Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted September 6, 2023 Journalists Share Posted September 6, 2023 Kovalica, pictured winning the Group 1 Queensland Derby, is the early favourite for Saturday’s Theo Marks Stakes. (Photo: Darren Winningham) It’s a wide-open edition of the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) this Saturday afternoon at Rosehill, with a full list of 16 runners – many of whom are resuming – set to line up. Kovalica is the leading chance, with the four-year-old gelding returning from a 103-day spell following his win in the Group 1 Queensland Derby on May 27. Chris Waller has a stranglehold on the race with four more acceptors to go along with the favourite – including Militarize, who is also accepted the Group 2 Run To The Rose earlier in the program. Online bookmakers are finding it hard to split the next three gallopers behind the favourite, with Madame Pommery, Zougotcha and Nugget all well-supported early. Godolphin’s leading hope, Golden Mile, is expected to improve coming back into Group 2 company, with the son of Astern coming through the Group 1 Winx Stakes on August 19. Some other intriguing gallopers set to return include topweight The Inevitable, who we haven’t seen since running third behind Mr Brightside in the All-Star Mile on March 18, and Waterford, who will be looking to rectify a lacklustre autumn campaign. The winner of this race will go on to be ballot-exempt for the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) on September 30. The 2023 Theo Marks Stakes is the penultimate race at Rosehill this Saturday and is set to jump at 4:35pm AEST. Theo Marks Stakes 2023 field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 The Inevitable Tegan Keys Ryan Maloney 6 59kg 2 Kirwan’s Lane John O’Shea Tom Sherry 4 58.5kg 3 Kovalica Chris Waller TBC 10 58kg 4 Nugget Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jason Collett 12 56kg 5 Golden Mile James Cummings Nash Rawiller 7 57kg 6 Zougotcha Chris Waller TBC 8 56kg 7 Madame Pommery Chris Waller TBC 1 55.5kg 8 Cross Talk Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Rachel King 17 55.5kg 9 Argentia Joseph Pride Chad Schofield 9 54kg 10 Tamerlane James Cummings Zac Lloyd 13 56kg 11 Wild Planet Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes TBC 16 54kg 12 Flying Crazy Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes TBC 14 54kg 13 Deep Snow Becky Byrne TBC 2 54kg 14 Waterford Chris Waller Tyler Schiller 3 53.5kg 15 Commando Hunt Cameron Crockett Reece Jones 15 53kg 16 Cuban Royale Robert & Luke Price Brock Ryan 5 53kg 17 Militarize (1E) Chris Waller TBC 11 55kg More horse racing news View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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