Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted October 11, 2023 Journalists Share Posted October 11, 2023 Pericles winning at Sandown. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) The Silver Eagle (1300m) has attracted a quality field of 14 for this Saturday at Royal Randwick, as the four-year-olds compete for the $1 million prize packet on offer. The Tony & Maddysen Sears-trained gelding Yellow Brick clings to favouritism early doors at $3.60 with online bookmakers; however, Pericles is hot on his heels at +300. Ruthless Dame is one of two Group 1 winners engaged in the field, as the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained mare heads into Saturday second-up from a mid-field finish in The Shorts (1100m). The Jason Warren camp sends Benedetta (+500) north from Victoria after finding the minor money in the Group 2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m). Meanwhile, Garza Blanca (+800) is in need of three scratchings just to get a run in the final field, despite seeing plenty of early support. Kibou (+900) will need to take dramatic improvement after failing last start, while Vienna Princess (+1200) is a mare in form, striking victory first-up. Two horses will make their Australian debut, both for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott; Firstly Coin Toss (+2500) who built his credentials in Singapore, and New Endeavour (+1600), possessing a strong European record. The Silver Eagle is the second leg of the Randwick quaddie this Saturday and is set to get underway at 4:50pm AEDT. No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Pericles James Cummings Zac Purton 13 57.5kg 2 Coin Toss Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Brett Prebble 7 57.5kg 3 Ruthless Dame Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Jason Collett 3 56.5kg 4 Madame Pommery Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 8 56.5kg 5 Yellow Brick Tony & Maddysen Sears Craig Williams 5 56.5kg 6 Williamsburg Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Joshua Parr 4 56.5kg 7 Sacred Satono Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley Michael McNab 17 56.5kg 8 Kibou Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Regan Bayliss 1 56.5kg 9 New Endeavour Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Adam Hyernoimus 16 56kg 10 Strait Acer Edward Cummings Tommy Berry 2 56kg 11 Kote Anthony Cummings Chad Schofield 15 56kg 12 Benedetta Jason Warren Daniel Stackhouse 10 54.5kg 13 Wollombi Peter & Paul Snowden Sam Clipperton 18 54.5kg 14 Vienna Princess Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 6 54kg 15 Razeta (1E) Kris Lees Dylan Gibbons 11 54kg 16 Grebeni (2E) Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou James Orman 14 56kg 17 Garza Blanca (3E) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace James McDonald 12 56kg 18 Sebonack (4E) Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Zac Lloyd 9 56.5kg More horse racing news View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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