Rosehill Guineas

Fitter Khoekhoe on song for Derby assault

Posted on April 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Matt Cumani believes the key to Khoekhoe running out the distance of the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick is having the freshness raced out of him. Khoekhoe was too keen in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) on March 27 when sixth to Mo’unga after settling second behind Grandslam. Cumani said the five[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Annabel Neasham has landed an important milestone in her training career with Mo’Unga providing the Warwick Farm-based horsewoman her first Group 1 winner. Granted her licence at the start of the season, Neasham’s training career has been on an upward spiral since her first runner at Scone last August. But nothing will compare with Mo’unga’s[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O’Shea is hoping it will be a case of like father, like son when Lion’s Roar chases a Group One, 2000 metre target on Golden Slipper day. The three-year-old will bid to add Saturday’s Rosehill Guineas to his victory in the Randwick classic, six years after his sire Contributer – who O’Shea also trained[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Eight months after taking out her trainers’ licence, Annabel Neasham is pinching herself at the prospect of having two Group One runners on one of the biggest race days of the Sydney autumn carnival. Neasham will saddle up Queen Of Wizardry in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) and Mo’Unga in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m).[...]

Posted on March 24, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading trainer Stephen Marsh is getting the best of both worlds with talented mare Belle Fascino. Marsh will produce last month’s Group 3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) winner and her stablemate Bronte Beach in Saturday’s Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. Marsh not only trains the seven-year-old Per[...]

Posted on March 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer David Payne has a handy measuring stick when it comes to pitting Montefilia against the colts and geldings in the Rosehill Guineas. No filly has won the Group One feature since Riverina Charm 32 years ago and only eight have been successful since the race’s inception in 1910. But several have tried, including the[...]

Posted on March 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Anthony Cummings will no doubt be hopeful La Cabana’s surprise win at Randwick on Wednesday will set the trend of longshot victories for the stable this week. La Cabana settled prominent on a slow tempo in the opening event at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday and did enough to hold off a fast closing Tycoon Hallie.[...]

Posted on March 14, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Matt Cumani has had a few sleepless nights and expects a few more before Khoekhoe runs in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) on Saturday. Khoekhoe is on a path towards the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on April 3 and the Rosehill Guineas fits nicely into that program. Khoekhoe is potentially[...]

Posted on March 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

John O’Shea has celebrated his first top level victory since departing Godolphin in 2017 courtesy of Lion’s Roar in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas. The Randwick-based trainer is no stranger to success at the highest level with 28 Group 1 victories to his name prior to Saturday’s Randwick Guineas. Group 1 success number 29 is[...]

Posted on March 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand raider Aegon dominated at his Australian debut but rival trainer John O’Shea believes the locals won’t be such easy pickings in the first leg of Sydney’s three-year-old triple crown. Prepared by master horseman Murray Baker and training partner Andrew Forsman, Aegon showed sparkling acceleration to stretch his unbeaten record to five when he[...]

Posted on March 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neesham is looking forward to lining up New Zealand-bred colt Mo’unga in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The Savabeel three-year-old has just had the one start for Neesham, running third behind Tagaloa and Aysar in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington last month. Mo’unga was[...]

Posted on January 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Aegon’s career looks set to mirror that of his sire Sacred Falls for a little while yet, with a trip to the Sydney autumn carnival on the way. Andrew Forsman, who trains the gelding in partnership with Murray Baker, said Aegon wouldn’t race in New Zealand again this season following his exciting victory over the[...]

Posted on April 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After coming to the fore in the Rosehill Guineas, star colt Castelvecchio will get his chance to go the distance in Australian Derby at Randwick. Trainer Richard Litt was thrilled to see his stable star return to the winner’s circle in the Rosehill Guineas to add an important Group One win at three to go[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Circumstances can change in the blink of an eye in the racing game and never was that more evident than in Sydney on Saturday for siblings John, Mark and Rachael Carter. The Carter’s manage their thoroughbred interests under the Jomara Bloodstock banner and were excited to see two of their racing interests contest Group 1[...]

Posted on March 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Despite a mixed bag of results for his two runners in Sydney on Saturday, Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was pleased with how the day unfolded and the prospects that lie ahead for the pair. The Bostonian further enhanced his reputation as a leading sprinter-miler when he finished a gallant second to Dreamforce in the Group[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Training a star colt comes with its share of pressure and Richard Litt admits he was feeling it before Castelvecchio’s return to the Group One winner’s list in the Rosehill Guineas Runner-up in the Cox Plate last spring, the three-year-old had finished unplaced at his first two campaign runs and the jury was out on[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Castelvecchio has saved his best for the first middle-distance test of his autumn campaign in winning the Rosehill Guineas. Unplaced in two runs since finishing second in last year’s Cox Plate, Castelvecchio relished the 2000m to fend off Prince Fawaz in the $600,000 race. The Guineas is Castelvecchio’s second Group One win after he took[...]

Fitter Khoekhoe on song for Derby assault

Mo’unga provides training newcomer first Group 1

O’Shea hoping lightning can strike twice

Group One breakthrough beckons for Neasham

Belle Fascino in the spotlight as part of Marsh’s big Saturday

Montefilia ready to break fillies’ drought in Guineas

La Cabana Sets Standard For Cummings Outsiders

Khoekhoe to take Derby step at Rosehill

Lion Gives O’Shea And Avdulla Memorable Group 1

O’Shea not scared of unbeaten Kiwi raider

Guineas tilt for Mo’unga

Aegon ready to embark on familiar path

Castelvecchio Can Join Sire As Derby Hero

A day of contrasts for prominent Kiwi owners

Pike satisfied with Sydney returns

Castelvecchio Back In Business In Guineas

Castelvecchio Returns To Best In Guineas

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