Wagga Wagga Gold Cup 2023 Field & Odds Update

The 2023 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup takes place this Friday featuring a quality line-up of autumn / winter staying types led in betting by the Chris Waller-trained Wicklow.

Wicklow is favourite to take out the 2023 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup this Friday. Photo: Steve Hart.

This year’s Listed $200,000 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup (2000m) offers Big Dance eligibility for the lucrative Sydney feature held on Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday of November.

Waller has an outstanding Wagga Wagga Gold Cup record preparing four winners including last year’s champion Aleas.

He returns saddling-up a bumper five runners in 2023 including the top elect Wicklow who sits top of the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup odds at $4.80 through Ladbrokes.com.au.

Brett Prebble is tasked with the ride from the extreme outside alley (22 into 16) aboard Wicklow with the Irish-bred Twilight Son gelding presenting fit third-up.

Fifth in the inaugural The Big Dance results last November the horse comes off another fifth placing at Hawkesbury over 1500m on April 22 carrying 58.5kg and will relish coming back to 54kg on Friday.

The other Waller-trained Wagga Wagga Gold Cup runners this season are former Melbourne Cup performer Great House ($9.50), his 2021 Queensland Derby champion Kukeracha ($23), Lord Ardmore ($6.50) well supported in barrier three after a credible Hawkesbury Cup sixth last time out, and Otyrar ($31).

One of the key dangers to Waller and his contingent include the John Sargent-trained Redwood mare Pink Ivory ($7.50) and French import Bois D’argent ($10), third on debut down under in last October’s Rosehill Cup (2000m), for trainer Annabel Neasham drawn out wide second-up.

Pink Ivory brings in some strong form lines having run second in the Group 3 Aspiration Quality (1600m), fourth in the Group 3 Epona Stakes (1900m), and fifth last time out in Group 3 JRA Plate (2000m) at Randwick on April 15.

Lion’s Roar ($13) chasing his first win since the 2021 Rosehill Guineas carries the 58.5kg top-weight with Josh Parr to ride, while Danny Williams saddles-up his last start Rosehill winner Marsabit ($13) who ran second in both the Albury Cup and Orange Cup earlier this autumn.

The 2023 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup runs as Race 7 at 4:25pm (AEST) on Friday’s eight-race card with complete markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au available by clicking here.

2023 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Hcp Rating
1	6x0025x800	LION’S ROAR (NZ)	John O’Shea	Joshua Parr	17	58.5kg	100
2	0x30088x04	GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	Chris Waller	Jeff Penza	4	58kg	99
3	x890627x05	KUKERACHA (NZ)	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	6	57.5kg	98
4	113408×046	LORD ARDMORE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tyler Schiller (a)	3	57kg	97
5	11x332x3x5	BOIS D’ARGENT (GB)	Annabel Neasham	Ms Alysha Collett	21	56.5kg	96
6	05739×8020	LAURE ME IN	David Pfieffer	Ms Alysha Collett	14	54.5kg	92
7	x011960x30	KISS THE BRIDE (NZ)	Bjorn Baker		8	54kg	91
8	x51627x245	PINK IVORY (NZ)	John Sargent	Tom Sherry	16	54kg	90
9	314210×658	WILD CHAP	Brett Lazzarini	Robbie Dolan	2	54kg	90
10	x083361x10	ANOTHER ONE	Gary Colvin	Danny Beasley	5	54kg	88
11	311211×086	OTYRAR (GB)	Chris Waller	(late alt)	7	54kg	86
12	1414425×45	WICKLOW (IRE)	Chris Waller	Brett Prebble	22	54kg	85
13	x060x08833	DOUCEUR	John Thompson	James Innes Jnr	12	54kg	84
14	1123379×33	PRINCE OF HELENA	Craig Weeding	Jake Duffy	19	54kg	83
15	9180385221	MARSABIT (IRE)	Danny Williams	Quayde Krogh	18	54kg	82
16	x864860x01	THE DOCTOR’S SON	Maddison Collins	Josh Richards	9	54kg	69
17e	43x7808x48	ESTI FENY (HUN)	Matthew Smith	Jean Van Overmeire	11	54kg	82
18e	15180×9617	COGNAC (IRE)	Richard & Will Freedman	Ms Kathy O’Hara	15	54kg	81
19e	0x4217x161	IOWA (IRE)	Mark Newnham	Tyler Schiller (a)	13	54kg	78
20e	7x19715x03	FLOSSING (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young		20	54kg	76
21e	8325025×68	TAMPERING	Kerry Parker		1	54kg	75
22e	x080x57001	UNAMERICAN	Richard & Will Freedman	Ms Winona Costin	10	54kg	70