Doncaster Mile 2024 Barrier Draw & Final Field

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Last updated: Tue 02 Apr 2024 12:31

Bets.com.au Staff 02 Apr 2024

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The barrier draw has been conducted for the 2024 Doncaster Mile
This Group 1 will be contested on Saturday, April 6 at Randwick
Final field is available below

Democracy Manifest has drawn barrier eleven in the 2024 Doncaster Mile. (Getty)

Ciaron Maher is looking for his first Doncaster Mile win and this season's leading Australian trainer has a strong hand, with Another Wil (barrier 21) leading the charge.

A lightly raced four-year-old who has recorded five wins from seven starts, the son of Street Boss has won all four outings this campaign, which includes a soft victory in last Saturday's Doncaster Prelude and that triumph secured his place in this $4 million dollar feature.

Another leading chance from the Ciaron Maher stable is Southport Tycoon (barrier 20), who was a last-start winner over this trip in the Australian Guineas.

That's proving to be a strong form reference with placegetters Veight (George Ryder) and Riff Rocket (Rosehill Guineas) both winning Group 1's on Golden Slipper Day.

Ciaron Maher also prepares Detonator Jack (barrier 2), Berkshire Shadow (barrier 13) Semana (barrier 17) and Nugget (barrier 9), with the latter being the first emergency.

Chris Waller is aiming for his seventh victory in the Doncaster Mile and among his leading chances is Militarize (barrier 4) who gets the services of leading Hong Kong jockey Zac Purton.

Zac Purton and Chris Waller combined 10 years ago with 2014 Doncaster Mile winner Sacred Falls, while Purton has enjoyed further success in this feature with wins aboard It's Somewhat (2017) and Mr Brightside (2023).

Another strong contender from the Chris Waller yard is Zougotcha (barrier 19), a mare who brought up back-to-back wins for the campaign last time out when carrying topweight in the Coolmore Classic.

Waller has also accepted with Kovalica (barrier 12), Democracy Manifest (barrier 11), Lindermann (barrier 22) and Hinged (barrier 14).

Think About It (barrier 15) carries topweight of 57kg and the dual Group 1 winner has 2kg more than Japanese entire Obamburumai (barrier 8) who won the 2023 Golden Eagle on Australian debut.

20 runners (plus four emergencies) make up the final field for the 2024 Doncaster Mile.

Doncaster Mile 2024 Barriers & Final Field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1	Think About It	Joseph Pride	Sam Clipperton	15	57kg	$17
2	Obamburumai (JPN)	Keiji Yoshimura	Damian Lane	8	55kg	$8
3	Pericles	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	16	54.5kg	$41
4	Militarize (NZ)	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	4	54kg	$11
5	Zougotcha	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	19	53.5kg	$17
6	Golden Mile	James Cummings	Jason Collett	1	53.5kg	$61
7	Kovalica (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	12	53.5kg	$15
8	Detonator Jack (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Tim Clark	2	52.5kg	$16
9	Berkshire Shadow (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Declan Bates	13	52.5kg	$51
10	Rustic Steel	Kris Lees	Tom Sherry	7	52kg	$101
11	Attractable	Sara Ryan	Reece Jones	5	51.5kg	$201
12	Lady Laguna	Annabel Neasham	Michael Dee	10	51kg	$15
13	Democracy Manifest	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	11	51kg	$26
14	Phearson	Brad Widdup	Ron Stewart	24	51kg	$201
15	Loch Eagle	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	23	51kg	$61
16	Lindermann	Chris Waller	Zac Lloyd (a)	22	50.5kg	$17
17	Semana	Ciaron Maher	Andrew Adkins	17	50kg	$41
18	Another Wil	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Kah	21	50kg	$3.50
19	Celestial Legend	Les Bridge	Tyler Schiller	6	49kg	$6.50
20	Southport Tycoon	Ciaron Maher	Rachel King	20	49kg	$19
21e	Nugget (GB)	Ciaron Maher	TBA	9	51.5kg	$61
22e	Hinged	Chris Waller	TBA	14	50kg	$67
23e	Navajo Peak	David Payne	TBA	18	52.5kg	$101
24e	Palmetto (NZ)	John Sargent	Molly Bourke (a)	3	51kg	$201

Odds courtesy of EliteBet & correct on 02/04/2024.

Doncaster Mile Winners

The Doncaster Mile is one of Sydney's most famous races and the pinnacle of The Championships day one.

Also known as the Doncaster Handicap, the Mile was previously held every Easter Monday, but was moved to be one of the showpiece events of the Championships, the grand final of autumn racing in Sydney.

The George Ryder Stakes is traditionally the key lead-up event for the Doncaster Mile, with the Ranvet Stakes, Randwick Guineas and All-Star Mile also among the main form races.

Cascadian (2021) and Mr Brightside (2022 and 2023) have won the last three editions of the Doncaster Mile.