The Rosehill Guineas is a Group 1 race for three-year-olds held annually in late March at Rosehill racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales during the autumn racing carnival. The race is run over a distance of 2000 metres under set weight conditions and worth $500,000 in prizemoney. The 2011 Rosehill Guineas was won by Jimmy Choux from Retrieve with Shamrocker third.
The Rosehill Guineas is a good horse's race and one of the better three-year-old events to be held during the Sydney autumn carnival. The Rosehill Guineas is the first test at 2000m for three-year-olds at the elite level and the Gr1 Randwick Guineas is the logical lead up to this race. Classy 3yo Metal Bender (2009) was the last galloper to take out the Randwick Guineas & Rosehill Guineas double.
Many of Australia's very best three-year-olds have won the Rosehill Guineas including Sky Heights (1999), Tie The Knot (1998), Octagonal (1996), Danewin (1995), Naturalism (1992) and Sky Chase (1988).
The Guineas is the first real staying test for three-year-olds in Group One class and is often a good pointer to the premier 3yo event of the autumn, the Gr1 AJC Australian Derby over 2400m later in the month at Randwick. The last horse to win both races was Eremein (2005) and before that, Sky Heights (1999).
The 2008 Rosehill Guineas provided 2nd (Red Ruler), 3rd (Littorio) and 4th (Dealer Principal) placegetters in that years AJC Derby, while 2009 AJC Derby winner Roman Emperor (2009) ran fifth in this race prior to his Derby success.
Jimmy Choux (2011) won the Gr1 New Zealand Derby prior to scoring a fast finishing win in this event and recent Rosehill Guineas winners incude Zabrasive (2010) and Metal Bender (2009).
2011 Rosehill Guineas result
1. $4.60 Jimmy Choux 56.5 J Riddell
2. $6.00 Retrieve 56.5 K Mc Evoy
3. $5.50 Shamrocker 54.5 D Oliver
then followed
4. $8.00 Light Brigade 56.5 N Rawiller
5. $18.00 Masquerader 56.5 J Bowman
6. $51.00 He's Remarkable 56.5 M Rodd
7. $10.00 Anacheeva 56.5 G Schofield
8. $4.80 Absolutelyawesome 56.5 G Boss
9. $21.00 Praecido 56.5 C W Brown
10. $19.00 Domesky 56.5 Nicholas Hall
11. $81.00 Shootoff 56.5 R M Quinn
12. $301.00 Ducarius 56.5 C Reith
13. $401.00 Don't Put It There 56.5 B Pengelly
Margins: 1/2 len, len Time: 2:05.33
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