The Orr Stakes looks vintage with top miler Mr Brightside facing a challenge from strong field including rising three-year-old Veight.
Unfashionable four-year-old gelding Our Kobison promises to be the scene-stealer on Saturday amid the bred-in-the-purple youngsters taking the next step on Rosehill’s so-called “pathway to the golden autumn”.
The debut of $1.5 million yearling Switzerland in the two-year-old race over 1000m could be a catalyst for lifting the Sydney summer doldrums on a program that looks otherwise average.
Joe Pride is happy to make hay while the sun shines over the low-key summer racing program.
The Chris Waller-trained Chrysaor is a major contender in the $3 million Magic Millions Guineas for Star Thoroughbreds.
Daring tactics lifted a mundane card at Randwick last week,and I’m hoping for more of the same to start the new year at headquarters.
Sure,the Indian Ocean is warmer,but legendary trainer Gai Waterhouse showed recently that she is still very much hands-on whether by land or sea.
The late “Jock” Gollogly has been described as a “scallywag”;I’d say always affable with a hint of mischief.
The manner in which Damien Oliver overcame heartache in the truest sense of the word only adds to his incredible career in the saddle.
Rawiller is riding in dominant fashion and can continue his winning run at Randwick on Saturday.
The Golden Slipper shines bright among memories of the western Sydney racecourse. But it was the people as much as the horses who wrote the Rosehill story.