Glamour mare Joliestar has drawn a horror gate for Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup
Glamour mare Joliestar has drawn gate 13 of 14 for Saturday's Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm.
The Chris Waller-trained Group 1 Newmarket winner was the pre draw favourite for the $1m feature but is expected to ease after landing the horror draw.
The barrier draw didn't prove much kinder to former The Everest hero Giga Kick either, the Clayton Douglas-trained star set to leave barrier 10 for his Eagle Farm debut.
Grand Queensland campaigner Rothfire, which finished a narrow second to Sunshine In Paris in the Doomben 10,000 last start, has drawn barrier five, while Benedetta, which finished fourth in the race, will exit barrier six.
Ageless Sydney warrior Private Eye has drawn barrier seven following a sharp barrier trial on Monday.
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The barrier draw for the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) didn't prove much kinder to pre-draw favourites King Of Thunder and Belle Detelle which will exit barriers 14 and 21 (before emergencies) respectively.
Firm Agreement, which finished a distant second to Aeliana in the ATC Derby last month, has drawn barrier six with Nash Rawiller set to ride.
1 FIRM AGREEMENT Annabel & Rob Archibald Nash Rawiller 6 57kg
2 IMPERIALIST (NZ) Chris Waller 15 57kg
3 STATUARIO Emma-Lee & David Browne John Allen 5 57kg
4 KING OF THUNDER (NZ) John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Mark Zahra 14 57kg
5 BEAU DAZZLER (NZ) Tony & Maddysen Sears Jag Guthmann-Chester 8 57kg
6 LAVALIER James Cummings Ms Jamie Melham 11 57kg
7 POLITELY DUN Danny O'Brien Jordan Childs 22 57kg
8 DEEP FOCUS (NZ) Paul Shailer Michael Rodd 18 57kg
9 OUR BENEFACTOR (NZ) Bevan Laming Noel Callow 7 57kg
10 MAISON LOUIS (NZ) John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Ben Melham 4 57kg
11 SCINTILLANTE (NZ) Cliff Brown 19 57kg
12 SAINT EMILION Ciaron Maher Tim Clark 12 57kg
13 PARTY CRASHER (NZ) Michael Hickmott Craig Williams 1 57kg
14 ROGAN (NZ) Cliff Brown 20 57kg
15 EXISTENTIAL BOB (NZ) Chris Waller 13 57kg
16 FEMMINILE Phillip Stokes Blake Shinn 9 55kg
17 BELLE DETELLE Chris Waller 21 55kg
18 CHASE YOUR DREAMS (NZ) Ben, Will & JD Hayes 16 55kg
19e ECLAIR ENCORE (JPN) Kris Lees Andrew Mallyon 10 55kg
20e THE MUFFIN MAN Charlotte Littlefield Ethan Brown 17 57kg
21e LIBERTY PARK (NZ) Chris Waller 23 57kg
22e PRINCE LEVI William Kropp 2 57kg
23e SAN JOSE BOY Jack Bruce 3 57kg
GROUP 1 KINGSFORD SMITH CUP (1300M)
1 GIGA KICK Clayton Douglas Mark Zahra 10 59kg
2 PRIVATE EYE Joseph Pride Nash Rawiller 7 59kg
3 ROTHFIRE Robert Heathcote Tim Clark 5 59kg
4 GOLDEN MILE James Cummings Jason Collett 14 59kg
5 ZARASTRO Tony Gollan Ms Angela Jones 9 59kg
6 PAYLINE Chris & Corey Munce Tyler Schiller 12 59kg
7 LIBERTAD Annabel & Rob Archibald Jamie Mott 8 59kg
8 RISE AT DAWN (NZ) Ben, Will & JD Hayes Blake Shinn 1 59kg
9 DEMOCRACY MANIFEST Chris Waller Zac Lloyd 2 59kg
10 JOLIESTAR Chris Waller James McDonald 13 57kg
11 KIMOCHI Gary Portelli Craig Williams 3 57kg
12 BENEDETTA Jason Warren Ms Jamie Melham 6 57kg
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