2023 Phar Lap Stakes Winner Zougotcha

Zougotcha Heads 2024 Coolmore Classic Field & Odds

Lucy Henderson March 13, 2024

Zougotcha Heads 2024 Coolmore Classic Field & Odds

Chris Waller’s back-in-form mare Zougotcha is tipped to keep the autumn wins going as favourite for the Coolmore Classic 2024 this weekend in Sydney.

2023 Phar Lap Stakes Winner Zougotcha

Zougotcha is favourite to make it back-to-back wins this prep in Saturday’s 2024 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. Photo: Steve Hart.

Rosehill Gardens is host to the Group $1 million Coolmore Classic (1500m) on Saturday with a star field assembled full of last start winning fillies and mares.

Donning the number one saddlecloth and leading the post-acceptance Coolmore Classic odds at Ladbrokes.com.au is Zoustar four-year-old Zougotcha at $3.90 and firming.

James McDonald retains the ride on the six-time winner who is out to add to her good Rosehill record (4:2-0-0) on the back of a win fresh at the track in the Group 2 Millie Fox Stakes (1300m).

She is down a kilo still with the top-weight on Saturday (57kg) and is out to do the Millie Fox Stakes – Coolmore Classic double for the first time since Daysee Doom (2018).

Waller took out the Coolmore Classic last year with Espiona (2023) and saddles-up four runners in the field this year with Zougotcha joined by stablemates Vienna Princess ($15), Hinged ($15) and Madame Pommery ($34).

Despite a bumper field there are only two other single-figure hopefuls in Coolmore Classic betting currently with Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott’s dual Group 1 winning filly Tropical Squall ($7) and the consistent Ciaron Maher-trained Semana ($8).

No filly has beaten home the older mares in the Coolmore Classic since Tuesday Joy (2007) but there is money for Tropical Squall to break the drought.

Zougotcha is out to do the Millie Fox – Coolmore Classic double for the first time since Daysee Doom in 2018

The spring’s Flight Stakes winning daughter of Prized Icon was back to her best fresh at Randwick posting a narrow victory in the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m).

The 1500m second-up will suit and she presents as a live chance despite the wide gate 17 draw for jockey Tim Clark to overcome.

Winning Rupert four-year-old Semana meanwhile has apprentice Dylan Gibbons aboard in gate 11 chasing her third win on the trot.

The $1 million Magic Millions Cup winning mare franked that form with a Group 3 Tristarc Stakes (1200m) win with two kilos more than she carries in the Coolmore.

At longer odds of $12 looking somewhat overlooked is the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Revolutionary Miss, third in the Magic Millions Cup in January, who has won four of her past five starts including her latest two back-to-back.

Michael Dee partners the talented Russian Revolution four-year-old who won the Group 3 Frances Tressady and Group 3 Mannerism Stakes in Melbourne in February.

She was a 1.75 length winner over the 1400m at Caulfield with 59kg most recently and looks well placed heading up to Sydney now back to 55.5kg for the Group 1.

The Coolmore Classic 2024 is scheduled as Rosehill Race 8 at 4:35pm (AEDT) with full markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au available by clicking here.

2024 Coolmore Classic Final Field & Barrier Draw

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Probable Weight Penalty Hcp Rating
1 x419x646x1 ZOUGOTCHA Chris Waller James McDonald 2 57kg 108
2 9×78511311 REVOLUTIONARY MISS Peter & Paul Snowden Michael Dee 13 55.5kg 105
3 121215×211 SEMANA Ciaron Maher Dylan Gibbons (a) 11 55.5kg 105
4 2162x116x4 VIENNA PRINCESS Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 8 55.5kg 105
5 44x40786x2 HINGED Chris Waller Tommy Berry 15 55kg 104
6 1x13120x1 TROPICAL SQUALL Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 17 54.5kg 104
7 1x1736417x DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) Michael Kent Tom Sherry 9 54.5kg 103
8 116x0301x4 FOXY FRIDA Andrew Noblet Billy Egan 12 54.5kg 103
9 07x28047x3 MADAME POMMERY Chris Waller Jason Collett 16 54.5kg 103
10 124x5120x8 RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ) Bjorn Baker Ms Rachel King 5 54.5kg 103
11 111114×851 YONCE (NZ) Ciaron Maher John Allen 1 54kg 102
12 3417420×05 BARBIE’S FOX Ben, Will & JD Hayes Matthew Cartwright 10 53kg 100
13 685×421131 HELL HATH NO FURY Annabel Neasham Tyler Schiller 3 52kg 98
14 x353x530x3 MORE SECRETS Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Jay Ford 6 51.5kg 97
15 614x1250x6 AUSBRED FLIRT Brad Widdup Ms Alysha Collett 18 51kg 92
16 27213x10x1 JENNILALA Ciaron Maher Craig Newitt 4 51kg 91
17 x322232x17 KIMOCHI Gary Portelli Zac Lloyd (a) 14 50.5kg 96
18 2133 BARBY’S DOLL Jerome Hunter Reece Jones 7 50kg 65

Table Credit: Racing Australia.


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