Rosehill Guineas Day is held on Saturday the 29th of March, 2014. Hosted at the beautiful Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, this special day of racing features three Group 1 races and a range of supporting events. Along with all the racing action, highlights of the day also include a Ladies Pamper Lounge, live music, and the chance to share in the $30,000 ‘Win a Cracking Fortune’ prize pool.
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The racing program for Rosehill Guineas Day has been given a major boost with the addition of the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes. This $1M event is run over 2000 metres and continually attracts the best horses in the country. Joined by the $500,000 Rosehill Guineas and the $400,000 The Galaxy, a quality day of thoroughbred racing action is guaranteed.
| Times | Race Name | Distance | |
| Race 1 | 12.15 PM | AMBASSADOR TRAVEL N E MANION CUP (3YO&UP) | 2400m |
| Race 2 | 12.50 PM | BOWERMANS OFFICE FURNITURE PAGO PAGO STAKES (2YO C&G SET WEIGHTS) | 1200m |
| Race 3 | 1.30 PM | HYLAND RACE COLOURS BIRTHDAY CARD STAKES (3YO&UP F&M) | 1200m |
| Race 4 | 2.10 PM | IRT MAGIC NIGHT STAKES (2YO F SET WEIGHTS) | 1200m |
| Race 5 | 2.45 PM | RANDWICK EQUINE CENTRE DARBY MUNRO STAKES (3YO) | 1200m |
| Race 6 | 3.20 PM | BLOODSTOCK.COM.AU GALAXY ( YO) | 1100m |
| Race 7 | 4.00 PM | GEORGE RYDER STAKES (3YO&UP) | 1500m |
| Race 8 | 4.40 PM | TAB.COM.AU ROSEHILL GUINEAS (3YO SET WEIGHTS) | 2000m |
| Race 9 | 5.20 PM | PERCY SYKES TRIBUTE STAKES (3YO&UP F&M) | 1900m |
Along with all the racing action, racegoers can look forward to a $30,000 competition, live music, giveaways, and lots of dining options for everyone to enjoy. The ‘Win a Cracking Fortune’ prize pool is in celebration of the Year of the Horse, with $30,000 worth of prizes up for grabs across all 6 days of the BMW Sydney Carnival. If you are one of the first 8,000 people through the gates, you receive a complimentary fortune cookie and could win a prize.
Gates open on Rosehill Guineas Day at 11.00am, with the first race held at 12.15pm and the last race at 5.20pm. General admission tickets are $25 at the gate, with concession tickets available for $12.50.
In the news:
A gear change, wet weather and a distance rise.
It’s a combination trainer Colin Scott hopes can inspire Speediness to a breakthrough Group One win in the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday .
Disregarding Speediness’s last-start Canterbury Stakes failure, Scott expects the six-year-old to stamp himself as a genuine Doncaster Mile contender with his performance in Saturday’s 1500m race.
Speediness has been thereabouts at Group One level, including a luckless fourth in the Toorak Handicap and a close third to George Ryder rival Boban in the Emirates Stakes.
A second-up placing behind star mare Appearance in the Apollo Stakes signalled he was on-track for a fruitful autumn.
Then came a seventh in the Canterbury Stakes when nothing went right.
“We’ve decided to just put last start behind us,” Scott said.
“He over-raced badly and Damien (Oliver) said he made a bit of a noise so we’re of the theory he maybe choked down.”
That prompted Scott to apply a tongue tie for the Ryder.
“He’s had a couple of really solid hitouts this week in the tongue tie and he hasn’t missed a beat,” Scott said.
“He’s come right on fitness-wise.”
Rosehill is rated heavy but the track conditions don’t concern Scott who believes the horse is at his best on rain-affected ground.
“I’m very confident whatever the going is he’ll get through it,” he said.
Speediness has 54kg in next month’s $3 million Doncaster Mile, 5kg less than he will carry under the weight-for-age conditions of the Ryder.
