCESS (Snitzel) – Chris Waller – Kerrin McEvoy – 9 – 55.5kg
20 – RAZETA (Deep Field)– Kris Lees – Dylan Gibbons (a) – 15 – 55.5kg

 

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