Doncaster Mile 2024 Betting Tips - Lightweight chances are tipped

Alex Marsh

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Last updated: 04 Apr 2024

Alex Marsh 04 Apr 2024

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The Doncaster Mile is the third of four Group 1 races run on the opening day of 'The Championships'
Worth $4 million, this major is run over 1600m at Randwick
The 2024 edition will be contested on Saturday, April 6
Our feature preview is included below

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Another Wil heads the Doncaster Mile market. (Getty)

The Group 1 Doncaster Mile is one of Australia's premier handicap races and it's also one of the headline acts on the opening day of The Championships at Royal Randwick.

2024 Doncaster Mile Tips
2024 Doncaster Mile Field & Odds

Dating back to 1866, this famous 1600m event has seen some of Australia's modern day greats on the honor roll and they include dual winners Super Impose and Sunline along with recent stars in More Joyous, Winx and Happy Clapper.

For the 2024 Doncaster Mile, Another Wil heads the market at $3.90 with EliteBet

2024 Doncaster Mile Tips

2024 Doncaster Mile Best Bet - Another Wil

Ciaron Maher is looking for his first Doncaster Mile victory and this season's leading Australian trainer has a strong hand in 2024, with the exciting Another Wil leading the charge.

A lightly raced four-year-old, the son of Street Boss has won all four runs this prep, which includes a soft victory in last Saturday's Doncaster Prelude and that secured his place in this feature.

With a big field under handicap conditions and especially when it is wet, wide barriers are often favourable in the Doncaster, with eight of the last 13 winners jumping from double-figure gates.

The wider alleys have often been successful with those down in the weights, as there's less risk with using them up early and one of the more progressive horses in the country has just 50kg here.

2024 Doncaster Mile Next Best Bet - Celestial Legend

This three-year-old was all the rage in the Doncaster Mile futures prior to Another Wil's qualifying win, with the last start Randwick Guineas winner carrying just 49kg for this Group 1.

Celestial Legend covered ground in that latest victory and as a result of that tough run, trainer Les Bridge gave him more time to recover ahead of this fourth-up assignment.

He completed a slick tick-over trial on March 22 over 1200m, where the son of Dundeel was strong late in that 1200m heat and the colt did handle wet tracks in his first campaign.

Without doing anything wrong and with the current market trending towards the most recent run of Another Wil, Celestial Legend is out to a decent price in the Doncaster Mile.

2024 Doncaster Mile Value Bet - Southport Tycoon

Another leading contender from the Ciaron Maher stable is Southport Tycoon, who was a last-start winner in the Australian Guineas and he's another that worked well in the interim.

The Australian Guineas is a strong form reference, with placegetters Veight (George Ryder) and Riff Rocket (Rosehill Guineas) both coming from that race to win Group 1's on Golden Slipper Day.

Although he's untried on heavy ground, the son of Written Tycoon recorded decent closing splits for a soft track when saluting at start two last spring and he had 59.kg on his back there.

Like Celestial Legend, he's a three-year-old who carries the featherweight of 49kg in this feature and under Rachel King, he'll look for a tow into proceedings and then chime in late.

2024 Doncaster Mile Field & Odds

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	$9
3	Pericles	James Cummings	Blake Shinn	16	54.5kg	$34
4	Militarize (NZ)	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	4	54kg	$9.50
5	Zougotcha	Chris Waller	Craig Williams	19	53.5kg	$18
6	Golden Mile	James Cummings	Jason Collett	1	53.5kg	$51
7	Kovalica (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tommy Berry	12	53.5kg	$17
8	Detonator Jack (NZ)	Ciaron Maher	Tim Clark	2	52.5kg	$17
9	Berkshire Shadow (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Declan Bates	13	52.5kg	$101
10	Rustic Steel	Kris Lees	Tom Sherry	7	52kg	$51
11	Attractable	Sara Ryan	Reece Jones	5	51.5kg	$101
12	Lady Laguna	Annabel Neasham	Michael Dee	10	51kg	$11
13	Democracy Manifest	Chris Waller	Jay Ford	11	51kg	$21
14	Phearson	Brad Widdup	Ron Stewart	24	51kg	$151
15	Loch Eagle	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons (a)	23	51kg	$101
16	Lindermann	Chris Waller	Zac Lloyd (a)	22	50.5kg	$15
17	Semana	Ciaron Maher	Andrew Adkins	17	50kg	$26
18	Another Wil	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Kah	21	50kg	$3.90
19	Celestial Legend	Les Bridge	Tyler Schiller	6	49kg	$7
20	Southport Tycoon	Ciaron Maher	Rachel King	20	49kg	$17
21e	Nugget (GB)	Ciaron Maher	Declan Bates	9	51.5kg	$41
22e	Hinged	Chris Waller	TBA	14	50kg	$71
23e	Navajo Peak	David Payne	TBA	18	52.5kg	$101
24e	Palmetto (NZ)	John Sargent	Molly Bourke (a)	3	51kg	$101