Last Saturday, January 2, Rosehill Gardens Racecourse hosted a bumper day of racing that saw the running of eight quality races.
The first race of the day, the Golden Slipper Festival on Sale Handicap (1100m) was taken out in style by two-year-old One More Grand, the small colt defeating a quality field including runner-up Rock My Heart by nearly four lengths and third placegetter Much Much More.
Another notable win on the day included the Peter Snowden-trained Pinwheel in race two, the Rosehill Gardens Event Centre Handicap (1200m), which gave the unbeaten runner a hat-trick of victories. Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, the favourite at $1.60 managed to beat home the Chris Waller-trained Gangitano ($12) by four-and-a-half lengths with Malambo ($10) in third.
Snowden also saw some success in race three, the $250 000 Jackpot BIG6 Handicap (1400m), the trainer taking out second and third placings with Aultone and Counterpane behind the David Payne-trained winner Girl Hussler; as well as taking out race five, the Canterbury Park Event Centre Handicap, with his horse Renaissance.
The next meeting at Rosehill will be tomorrow’s barrier trials, with 14 heats taking place from 8:15am – 10:25am. The Guy Walter-trained Hood will draw a bit of attention in Heat 10 (900m), the three-year-old a half brother to the former champion racehorse Tie The Knot, a 13 time Group 1 winner.
Rosehill Gardens Race Results – Saturday January 2nd 2010:
Race # |
Race Name |
Distance |
Winner |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Second |
Third |
| 1 | Golden Slipper Festival on Sale Handicap | 1100m | ONE MORE GRAND | Neville Layt | Tommy Berry | ROCK MY HEART | MUCH MUCH MORE |
| 2 | Rosehill Gardens Event Centre Handicap | 1200m | PINWHEEL | Peter Snowden | Kerrin McEvoy | GANGITANO | MALAMBO |
| 3 | $250 000 Jackpot BIG6 Handicap | 1400m | GIRL HUSSLER | David Payne | Brenton Avdulla | AULTONE | COUNTERPANE |
| 4 | Gold Coast International Hotel Handicap | 2400m | BRABANT | John Hubbard | Kerrin McEvoy | DAAD’S OVERTIME | UNIVERAL JEWEL |
| 5 | Canterbury Park Event Centre Handicap | 1400m | RENAISSANCE | Peter Snowden | Timothy Bell | MISS INDEPENDENT | GIGAS |
| 6 | Green Day at the Gardens 6 FEB Handicap | 1500m | INFORMALITY | John O’Shea | Timothy Bell | THEOPHORUS | KUDETA |
| 7 | Night Races at Canterbury Park Handicap | 1900m | CARNEGIES CRUZIN | Chris Waller | Hugh Bowman | CHELMSFORD | IRONSTEIN |
| 8 | www.theslipper.com.au Handicap | 1500m | TRADER | Anothony Cummings | Brenton Avdulla | STRATOFORTRESS | APPARITIONS |
