2017 The Roses Field & Barriers: Dawn Wall Draws Wide

Chris Waller’s last start Gold Coast Bracelet winner Dawn Wall has drawn out in barrier 12 of 16 in a capacity The Roses 2017 field at Doomben Racecourse this weekend.

Schweppes Oaks runner-up Kenedna drops down in grade for The Roses 2017 in Brisbane this Saturday on Doomben Cup Day. Photo: Jenny Barnes.

Set to run as Race 6 at 3:21pm (AEST) on the Doomben Cup Day line-up, the $175,000 Group 2 The Magic Millions Roses (2000m) is the traditional lead-up to next month’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2400m).

Originally Waller’s Australasian Oaks winner Egg Tart, who leads pre-field Queensland Oaks odds at Ladbrokes.com.au, was nominated for The Roses field.

Without her final acceptances, the next shortest-priced in futures Queensland Oaks betting running in the Group 2 lead-up on the weekend is stablemate Dawn Wall.

The Fastnet Rock filly was last seen winning the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) a fortnight ago with Hugh Bowman aboard from barrier 11 (of 14).

She is up over further this weekend and drawn double-digits again, but has Bowman retaining the ride and is out to retain her $5 price for the Oaks on June 3.

Waller prepared the Queensland Oaks winner Winx (2015) two years back and along with Dawn Wall has two other The Roses acceptors heading towards the mile and a half classic this winter.

Dawn Wall is joined by stablemates Invincibella and Oklahoma Girl drawn at opposite ends of the Doomben Roses field in barriers two and 13 respectively.

Kerrin McEvoy rides Invincibella who is out to improve on a lead-up fourth in the Gold Coast Bracelet, while Oklahoma Girl has English hoop James Doyle aboard for her black-type debut.

The other key form line to follow into The Roses is the Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2010m) run at Morphettville two weeks ago.

With Egg Tart not backing-up, the best out of the Morphettville feature is the Darren Weir-trained runner-up Kenedna.

The Not A Single Doubt filly is the $6 third favourite for the 2017 Queensland Oaks and after going down by the barest of margins in Adelaide, gets the chance to return to winning form on Saturday from a gun barrier four draw.

The other key The Roses fillies in the mix are the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained The Pinnacle who was one and a half lengths away second to Dawn Wall in the Gold Coast Bracelet, and local hope Candika for Eagle Farm horseman Steven O’Dea coming off a third in the same key lead-up.

Check out the full The Doomben Roses 2017 field, barriers & jockeys below with betting to open shortly at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2017 The Roses Final Field & Barrier Draw

Doomben Race 6 (3:21pm) – 20/05/2017

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp. Rating
1	x258411313	CANDIKA	Steven O’dea	Damian Browne	8	56.5kg	87
2	x814313112	KENEDNA	Darren Weir	John Allen	4	56.5kg	92
3	511161	DAWN WALL	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	12	56.5kg	90
4	126133×624	INVINCIBELLA	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2	56.5kg	77
5	3x451x3113	OKLAHOMA GIRL	Chris Waller	James Doyle	13	56.5kg	78
6	2×21132	THE PINNACLE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Corey Brown	5	56.5kg	76
7	22513×318	SAVVAN (NZ)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	7	56.5kg	74
8	3581811467	PERILOUS LOVE	Scott Morrisey	Opie Bosson	6	56.5kg	71
9	831119×530	BENFICA PRINCESS	Kelly Doughty	Michael Cahill	11	56.5kg	67
10	67×22136	FALLACY	Toby Edmonds	Jeff Lloyd	10	56.5kg	66
11	42310×631	LIPSTICK LOVER	Tony Gollan	Robbie Fradd	3	56.5kg	68
12	25x87x1523	SHENANDOAH (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Blake Shinn	14	56.5kg	64
13	42×1	MIA ROSA	Michael Moroney	Tim Clark	16	56.5kg	65
14	62×4184240	NORDIC SHOW	Mel Eggleston	TBA	15	56.5kg	61
15	3×95715	BLANCO CARA (NZ)	John P Thompson	Brenton Avdulla	1	56.5kg	63
16	24227×3710	CLEVER BLAZE	Bevan Laming	TBA	9	56.5kg	62