2013 Rosehill Guineas

The Rosehill Guineas is a 2,000 metre race for three-year-olds at set weights. It is run by the Australian Turf Club and held at Rosehill during late March.

Race Type: Group 1, 3YO Set Weights
Distance: 2,000 metres
Track: Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales
Date: Saturday 30 March 2013

The Rosehill Guineas was first run in 1910 over 7 furlongs (about 1400 metres) and was won by Electric Wire. The distance rose to nine furlongs in 1915 then increased to a testing 10 furlongs in 1948. It converted to 2000 metres in 1973 and was given Group 1 status in 1980 when it was won by Kingston Town.

In past years the major lead-up race was the Canterbury Guineas over 1900m but in 2006 that race was replaced by the Randwick Guineas over 1600 metres. Good horses then go on to the AJC Australian Derby. These three races are the three-year-old Triple Crown in Sydney. From 2006 only Metal Bender has won both the Randwick Guineas and Rosehill Guineas, and Octagonal was the last horse to win the Triple Crown in 1996.

Rosehill Guineas Final Field & Odds 2013

See below for early markets for this years Rosehill Guineas.

Rosehill Guineas Preview & Tips 2013

Track: Good    Weather: Fine

There are only nine acceptances for the $500,000 MJ Bale Rosehill Guineas. The odds-on favourite is It’s A Dundeel who won the Randwick Guineas last outing, and has now won 6 of his 9 starts. Second in the market is Fiveandahalfstar who has ran a close 2^nd at all four of his starts this campaign. The only other runner currently at single figure odds is Hvasstan who won the Group 2 Alister Clark in Melbourne last start.

Sacred Falls has won 6 of his 8 starts and will appreciate the extra distance.  Tatra was 3^rd in the Randwick Guineas at big odds, and should be fitter now. Twisted Emotions has won his last two starts, but in much weaker company. Solemn won the Geelong Classic back in October, but has shown little at his 2 runs back this campaign. Kingdoms and Bloodbuzz Ohio have only a maiden win each at non-metropolitan tracks. The favourite should win this race well.

The following are the top 4 selections from our tipster panel for this years race.

Past winners of the Rosehill Guineas:

It takes a top class three-year-old to win this race and past winners include great names like Phar Lap, Ajax, Tulloch, Dulcify, Strawberry Road, Naturalism, Tie The Knot and Sky Heights. In over a hundred years of racing less than 10 fillies have managed to win this tough race with the most recent being Riverina Charm in 1989.

Many Rosehill Guineas winners go on to win the AJC Derby and a few have gone on to be successful in the BMW, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate. Eskimo Prince (1964) is the only Golden Slipper winner to win the Rosehill Guineas and Phar Lap is the only winner to win a Melbourne Cup with a Guineas win in 1929 and the Cup in 1930.