{"id":446257,"date":"2026-05-26T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/446257\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:10:14","slug":"2026-g1-queensland-derby-barrier-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/446257\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 G1 Queensland Derby \u2013 Barrier Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $1million Group I BRC Queensland Derby (2400m) will be a great contest with a full field of 18 plus emergencies and all runners are seeking their first G1 victory.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kilman is by Super Seth - image Grant Courtney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/breednet-images-kilman-rough-habit-30947.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 435px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Champion trainer Chris Waller was a strong hand with four runners &#8211; Kilman, Providence, Monopolistic and Defendant. His other galloper Eynesbury is fifth emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Drawn in gate three, Kilman is a last start winner of the Group III BRC Rough Habit and is looking to make it back to back wins in this race for his sire Super Seth, who produced Maison Louis to win in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Waller has won the three-year-old staying feature on three occasions with Kovalica (2023), Kukeracha (2021) and Hawkspur (2013).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Accidental Bid (IRE) gets his chance for Derby glory - image Racing Photos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/breednet-images-accidental-bid-pakenham-30744.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 400px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Ciaron Maher trained import Accidental Bid (IRE) missed the cut to get a run in the SA Derby for which he was favourite and gets another crack at Derby glory here with gate six and a run under his belt when sixth in the Rough Habit.<\/p>\n<p>1. Kilman (NZ) (Super Seth) Chris Waller \/\u00a0\u00a0 (3) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>2. One Step Closer (Castelvecchio) Tom Charlton \/ Ben E Thompson (20) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>3. Different Gravy (Ghaiyyath) Henry Dwyer \/ Mark Zahra (5) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>4. Providence (Wootton Bassett) Chris Waller \/\u00a0\u00a0 (8) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>5. Options (Impending) Tony and Calvin McEvoy \/ Tim Clark (19) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>6. Beauty Swift (Pierro) Matthew Smith \/ Kerrin McEvoy (22) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>7. Monopolistic (NZ) (Savabeel) Chris Waller \/\u00a0\u00a0 (17) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>8. Southern Prince (Trapeze Artist) Annabel and Rob Archibald \/ Tom Sherry (1) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>9. Amazake (Maurice) Ciaron Maher \/\u00a0\u00a0 (16) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>10. O&#8217;sheamus (Shamus Award) Tom Charlton \/ Ethan Brown (23) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>11. Defendant (Justify) Chris Waller \/\u00a0\u00a0 (11) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>12. Accidental Bid (GB) (Phoenix Of Spain) Ciaron Maher \/ John Allen (6) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>13. Buthelezi (Smart Missile) Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman \/ Luke Nolen (13) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>14. Falcon Lair (Dundeel) Annabel and Rob Archibald \/ Adam Hyeronimus (15) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>15. Michelangelo (Trapeze Artist) Dean Mirfin \/ Nash Rawiller (14) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>16. Chillies (Too Darn Hot) Grahame Begg \/ Jordan Childs (2) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>17. Inspired Legend (Dundeel) Les Bridge \/ Jamie Melham (12) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>18. Solid Gold (NZ) (Savabeel) Roger James and Robert Wellwood \/ Tommy Berry (18) 55kg<\/p>\n<p>19e. Certify (NZ) (Justify) Paul Shailer \/\u00a0\u00a0 (7) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>20e. Castello Grande (Castelvecchio) Robert Heathcote \/\u00a0\u00a0 (9) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>21e. Contingency (NZ) (Savabeel) Ben Hull \/\u00a0\u00a0 (4) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>22e. Valiant Sun (NZ) (The Autumn Sun) Liam Howley \/ Daniel Moor (10) 57kg<\/p>\n<p>23e. Eynesbury (NZ) (Savabeel) Chris Waller \/\u00a0\u00a0 (21) 57kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The $1million Group I BRC Queensland Derby (2400m) will be a great contest with a full field of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-446257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}