Private Eye is the second elect at $6.50 Golden Eagle odds after the Joe Pride-trained son of Al Maher drew wide (17). Jumping from a midfield gate with such excellent lead-up form, I’m Thunderstruck looks a hard to beat favourite at $3.80 in Golden Eagle betting at. Jye McNeil rides in Melbourne this weekend and is replaced by Hugh Bowman for the Golden Eagle where I’m Thunderstruck goes up from 52kg to 57.5kg against his own age. Two back he was only a half-length third to Sierra Sue in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) from a wide gate (16 of 16) where he was hampered at a crucial stage before his last start victory over Tofane in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m). There’s a capacity field for the set weights feature and we have a clear favourite in the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Shocking gelding I’m Thunderstruck. Run an hour after Melbourne’s Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington, there will be plenty of eyes on the 2021 Golden Eaglewhen the third edition of the four-year-old’s feature takes place. I’m Thunderstruck is firm favourite to take out the $7.5 million The Golden Eagle in Sydney on Saturday.
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