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www.racingnsw.com.au 3 $2M THE INVITATION Ellsberg (Nash Rawiller; orange, white sleeves) powers into calculations for The Golden Eagle $ 7.5M THE GOLDEN EAGLE T alented four-year-old Ellsberg’s began his Golden Eagle campaign at Rosehill Gardens with a highly impressive win in a Benchmark race over 1400m. “We’re really happy with him and all being well he will go to the Silver Eagle,” said co-trainer Stirling Alexiou. “The form around him looks very good and hopefully he can turn a couple of those second placings last preparation into wins.” The first three home in the Silver Eagle on October 9 are exempt from ballot in the Golden Eagle. Meanwhile, Desleigh Forster’s giant slayer Apache Chase is on the Golden Eagle path after claiming the time-honoured Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba. Forster has always had a high opinion of the horse, and this was vindicated last campaign when he defeated the highly regarded Ayrton. With $7.5m on the line in the Golden Eagle, Forster confirmed she would give Apache Chase another start before making the trip south to Rosehill. In an ominous warning to rivals, Forster said there was room for improvement in the four-year-old with the trainer setting him for a long campaign. “He has a long campaign ahead of him, this horse so he’s not wound right up yet,” she said. “He was really good, he switched off and relaxed and you could see he just pulled Jimmy [Byrne) up the hill and he was nursing him.” $ 15M THE TAB EVEREST W ild Ruler won’t just be making up the numbers in the TAB Everest – that’s dual Everest winning trainer Peter Snowden’s assertion after the four-year-old was selected by Yulong Investments to run in the $15m race. Wild Ruler (James McDonald) cruises home at Royal Randwick »