Rosehill Races

On Saturday, Rosehill held their latest race meeting headlined by the $100 000 Listed Schweppes Frank Underwood Cup (2000m) where Rabbuka claimed victory.

Local trainer Gai Waterhouse added another win to her name when her runner Rabbuka, the $4.20 favourite, claimed victory 1 1/4 lengths ahead of the Peter Snowden-trained Spinney ($5.50) with Adelaide Cup winner Zavite ($16), trained by Anthony Cummings, coming in third.

It was a gallant run by seven-year-old Zavite, who carried the topweight of 59kg and did well to finish in the top three after missing the start.

Carrying the second heaviest weight of 57.5kg did nothing to slow Rabbuka down as he stormed to the winning post first in a time of 2:03.36 for his first 2000m victory.

Jockey Nash Rawiller followed Waterhouse’s instructions and rode the six-year-old Giant’s Causeway gelding aggressively to the line in a lead-all-the-way win.

The second favourite at $3.30, Rainbow Styling, failed to live up to the punter’s expectations, coming in fifth just behind fourth placegetter Theophorus ($9.50) after the wide barrier draw proved too much for the Hawkes-trained five-year-old.

Rabbuka has now won eight of his 21 career starts for over $390 000 in prizemoney.

Next on the cards at Rosehill are barrier trials on Friday 22^nd January, followed by the course’s next feature race meeting the Racing Rewards Inglis Classic Race Day on Saturday the 23^rd.

2010 Frank Underwood Cup Results: