Nine entertaining races featured on the card, headlined by the world’s richest race for two-year-olds and the first leg of the prestigious Triple Crown for two-year-olds, the $3.5million Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m).

This year the 2010 Golden Slipper was won by the impressive Stratum filly Crystal Lily. Crystal Lily ($6), who looked an unsure winner after racing erratically out wide on the home straight, held on to claim a ½ length win ahead of another late entry runner Decision Time ($26) with More Strawberries ($12), the less fancied runner behind Brightexpectations ($8.50) from the stables of Gai Waterhouse, in third a further length away.

Brightexpectations was one of many disappointing short-priced runners who found the tough conditions and intense competition of the Golden Slipper too demanding, finishing a dismal 12^th one behind the odds-on favourite Military Rose ($3.50) in 11^th.

Follow the link to read more about Crystal Lily’s 2010 Golden Slipper Win.

The Golden Slipper ran as race seven at Rosehill on Saturday, but earlier in the day an incredible four other Group 1 races were held in anticipation of the scheduled highlight.

The first of the Group 1 features was the $400,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m), previously known as the Storm Queen Stakes, where Bart Cumming’s elite three-year-old filly Faint Perfume ($4.60) claimed a narrow ½ neck victory ahead of classy rival Valdemoro ($8.50). The top two finishing fillies left the rest of the field in their wake with the next closest runner, third placegetter Absolute Faith ($51) five and a half lengths further back.

Click on the link to see the complete 2010 Vinery Stud Stakes Results.

Following the Vinery Stud Stakes was the $400,000 Group 1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1500m), where Australia’s most impressive, popular and highest seeded mare Typhoon Tracy claimed her fifth Group 1 success. The Peter Moody-trained talent started as the hot $1.40 favourite and scored another smart win this time 2 ¼ lengths ahead of Illuminates ($41) with the Gai Waterhouse-trained Montana Flyer ($31) in third.

The second most anticipated and lucrative race at the meeting was next on the programme, the $2.25million Group 1 The BMW (2400m). The testing weight-for-age feature was taken out in a surprise win by Littorio. Littorio ($17), in just his third career win, beat home the Anthony Cummings-trained Zavite ($31) by a mere neck with No Wine No Song ($26) a length away for third.

Race six was the $400,000 Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) where the $4.60 favourite, Danleigh, burst into Doncaster Mile contention with a gallant 1 ¾ length victory ahead of Dao Dao ($7.50) with last year’s third placegetter, King Mufhasa, repeating his performance to again finish two back from the winner just three quarters of a length away.

After all the hype and atmosphere of the Golden Slipper, two races finished off proceedings at the meeting.

The first was the $150,000 Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) won by the John Thompson-trained Count Encosta ($9) who finished three quarters of a length ahead of Gai Waterhouse’s odds-on favourite Descarado ($3.20) with Maluckyday in third.

Gai Waterhouse finally secured a win in the closing race of the day after a frustrating succession of minor placings when Swift Alliance ($4.80) beat home the $3.20 favourite Welkom Gold by ½ a length with Typhoon Zed ($9) finishing third in the $125,000 The Sebring Stakes (1100m), previously known as the Star Kingdom Stakes.

The action of the Sydney autumn racing carnival now moves to the Royal Randwick Racecourse where the Australian Derby Day will take place this Saturday followed over the next few weeks by the Doncaster Handicap Day and Sydney Cup Day. Follow all the action of these great race days at Races.com.au.

Race Results – Rosehill – Saturday April 3, 2010:

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Rosehill’s coveted Golden Slipper Day, the biggest event on the Sydney autumn carnival calendar, is set to take place this Easter Saturday featuring nine elite events to excite and entertain the crowds.

The headline race at the meeting, the one everyone will be there to watch and bet on, is the illustrious $3.5million Group 1 AAMI Golden Slipper (1200m), featuring 15 of the nation’s most promising and talented two-year-olds.

Currently the pre-race favourite for the 2010 Golden Slipper is unbeaten Gold Coast-trained filly Military Rose, the brilliant and versatile juvenile sitting at the top of the betting markets at $3.80 with IASbet.

But a wide barrier eight draw for Military Rose and uncertain track conditions have opened the 2010 Golden Slipper field right up, with any number of talented youngsters well positioned to take out the title.

Other top contenders include the Gai Waterhouse-trained colt Brightexpectations drawn ideally in barrier four and coming straight off an impressive win in the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m), Beneteau in barrier six with Michael Rodd aboard, and two fast starting fillies Crystal Lily and Chance Bye drawn in barriers one and three respectively.

The two opening races at Rosehill on Saturday are Listed events to draw in the spectators, but the first Group status race of the day will be race three at 1:05pm, the $400, 000 Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes, also known as the Storm Queen Stakes.

16 brilliant three-year-old fillies are set to take to the track in the 2010 Vinery Stud Stakes including the Bart Cummings-trained Faint Perfume currently battling for favouritism with the likes of Valdemoro and the Peter Moody’s Set For Fame.

Following the Storm Queen Stakes is another excellent Group 1 race, the $400, 000 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1500m). This year the Queen of the Turf Stakes’ betting has been totally dominated by Australia’s highest rated mare, Typhoon Tracy in barrier 10.

Typhoon Tracy, a winner of nine of her 12 career starts, faces some of her toughest competition on Saturday including another from the Gai Waterhouse stable, More Joyous in barrier six, and the well positioned Sister Madly in barrier one.

Race five on the card for Saturday is the second biggest and most lucrative race at the meeting, the highly anticipated $2.25million Group 1 The BMW (2400m). Again, premier Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse has the odds-on favourite in the event with Theseo in barrier eight.

Following race seven, the Golden Slipper, two more quality group races will take place to finish off a sensational day of racing.

Race eight is the $150, 000 Group 2 MYER Tulloch Stakes (2000m) featuring staying champions trained by many of Australia’s best trainers. The line-up includes the Peter Snowden-trained Kidnapped in barrier eight, the Gai Waterhouse-trained Descarado in barrier seven and two from the stables of John Thompson, Count Encosta (barrier one) and Shamardashing (barrier five).

The closing race at Rosehill on Saturday will be the $125, 000 Group 3 The Sebring Stakes (1100m), an exciting sprint dash featuring Swift Alliance and the David Payne-trained More Than Great.

Rosehill Race Programme – Golden Slipper Day – Saturday April 3:

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Historic trainer Bart Cummings has four horses from his stable set to line-up throughout the day: Griffon in Race 1 the TAB Number 1 Club Handicap, Precedence in Race 3 the Veolia Environmental Services N E Manion Quality Cup, Skorost in Race 4 the Pago Pago Stakes and Rock Classic one of the odds-on favourites in Race 7 the Rosehill Guineas.

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The major drawcard of the day is the $250 000 Inglis Classic (1200m), which is restricted to two year old horses purchased at the Inglis Classic sale last year, and has a field of ten impressive youngsters ready to make their mark.

Only two fillies are contesting the event, Chance Bye and Boomshakalaka. The Marc Conners-trained Boomshakalaka has drawn the coveted barrier one and will be ridden by Tye Angland.

But it is Chance Bye, drawn wide with the far outside barrier ten that has been named as the one to beat. Trained by Michael Tubman, the undefeated daughter of Snitzel is coming off a thrilling win in the Inglis Nursery (1000m) at Randwick and has been installed as the odds-on favourite for Saturday.

She is sure to face some formidable competition as the high calibre of rivals includes the Grahame Begg-trained Ilovethiscity (br. 6) due to be ridden by star hoop Nash Rawiller, and Rick Worthington’s Third Man, drawn ideally in barrier two.

Third Man is by the same thriving first season sire as the warm favourite Chance Bye, Snitzel.

The Mark de Montfort-trained Travaldo has finally had some success with the barrier draw, the young gelding jumping from barrier four. Travaldo has drawn poorly in the majority of his starts, but on Saturday with Mitchell Bell aboard he will be making the most of his natural gate speed and hopefully find a forward position early on.

The Racing NSW Rewards Club Inglis Classic is scheduled to run as race five at the meeting’s cracker eight-event programme and will jump at 3:50pm (NSW time).

2010 Inglis Classic Final Field & Preview:

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:

Gaining much attention is five-year-old Rainbow Styling trained by the Hawkes team including Hall Of Fame inductee John Hawkes, the Zabeel gelding is attempting his third successive victory. Rainbow Styling has drawn wide with barrier nine in the ten-horse field but is still highly fancied to take out the Frank Underwood after his solid last start win in the Listed Tattersalls Cup over the same 2000m distance.

Rainbow Styling will be ridden by Jim Cassidy, who partnered the horse for his Tattersalls Cup victory and is back from suspension just in time for Saturday.

The Anthony Cummings-trained Adelaide Cup winner Zavite has been allocated the heaviest weight of 59kg, the seven-year-old due to be ridden by heavyweight hoop Glyn Schofield from barrier five.

Starting on the inside of Zavite is Rabbuka, trained by Gai Waterhouse and ridden on Saturday by Nash Rawiller.

Meanwhile the Peter Snowden’s ever consistent Spinney has secured barrier one.

The Listed Frank Underwood Cup is scheduled as race six on Saturday.

Rosehill Gardens Race Programme – Saturday January 16, 2010:

2010 Schweppes Frank Underwood Cup Final Field & Barrier Draw:

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 2^nd 2010:

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Angland will mount the highly fancied Nick Olive-trained Voice Commander in the feature race at Doomben this Saturday, and his long-term goal is to pair with the horse again for next month’s $500 000 Magic Million Cup and the Gold Coast.

Voice Commander has had Angland has his regular rider for over 18 months and the duo have won five from their fifteen races together.

Angland has the chance to secure three stakes wins in as many weeks as following the Doomben Stakes he plans to return to Rosehill Gardens with Christmas Cup-winner Scouting Wide for the Summer Cup on Boxing Day.

Denham began as a jockey in 1943 but moved to training instead of riding the animals he was so passionate about a few years later, taking out his trainer’s license in 1948, which proved a very lucrative decision as he went on to train over 3000 winners.

Over his 54 years as a trainer, Denham prepared 59 Group 1 winners. His first was Persian Link in the 1955 Doomben Cup while his final Group 1 success came in the Randwick Guineas this year with Metal Bender.

But it is the 1997 Caulfield – Melbourne Cup double winner, Might And Power, who will be remembered as Denham’s greatest horse. The mighty turf-champion recently installed into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame along with his trainer.

A man who shunned the media and therefore remained relatively unknown to the wider public despite his impressive feats, Denham took out the Sydney trainer’s premiership twice and will go down as one of the superstars of the turf.