The punters are giving Group 1 winner Amelia’s Jewel another go with the Simon Miller-trained mare heading The Goodwood 2024 betting markets in South Australia this weekend.

The Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival action continues at Morphettville with the Group 1 $1 million The Goodwood (1200m) stealing the show.

The Goodwood field is down to 15 runners with two of the original final acceptors withdrawn.

The Annabel Neasham-trained Learning To Fly (14) is out after presenting below par early in the week with the youngster to be rested ahead of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival majors.

Also out is the James Cummings-trained Vilana (16) who was drawn wide out.

Updated The Goodwood odds online at Ladbrokes.com.au have dual The Quokka runner-up Amelia’s Jewel on top at $4 to return to winning form.

She presents third-up and fit after back-to-back seconds at home in Perth, which she is out to atone for her.

The four-year-old daughter of Siyouni has a lovely 1200m record (4:2-2-0) and is looking for her first win since victory over Pride Of Jenni in the Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) in Melbourne last September.

That form has been firmly franked with the runner-up, Pride Of Jenni, continuing on to win a host of elite races including her historic 6.5 length demolition job in Randwick’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on April 13.

Amelia’s Jewel jumps from gate nine with Damian Lane to ride as she looks to be the first The Goodwood favourite to salute since Black Heart Bart (2016).

The danger occupying the second line of The Goodwood betting at $5 and firming is the early market mover Benedetta in an ideal gate three draw.

Star hoop Ms Jamie Kah partners Jason Warren’s consistent Hellbent mare with the four-year-old coming off a devastatingly close third only a quarter-length behind the winner in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) a fortnight back.

Prior to that she was good winning the Group 3 RN Irwin Stakes (1100m) here, which followed back-to-back Group 1 fourths in the Oakleigh and Newmarket in Melbourne under two lengths beaten each time.

Benedetta ticks plenty of boxes including previous winning form at the track, a 50% winning strike-rate at The Goodwood distance, and the fitness edge making her a notable contender to watch out for.

The other major player at a current quote of %5.50 i9s the Dion Luciani-trained Oscar’s Fortune.

The ‘Wizard of the West’, William Pike, travels to Adelaide to stick with the talented three-year-old Rich Enuff gelding who has won five of his nine starts to date.

The million-dollar earner is yet to win over further than 1100m, but has been competitive in his three 1200m assignments to date with two seconds and a third.

He was second past the post behind The Quokka champ Overpass in last summer’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m), beat Amelia’s Jewel home in the Group 3 Roma Cup (1100m) two back, and comes off a Quokka third at Ascot.

Oscar’s Fortune carted 56.5kg that day in the $5 million Perth slot race and drops to just 53.5kg in The Goodwood making him a big lightweight hope.

A further two runners are also under double-figures for the win with the rails-drawn I Am Me ($7.50) to be ridden by Blake Shinn and the Nick Ryan-trained Jukebox four-year-old Johnny Rocker ($8.50).

The Ciaron Maher-trained I Am Invincible mare, I Am Me, has plenty of top form interstate including Group 1 seconds in the Manikato and Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes from the spring.

This prep she has been top four twice when resuming with a William Reid third to the since-retired Imperatriz at The Valley before her Morphettville debut when fourth 1.4 lengths away in the Robert Sangster.

At longer odds the outsider hopes that could prove value on the weekend include the Mitchell Freedman-trained Exosphere filly Skybird ($12) coming off a Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes win by two lengths at this track and trip from April 27, and Phillip Stokes’ Group 1 Robert Sangster winner Climbing Star ($16) who looks forgotten in the markets.

The Goodwood 2024 is set to run as Morphettville Race 8 at 4:00pm (ACST) on Saturday’s nine-race card with full markets from Ladbrokes.com.au available by clicking here.

2024 The Goodwood Final Field & Barrier Draw

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	60x56830x2	VILANA	James Cummings	Todd Pannell	16	59kg		105
2	12x1190x22	AMELIA’S JEWEL	Simon A Miller	Damian Lane	9	56.5kg		114
3	x29825x121	CLIMBING STAR (NZ)	Phillip Stokes	Lachlan Neindorf	13	56.5kg		109
4	5×11311775	SGHIRRIPA	Shane & Cassie Oxlade	Craig Newitt	15	56kg		102
5	0x655960x1	EXTREMELY LUCKY	Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea	Jake Toeroek	6	56kg		94
6	7x16122x34	I AM ME	Ciaron Maher	Blake Shinn	1	55kg		110
7	x1134x4413	BENEDETTA	Jason Warren	Ms Jamie Kah	3	55kg		108
8	x01432x255	ARKANSAW KID	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Billy Egan	17	54.5kg		92
9	x244x27128	JOHNNY ROCKER	Nick Ryan	Rhys McLeod	12	54.5kg		106
10	7x536x1974	RUBAMOS	Aaron Bain & Ned Taylor	Jacob Opperman	2	54.5kg		94
11	1x11x33	WHAT YOU NEED	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Craig Williams	11	54.5kg		91
12	2x31x22x57	KARACASU	Richard & Chantelle Jolly	Jason Holder	4	54.5kg		82
13	0x13201320	GRINZINGER PRINCE	Cody Reardon	Ms Emily Finnegan	10	54.5kg		82
14	111Lx242	LEARNING TO FLY	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	14	54kg		102
15	111122×213	OSCAR’S FORTUNE	Dion Luciani	William Pike	8	53.5kg		109
16	1113×51	SKYBIRD	Mitchell Freedman	Beau Mertens	5	53kg		95
17	21x217x426	STRETAN ANGEL	Phillip Stokes	Daniel Stackhouse	7	52.5kg		92

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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