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Rosehill Guineas

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RIFF ROCKET winning the Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas at Rosehill in Australia.
RIFF ROCKET winning the Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas at Rosehill in Australia. Picture: Steve Hart

The Rosehill Guineas is a Group 1 race for three year olds conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Rosehill Gardens.

The Rosehill Guineas was first run in 1910 and was won by Electric Wire.

The Rosehill Guineas is run over 2000m under set weight conditions and has been run at that trip since 1948. It is the traditional lead up to the ATC Australian Derby.

The Canterbury Guineas was the normal first leg of the Sydney Autumn 3yo Triple Crown but that changed in 2006 when that race was reduced to a mile and became the Randwick Guineas. The Rosehill Guineas has been more of a stayers race.

Since the Randwick Guineas came into existence, only Metal Bender (2009), Dundeel (2013) and The Autumn Sun (2019) have done the double.

There have only been 8 fillies win the Rosehill Guineas - Carlita (1914), Furious (1921), Tea Rose (1944), Questing (1945), Wenona Girl (1960), Deck The Halls (1981), Spirit Of Kingston (1985), Riverina Charm (1989).

That said the fillies tend to run a week later against their own sex but those that take on the boys have run very good races. Montefilia, Jameka, Silent Achiever, Shamrocker, Run For Naara, Nevis, Sunday Joy and Tycoon Lil have all placed since the last filly winner.

Despite being the obvious lead up to the Derby, only 7 times in the last 31 years has the double been done (Naturalism, Innocent King, Octagonal, Sky Heights, Eremein, Dundeel, Criterion).

New Zealand Derby form can stand up in the Rosehill Guineas. Even with the NZ Derby now run later in the season, it has produced 3 recent winners.

The Autumn Sun ended his stellar but short career winning in 2019 with a record of 8 wins from 9 starts after winning this.

Anamoe bolted away with the 2022 edition and showed his true form was worthy of that winning the Cox Plate in October.

In 2024 the Rosehill Guineas was worth $750,000.

Between 1992 & 1999, five times the Victoria Derby runner up won the Rosehill Guineas (Naturalism, Danewin, Octagonal, Tie The Knot, Sky Heights). It was the Victoria Derby winner in Riff Rocket who won in 2024.

Notable Winners of the Rosehill Guineas include Furious (1921), Amounis (1925), Phar Lap (1929), Ajax (1937), Tea Rose (1944), Hydrogen (1951), Tulloch (1957), Wenona Girl (1960), Eskimo Prince (1964), Imagele (1973), Dulcify (1979), Kingston Town (1980), Strawberry Road (1983), Surfers Paradise (1991), Naturalism (1992), Danewin (1995), Octagonal (1996), Tie The Knot (1998), Sky Heights (1999), Dundeel (2013), Criterion (2014), The Autumn Sun (2019), Castelvecchio (2020), Anamoe (2022) and Riff Rocket (2024).

The 2024 Rosehill Guineas was won by Riff Rocket from Ceolwulf and Cap Ferrat.


Racing and Sports

Previous Rosehill Guineas Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
RIFF ROCKET (AUS) 3G
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - MISSILE CODA (AUS) SMART MISSILE (AUS)
N RAWILLER 56.5 CHRIS WALLER 7
LINDERMANN (AUS) 3C
LONHRO (AUS) - SELF ESTEEM (AUS) STRATUM (AUS)
N RAWILLER 56.5 CHRIS WALLER 8
ANAMOE (AUS) 3C
STREET BOSS (USA) - ANAMATO (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD 56.5 JAMES CUMMINGS 6
MO'UNGA (NZ) 3C
SAVABEEL (AUS) - CHANDELIER (NZ) O'REILLY (NZ)
TOMMY BERRY 56.5 ANNABEL NEASHAM 6
CASTELVECCHIO (AUS) 3C
DUNDEEL (NZ) - ST. THERESE (AUS) DEHERE (USA)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 56.5 RICHARD LITT 5
THE AUTUMN SUN (AUS) 3C
REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS) - AZMIYNA (IRE) GALILEO (IRE)
K MCEVOY 56.5 CHRIS WALLER 3
D'ARGENTO (AUS) 3C
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - FULLAZZ (AUS) REDOUTE'S CHOICE (AUS)
HUGH BOWMAN 56.5 CHRIS WALLER 8
GINGERNUTS (NZ) 3G
IFFRAAJ (GB) - DOUBLE ELLE (NZ) GENEROUS (IRE)
O P BOSSON 56.5 S AUTRIDGE & J RICHARDS 4
TARZINO (NZ) 3C
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - ZARZINO (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ)
C NEWITT 56.5 MICK PRICE 2
VOLKSTOK'N'BARRELL (NZ) 3G
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - VOLKSTER (NZ) VOLKSRAAD (GB)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 56.5 D LOGAN 2
CRITERION (NZ) 3C
SEBRING (AUS) - MICA'S PRIDE (AUS) BITE THE BULLET (USA)
HUGH BOWMAN 56.5 DAVID PAYNE 12
DUNDEEL (NZ) 3C
HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) - STAREEL (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ)
JAMES MCDONALD 56.5 MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN 3
LASER HAWK (AUS) 3G
ARTIE SCHILLER (USA) - HIGH HEELS (AUS) CANNY LAD (AUS)
N RAWILLER 56.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 8
JIMMY CHOUX (NZ) 3C
THORN PARK (AUS) - CIERZO (NZ) CENTAINE (AUS)
J K RIDDELL 56.5 JOHN BARY 6
ZABRASIVE (NZ) 3G
ZABEEL (NZ) - DANASIA (AUS) DANEHILL (USA)
N RAWILLER 56.5 JOHN O'SHEA 1
METAL BENDER (NZ) 3G
DANASINGA (AUS) - JACQWIN (AUS) BLUEBIRD (USA)
D NIKOLIC 56.5 JACK DENHAM 5
DEALER PRINCIPAL (AUS) 3G
FLYING SPUR (AUS) - VOLTE (AUS) MARAUDING (NZ)
P ROBL 56.5 ANTHONY CUMMINGS 3
HE'S NO PIE EATER (AUS) 3C
CANNY LAD (AUS) - LADIES' DAY (CAN) ASCOT KNIGHT (CAN)
HUGH BOWMAN 56.5 GRAEME ROGERSON 10
DE BEERS (NZ) 3C
QUEST FOR FAME (GB) - CHIMEARA (AUS) DANEHILL (USA)
CRAIG WILLIAMS 56.5 D A HAYES 4
EREMEIN (AUS) 3G
TIMBER COUNTRY (USA) - MARREGO (AUS) MARSCAY (AUS)
C W BROWN 56.5 ALLAN DENHAM 8
NIELLO (AUS) 3C
OCTAGONAL (NZ) - SHADEA (NZ) STRAIGHT STRIKE (USA)
D BEADMAN 56.5 JOHN HAWKES 2
HELENUS (AUS) 3C
HELISSIO (FR) - WORLDWIDE ELSIE (USA) JAVA GOLD (USA)
STEVEN KING 56.5 LEON CORSTENS 11
CARNEGIE EXPRESS (NZ) 3G
CARNEGIE (IRE) - HONEYMOON EXPRESS (NZ) STAR WAY (GB)
L V CASSIDY 55.5 MS G WATERHOUSE 2
SALE OF CENTURY (NZ) 3G
PRIZED (USA) - TRIO (NZ) DEPUTY GOVERNOR (USA)
L V CASSIDY 55.5 JOHN HAWKES 6
DIATRIBE (AUS) 3C
BRIEF TRUCE (USA) - GABBING GLORIA (USA) DESERT WINE (USA)
J CASSIDY 55.5 GEORGE HANLON 5

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