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Star European rider Frankie Dettori was confirmed on Tuesday morning for the $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill Gardens. He will partner the Chris Waller-trained import Welwal (GB) (Shalaa {Ire}).
“It’s a huge honour to be training Welwal for Al Shaqab Racing and we are delighted to have secured Frankie Dettori to ride him,” Waller said via a statement. “We feel Welwal has flown under the radar since landing in Australia and will perform better than his odds suggest.”
Welwal is currently $15 in the TAB market, and the 4-year-old horse is yet to debut in Australia. He is lightly raced with just seven starts to his name in France, and he is a winner of three races, among them the G3 Prix de Fontainebleau at Longchamp back in April.
Dettori was also confirmed to ride the Kris Lees 6-year-old Hosier (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) in the Big Dance at Randwick's Melbourne Cup Day meeting.