Leading Fancies Draw Wide In The Goodwood

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NSW-trained mare is an easing favourite for The Goodwood at Morphettville in after drawing the widest barrier.

A field of 16 has been declared for Saturday's Group One sprint over 1200m, a race won last year by and which has Black Caviar on its honour roll.

Spright landed her first Group One victory in the at Morphettville on May 4 after previous Group One placings in the Moir Stakes and the Stakes, both at .

again rides Spright after partnering the mare when she came from second last on the turn to claim the Sangster.

Soon after the field was announced on , Spright was the $3.20 favourite and has since drifted to $3.40.

Fellow Group One-winning mare Booker, who will carry the number one saddlecloth sharing topweight with Spright on 56.5kg in the set-weights and penalties race, will jump from barrier 15.

Third favourite at $7 pre-draw, Booker is now equal fourth favourite at $9, sharing that line with the Richard Laming-trained Jamaican Rain who drew barrier 11.

Iconoclasm has also been easy drifting from $5.50 to $7 second favourite, a line he shares with the Tony McEvoy-trained .

To be ridden by , Cool Passion was a $12 chance soon after drawing barrier two, but has met with solid support since.

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