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Wagga Wagga Gold Cup 2023 Field & Odds Update

Lucy Henderson May 2, 2023

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

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 Probable Weight Penalty 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

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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