Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted December 13, 2023 Journalists Posted December 13, 2023 Ayrton will headline The Gold Rush field on Saturday afternoon at Ascot. The Gold Rush will headline the final day of The Pinnacles carnival at Ascot this Saturday afternoon, with a full field expected to clash over 1400m. As it is the final feature event of 2023, the Group 3 race has been renamed as the ‘Damien Oliver Gold Rush’ to honour Australia’s greatest jockey, who will retire after the Ascot meeting this weekend. Following the barrier draw on Tuesday, the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Ayrton firmed into favouritism with online bookmakers at +380 after drawing gate 11. The son of Iffraaj was last seen running sixth in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, which is the best form of any of the interstate runners in the field. Interestingly, the second emergency for the race, Super Smink, was the pre-draw favourite and still holds the second line of betting at +450. If she gains a start, the three-year-old filly will be dropping back to 1400m after struggling to run out 1600m in the WA Guineas last start. Nick Ryan will leg up his great mate Ollie for his final ride when he hops into the saddle to ride Munhamek (+450), who was a tragedy beaten in the Group 2 Damien Oliver at Flemington two starts back. Dom To Shoot (+1000) will be on the seven-day backup after claiming the Group 1 Northerly Stakes last Saturday. If 2023 Railway Stakes winner Bustler (+1000) backs up after running a credible fourth in the Northerly Stakes, he will have raced three times in the space of four weeks. Luke Fernie will seek another big payday when his three-year-old gelding Ripcord (+600) attempts 1400m for the first time after finishing third in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes last start. The Gold Rush 2023 Final Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Dom To Shoot Sean & Jake Casey Jarrad Noske 14 59kg 2 Valour Road Simon Miller Chris Parnham 16 59kg 3 Bustler Neville Parnham Steven Parnham 15 59kg 4 Munhamek Nick Ryan Damien Oliver 17 59kg 5 Red Can Man Steve Wolfe Paul Harvey 8 59kg 6 Massimo Chris & Michael Gangemi Brad Parnham 7 59kg 7 Comfort Me Rhys Radford Shaun McGruddy 3 59kg 8 Savatoxl Will Savage Holly Watson 1 59kg 9 Hot Zed Lou Luciani Jason Whiting 19 59kg 10 Ayrton Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Damian Lane 11 59kg 11 Resortman Michael Lane Brad Rawiller 10 59kg 12 Laverrod Sean & Jake Casey Craig Williams 13 59kg 13 My Bella Mae Dion Luciani Patrick Carbery 18 57kg 14 Baby Paris Colin Webster Peter Knuckey 2 57kg 15 Karli’s Karma Summer Dickson Michael Poy 6 57kg 16 Ripcord Luke Fernie Clint Johnston-Porter 9 54kg 17 Let’s Galahvant (1E) Daniel & Ben Pearce TBC 4 59kg 18 Super Smink (2E) Daniel Morton Craig Williams 12 52kg 19 Magnificent Andy (3E) Stephen Miller TBC 5 59kg More horse racing news View the full article Quote
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