Queen Regent achieved one of last season’s major Black Type upsets, and the connections involved are eager for another chance at a feature race victory at significant odds.

The Blake Ryan-trained filly is slated to resume racing this Saturday in the $200,000 Listed The Rosebud at Rosehill, her first appearance since a stunning win in the Woodlands Stakes at Scone in May.

The daughter of Wild Ruler was a $151 outsider at Scone, having previously been priced at $201, and is currently available at $51 in all-in betting markets for this week’s event.

The Rosebud will mark Queen Regent’s first start as a three-year-old. Ryan acknowledges that facing the colts presents a new challenge, but he indicated that this is the calibre of race he must now target with the star of his Hawkesbury stable.

“There’s nowhere to hide anymore – she’s a Black Type winner, so you’ve got to run in them,” Ryan said. “I’m confident that she’s improved and strengthened. Where that leaves her, we’ll find out Saturday.”

The Woodlands Stakes was only the second start for Queen Regent, whose debut saw her finish fourth in a 1000m Hawkesbury maiden just over a month earlier.

She finished sixth in her sole trial this preparation but was beaten less than 1-1/2 lengths by Hostwin King, a horse who could be a rival on Saturday.

Ryan admitted he would have preferred to keep Queen Regent competing against her own sex for her first-up run. However, he opted for the 1100m of The Rosebud over a 1200m resumption, believing the race will offer a clearer picture of her campaign potential.

“She’s only had the two starts, one at 1000 and one at 1100, but you come back into spring and all the fillies races kick off at 1200, whereas the colts get two cracks at 1100 – Saturday and the San Domenico (Stakes),” he explained. “I didn’t really want to go to 1200 first-up when I don’t know if she can get it. So, I thought we’ll go to The Rosebud and, if she measured up, then we’ll go three weeks into the Furious.”

The $300,000 Furious Stakes, a Group 2 race for fillies over 1200m, is scheduled for Randwick on September 5.

Queen Regent is one of 25 entries for The Rosebud, with potential rivals including the highly-touted colt Central Europe from Chris Waller’s yard, along with Blue Door and Castillo King, who have both won their only start. Chilly Girl, trained by Ryan’s father Gerald and his partner Sterling Alexiou, is also among the contenders.

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