The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse based in Sydney’s West comes to life during the spring as it hosts some of the city’s most exciting and anticipated days of the year. The action kicks off in late July/early August and runs through to September at Rosehill as it forms part of the illustrious Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Below we have the traditional outline of the Rosehill Gardens Spring Racing Carnival, so make sure you get familiar with it so when the highlight of the horse racing season rolls around you know which races to put a dollar down on.
Missile Stakes Day
The Missile Stakes Day features the first stakes race of the Sydney season – the Group Three Missiles Stakes, and with $125,000 in prize money sees the best weight-for-age runners compete over the 1,100 metre mark. Normally taking place at the end of July, it will move to the Randwick course on the San Domenico Stakes Day in 2010 as the final day of the previous racing season fell on the traditional Missile Stakes Day.
Premiere Stakes Day
Held in early August, the Premier Stakes Day holds two Group races at the Rosehill Gardens Spring Racing Carnival – the feature being the Group Two Premier Stakes. Another weight-for-age event, the Premiere Stakes is a 1,200m race with a prize purse of $150,000.
Also taking place on Premiere Stakes Day is the Group Three The Run To The Rose. The three-year-old quality handicap worth $125,000 is raced over 1,300m and is the perfect lead up to the Golden Rose two weeks later – so is a must watch race for keen punters.
Golden Rose Day
The Golden Rose Day is when the spring racing action at the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse really amps up as it features the first Group One race of the Sydney spring season – the Group One Golden Rose. Taking place over 1,400m, the Golden Rose is the richest Sydney Spring Racing Carnival event worth $1 million and is for three-year-olds at set weights.
The Group Three Concorde Stakes also goes ahead on the Golden Rose Day. Worth $125,000 in prize money, the Concorde Stakes is a quality handicap for three-year-olds and over and takes place over 1,100m.
Theo Marks Stakes Day
Held towards the beginning of September, the Theo Marks Stakes Day hosts three Group status races – the highlight being the Group Two Theo Marks Stakes. A quality handicap for three-year-olds and over, the Theo Marks Stakes is worth $200,000 and takes place over 1,300m.
The Group Three Research Stakes (1200m) is another attraction to Rosehill, and worth $125,000 is a quality handicap for fillies and mares three-years-old.
Rounding off the Group action on Theo Marks Stakes Day is the Group Three Kingston Town Stakes (2000m), which is a quality handicap for three-year-olds and over worth $100,000.
Gloaming Stakes Day
Rounding off the action at the Rosehill Gardens Spring Racing Carnival is the Gloaming Stakes Day which features the Group Three Gloaming Stakes (1800m) worth $250,000 for three-year-olds at set weights.
The Group Two Tea Rose Stakes (1500m) is another favourite for spectators and draws the top three-year-old fillies to race at set weights for a share in the $150,000 purse. The Group Two Shannon Stakes (1500m) forms the Gloaming Stakes Day, and as a quality handicap for three-year-olds and over is worth $150,000.
Rounding off the action for the spring period at the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is the Group Two Hill Stakes (1900m), and the weight-for-age event is worth $150,000.
