A horse owned by several players from Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, including Premier League veteran James Milner, will be hoping the Golden Eagle heads back to England for a second straight year.

Twelve months after Lake Forest snuck along the rails to pinch the $10 million Sydney feature for trainer William Haggas and owner Tony Bloom, who owns the Brighton club, Seagulls Eleven will attempt to kick his own goal at Randwick on Saturday.

Milner has only been used sparingly for Brighton, who play Leeds this weekend, and will not be trackside for the race – nor will his teammates and fellow owners, including Danny Welbeck, Bart Verbruggen, Jason Steele and Adam Lallana.

Michael Owen, another English football legend, who owns Manor House Stables, where Seagulls Eleven is trained,

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