The field and barrier draw are out for the $7.5million Golden Eagle (1500m), a lucrative race this Saturday at Rosehill for four-year-olds to be run under set weights, with Northern Hemisphere three-year-olds receiving a 1kg weight advantage.
A field of 18 runners plus four emergencies has been declared for Australia’s third richest race with six Group 1 winners and 12 Group or Listed grade winners engaged including Epsoma Handicap winner Private Eye and Toorak Handicap winner I'm Thunderstruck.
The Northern Hemisphere contenders are Frankel’s stakes-placed three-quarter brother-in-blood Maximal (GB); Group I Prix Jean Prat winner Laws Of Indices (IRE), a son of Oaklands Stud shuttler Power and Reve De Vol (IRE), a stakes-winning gelding by Siyouni.
Given the performance of Northern Hemisphere bred State of Rest (IRE) to win the Cox Plate last week there is sure to be plenty of interest in these three contenders.
The field in 2021 is below:
No. – Horse – Trainer – Sire – Barrier – Weight
1 – PRIVATE EYE – Joseph Pride –Al Maher– 17 – 57.5kg
2 – I‘M THUNDERSTRUCK (NZ) – Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) –Shocking– 10 – 57.5kg
3 – AEGON (NZ) – Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman –Sacred Falls– 20 – 57.5kg
4 – APACHE CHASE – Desleigh Forster –Better Than Ready – 6 – 57.5kg
5 – AYSAR – Ben & JD Hayes –Deep Field– 15 – 57.5kg
6 – AIM – Peter & Paul Snowden- Star Witness– 14 – 57.5kg
7 – AMISH BOY – Ciaron Maher & David Eustace –Star Witness– 11 – 57.5kg
8 – EXOBOOM – Peter & Paul Snowden –Exosphere– 12 – 57.5kg
9 – ELLSBERG – Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou –Spill the Beans– 1 – 57.5kg
10 – LOVE TAP – Richard & Michael Freedman – Tapit– 3 – 57.5kg
11 – COUNT DE RUPEE – Robert & Luke Price –Real Impact (Jpn)– 4 – 57.5kg
12 – LAWS OF INDICES (IRE) – Annabel Neasham –Power (GB)– 19 – 56.5kg
13 – MAXIMAL (GB) – John O‘Shea –Galileo – 22 – 56.5kg
14 – REVE DE VOL (IRE) – Annabel Neasham –Siyouini– 7 – 56.5kg
15 – FORBIDDEN LOVE – Richard & Michael Freedman –All Too Hard– 16 – 55.5kg
16 – VANGELIC – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott –Vancouver– 5 – 55.5kg
17 – MEDIA AWARD – Chris Calthorpe –Shamus Award– 9 – 55.5kg
18 – ATISHU (NZ) – Chris Waller –Savabeel– 18 – 55.5kg
19 e. – KIKU – Chris Waller –Zoustar – 21 – 55.5kg
20 e. – OUR PLAYBOY – Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) –Sebring– 2 – 57.5kg
21 e. – WHEELHOUSE – Chris Waller –Pierro– 13 – 57.5kg
22 e. – BLONDEAU – Chris Waller –I Am Invincible– 8 – 57.5kg
