Golden Rose hopeful Sandbar has never been a flash worker on the training track. “He’s no superstar. Early days, the trackwork riders would say to me, ‘I can’t believe he’s competing in these sort of races’,” trainer Brad Widdup said. Widdup, who learned his trade under Peter Snowden and John… Read More »
Outright favouritism for the Group One Golden Rose will be up for grabs at Rosehill on Saturday when top fancies Graff and The Autumn Sun contest separate lead-up races. Chris Waller’s unbeaten colt The Autumn Sun will make his seasonal return in the Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) while Newcastle three-year-old… Read More »
Sunlight’s planned assault on the Golden Rose has hit a hurdle with the filly ruled out of her lead-up run because of a temperature. The Tony McEvoy-trained three-year-old had been entered for Saturday’s Group Two Run To The Rose (1200m) at Rosehill with a view to stretching out to 1400m… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2018 Run To The Rose. The Run To The Rose will be run on Saturday 8th September at Rosehill racecourse. Nominations: Horse 1 DANAWI 2 GEM SONG 3 GRAFF 4 JONKER 5 LEAN MEAN MACHINE 6 LEGEND OF CONDOR 7 LONG LEAF 8 NUCLEAR BLITZ… Read More »
Trainer Kris Lees has put the polish on many elite horses with Graff working his way to the top of the list after keeping his unbeaten record intact in the San Domenico Stakes. Samantha Miss is at the top of the tree but Graff’s first appearance as a three-year-old has… Read More »
A year ago Menari stamped his class on the first stakes race for the new season’s three-year-olds and his trainer Gerald Ryan is looking to Legend Of Condor to do the same in the Listed Rosebud. Menari went on to win the Run To The Rose and started favourite in… Read More »
The biggest horse in the Run To The Rose field has also turned out to be the best with Menari dominating his rivals to give his jockey Josh Parr a Group Two treble at Rosehill. The $2.30 favourite, Menari crossed from the outside barrier with Parr positioning him behind the… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2017 Run To The Rose. The Run To The Rose was raced on 9/9/2017 at Rosehill Racecourse. Results: Run To The Rose results: 1st. 5 Menari2nd. 4 Pariah3rd. 11 Perast4th. 10 Kementari — Just Horse Racing (@justhorseracing) September 9, 2017 Replay: MENARI running… Read More »
View the field and barriers for the 2017 Run To The Rose. The Run To The Rose will be run on Saturday 9th September at Rosehill racecourse. Time: 3:50PM Distance: 1200m Class: Group 2 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Run To The Rose? – Leave… Read More »
Rosehill will host a fab nine race card this Saturday with some of the best business stepping out in some high quality events, namely the Run To The Rose (1200m) and the Theo Marks Stakes (1300m). The weather is fine, the track is good (3) and the rail is in… Read More »
Likely leader Siege Of Quebec has been withdrawn from the Run To The Rose with favourite Menari now likely to take up a more forward position. The Gerald Ryan-trained Menari has drawn the outside gate in Saturday’s field which was reduced to nine on race eve when Siege Of Quebec… Read More »
Godolphin colt Kementari has been challenged to prove the worth of a burgeoning reputation in a dress rehearsal race for the Golden Rose. The Lonhro three-year-old heads to Saturday’s Run To The Rose among the favoured runners though trainer James Cummings says Kementari must make a statement. “He’s going into… Read More »
Eagle Farm trainer Kelly Schweida has called on two long-standing associations with jockeys as he chases a two-state feature race double. Schweida has booked Christian Reith to ride Shogun Sun in the Group Two Run To the Rose (1200m) at Rosehill and Ric McMahon for Outraged in the Open Handicap… Read More »
A foot abscess has been blamed for Diamond Tathagata’s dismal return to racing but trainer Mark Newnham is still taking no chances ahead of the Run To The Rose. The Mark Newnham-trained colt was unable to replicate encouraging barrier trial form in the Rosebud Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill last month,… Read More »
Co-trainer Adrian Bott admits Siege of Quebec faces another significant test at Rosehill in the lead-up to the focal point of his preparation. The colt makes another step up on Saturday when he takes on several of his highly rated potential Golden Rose rivals in the Group Two Run To… Read More »
Punters have been quick to take the $3 on offer early for Menari to win the Run To The Rose and the colt is already in to $2.80 for the Group Two race. Trained by Gerald Ryan, Menari is the $6 equal favourite for the Group One Golden Rose alongside… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2017 Run To The Rose. The Run To The Rose will be run on Saturday 9th September at Rosehill racecourse. [crownbetoffer] Horse 1 CHAUFFEUR 2 CONDOR HEROES 3 DIAMOND TATHAGATA 4 GOODFELLA 5 INVADER 6 KEMENTARI 7 MENARI 8 PARIAH 9 PERAST 10 QIJI PHOENIX 11… Read More »
Golden Rose aspirant Shogun Sun has had a freshen-up as he prepares to take another step towards the Group One race in Sydney. Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida thought long and hard before committing Shogun Sun to Saturday’s Three-Year-Old Handicap (1100m) at the Gold Coast. Schweida sent Shogun Sun to spend… Read More »
Menari and Trapeze Artist have helped their sire Snitzel to a record number of two-year-old winners this season and have stepped up preparations for their three-year-old season in Rosehill barrier trials. The two are both trained by Gerald Ryan and finished fourth and sixth respectively in the Golden Slipper, making… Read More »
PRIZE MONEY INCREASES AND RACE DATE CHANGES: * Craven Plate (Group Three, 2000m) $500,000 (from $150,000) changed from September 30 to October 14 * City Tatts Lightning (Listed, 1200m) $500,000 (from $150,000) changed from October 21 to October 14; * Hill Stakes – Group Two changed from 2000m to 1800m… Read More »
