The traditional path towards the Golden Rose continues at Rosehill Gardens on Run To The Rose Day.
Another ten races will be run and won and there is plenty of value to be found in betting. You can find all of my Run To The Rose Day Tips below.
Keen Contributer was an easy winner at Scone when resuming this time, and she can make a successful step up in class at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Contributer mare has returned several pleasing performances throughout her career and was unlucky not to win one of these Highway races last time in.
Her first-up effort this time suggested that she has gone to another level, and she should only improve into this contest.
Kimberley Rain looks an ideal Midway type, and she is up to winning Saturday’s edition at Rosehill Gardens.
The Wanjina mare has returned some lovely efforts this time in, and she was last seen recording a dominant win over 1400m at Kembla Grange despite a big drift.
This is obviously harder, but she gets into the race well and is at peak fitness, and we can have an each-way play at the price.
Impulsar has been nothing short out outstanding since arriving in Australia, and he can record another win on Run To The Rose Day.
The Frankel gelding has had four starts for the Maher & Eustace stable, winning three times, including an eye-catching effort in a similar race at Randwick last time out.
He steps out this week in peak order and only has to hold his form to be in the finish again.
There’s a case to be made for a few of them in this 1800m handicap, but last-start winner Hameron is the one that I want to be with again.
Hameron hasn’t returned a poor effort since debuting, recording three times and two second placings from his five career appearances.
He was dominant, albeit in a weaker race at Randwick-Kensington when first-up from a spell, and I like that he has been kept up to the mark with a nice trial since.
Hugh Bowman has options from the rails draw and I can’t find a reason why he won’t be in the finish.
Some talented gallopers will contest the Greg Davis Handicap and there is a case to be made for a few of them, including Bacchanalia.
Bacchanalia hasn’t been seen at the races since May, and while he didn’t win in three appearances last time, he was competitive in some good races.
A repeat of his first-up effort for second behind subsequent Group 1 winner Mazu on Saturday would be enough to win this, and his recent trials have suggested that he is primed for a big return.
Some of the best three-year-olds in work will step out in this year’s Ming Dynasty Quality field and there is plenty of value to be found in betting.
I thought that Basquiat showed some decent signs when third, albeit well beaten by Kibou first-up in the Up & Coming Stakes a fortnight ago, and he’ll take plenty of improvement into this contest.
The Snitzel colt stamped himself as one to watch during a competitive debut prep and ended his season fifth, beaten less than a length in Group 1 company.
James McDonald takes the ride this week, and we can have an each-way play at around the $15 mark.
I thought that Best Of Bordeaux was very flat first-up, and while he could come out and run them ragged this week, I’m still going to take him on.
Fireburn was the standout of her two-year-old crop, and the $6.50 about her in Run To The Rose betting could prove massive overs.
The Rebel Dane filly won the Sweet Embrace, Golden Slipper and Inglis Sires’ in succession, and she was unlucky not to claim legend status when second behind She’s Extreme in the Champagne Stakes.
She’s had the benefit of a couple of trials leading up to her return and Brenton Avdulla understandably keeps the ride.
The Theo Marks Stakes looks the perfect race for Jamaea.
Jamaea was a little inconsistent last time in, but we know how good she can be when she is on, and she kept her best work for late when second in the Toy Show Quality first-up a fortnight ago.
She is yet to miss placing at this point of her preparation, she is drawn and weighted ideally, and I thought that the $8 about her in Theo Marks Stakes betting (at publish) was a touch of overs.
Shades Of Rose has opened our Sheraco Stakes betting favourite after winning each of her last three, but this is a decent rise in class, and I think that there is better value to be found in the market.
The one that I want to be with is Fituese ($16 at publish).
Fituese began slowly and settled off the pace in the Toy Show Quality, but I thought that she was fair through the line late, and she will derive plenty of improvement for that performance.
She’s another runner who has options from the rails draw and we can have a small each-way play.
Arnold is sweating on a run as the field’s first emergency, but he’s certainly the one that I want to be with in the last on Run To The Rose Day should that happen.
The Hinchinbrook gelding has made just three appearances at the races, but he is unlucky not to have won all three, and he has improved noticeably with each.
This will be his toughest task to date, but he has plenty of upside and looks a genuine black type horse.