Rosehill winner Gold Seventy Seven looks set to step up to stakes level in the autumn with a 100 per cent winning record.
The three-year-old colt passed his biggest test when he scooped his third win from as many starts at Rosehill on Saturday.
Gold Seventy Seven
Trainer Kris Lees says he thinks he will gain a lot from his triumph in the Cellarbrations Handicap (1400m).
Gold Seventy Seven, who was the $1.50 favourite to win the second race of the day, managed to gain ground after crossing the 800m mark in fourth place, beating Better Not Blue ($20) and Conarchie ($61).
“I was pretty impressed with him,” Lees said.
“We’ll have a little break now and soon we’ll be back into the autumn.
“We’ll let the dust settle but I thought a race like the Royal Sovereign on the last day of the carnival.”
The Group Two Royal Sovereign Stakes (1400m) is for three-year-old colts and geldings at the end of Sydney’s autumn carnival.
Lees said the chestnut was still immature.
“He’s still got a bit to learn but I think he’ll take a lot of benefit out of today.
“It was a hot day and he felt it.”
“We’ll have a little break now and we’ll see a better horse next time.”
