The time-honoured Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) is one of five Group 1 events at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday afternoon, where 11 three-year-olds are set to take their place in the $750,000 feature.
The Chris Waller-trained Militarize has been installed as the early +200 favourite post barrier draw, with online bookmakers quick to acknowledge the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) as the most traditional lead-up to this contest.
Militarize finished runner-up on that occasion, while the second market elect, Tom Kitten (+260) wasn’t far away managing a fourth-place finish.
Hugh Bowman makes the trip across from Hong Kong to take the ride aboard the James Cummings-trained galloper and looks to be drawn ideally in barrier two.
The Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) winner Riff Rocket (+450) makes his return to Sydney after achieving a minor placing in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington second-up on March 2.
Nash Rawiller is set to take the reins from barrier eight and is the beneficiary of James McDonald sticking aboard stablemate Militarize.
Training duo Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young send their undefeated gelding Immediacy (+750) to Sydney for the first time and is well-respected in the market after a dominant performance in the Group 2 Autumn Classic (1800m) at Caulfield on February 28.
The Ciaron Maher-trained King Colorado (+1100) leads the charge of those at double-figure odds, along with Cafe Millennium (+1500) and Ganbare (+1500) likely have some support in the lead-up.
The 2024 Rosehill Guineas is race six on the Rosehill program and is set to get underway at 3:15pm local time.
2024 Rosehill Guineas Final Field
1. Militarize (7)
- T: Chris Waller
- J: James McDonald
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 22×85
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Dundeel (NZ)
- Dam: Amerindia (GB)
-153.85
2. Riff Rocket (8)
- T: Chris Waller
- J: Nash Rawiller
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 31×12
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Brown
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: AMerican Pharoah (USA)
- Dam: Missile Coda
+105
3. Cafe Millenium (6)
- T: John O’Shea
- J: Tom Marquand
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 39×04
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Not a Single Doubt
- Dam: Veloce Forte
+290
4. Tom Kitten (2)
- T: James Cummings
- J: Hugh Bowman
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 456×1
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Harry Angel (IRE)
- Dam: Transfers
-133.33
5. King Colorado (3)
- T: Ciaron Maher
- J: Mark Zahra
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 022×0
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Kingman (GB)
- Dam: More Aspen (USA)
+240
6. Ganbare (4)
- T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
- J: Tim Clark
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 97×38
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Maurice (JPN)
- Dam: Mardi
+290
7. Immediacy (12)
- T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
- J: Luke Currie
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 111
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Tarzino (NZ)
- Dam: But Beautiful (IRE)
+180
8. Cap Ferrat (9)
- T: Chris Waller
- J: Ryan Moore
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 76×23
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Snitzel
- Dam: C’est Beau La Vie
+450
9. Ceolwulf (11)
- T: Joseph Pride
- J: Blake Shinn
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 66x6x
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Brown
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Tavistock (NZ)
- Dam: Las Brisas (GB)
+340
10. Ducasse (1)
- T: Michael Freedman
- J: Tyler Schiller
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 781×3
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Colt
- Sire: Trapeze Artist
- Dam: Custard
+850
11. Cosmic Lad (10)
- T: Edward Cummings
- J: Chad Schofield
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 0314
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Brown
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Adelaide (IRE)
- Dam: Halimede
+850
12. Steel Blaze (5)
- T: Brett Lazzarini
- J: Reece Jones
- W: 56.5kg
- F: 9187x
- Age: 3YO
- Color: Bay
- Sex: Gelding
- Sire: Real Steel (JPN)
- Dam: Aliyana Tilde
+1800
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