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.

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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
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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