Run To The Rose Race Information
The Run To The Rose is a 1200 metre set weights plus penalties race for three-year-olds run by the Australian Turf Club held in September. It is run at Rosehill as part of the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
- Race Type: Group 2
- Distance: 1200 metres
- Conditions: Set weights plus penalties, 3YOs
- Track: Rosehill Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales
- Prizemoney: $300,000
- Date: Saturday 9 September 2023
Run To The Rose Race History
See the 2023 Run To The Rose Preview and results
See the 2022 Run To The Rose Preview and results
See the 2021 Run To The Rose Preview and results
See the 2020 Run To The Rose Preview and results
The race was first run as a Listed race over 1300m in 2003 when it was won by Gilded Youth. It is a traditional lead-up race to the Group 1 Golden Rose. When In Secret won in 2022 she was the first filly to ever win the race.
The Group 3 San Domenico Stakes over 1100m at Rosehill two weeks earlier is often used as a lead-up to this race.
Fun Facts
Fastest time (1200m): Menari (2017) 1:08:5
Run To The Rose & Golden Rose: Astern (2016); Exosphere (2015); Hallowed Crown (2014); Denman (2009); Paratroopers (2005)
Interesting trivia: In Secret (2022) was the first filly to win this race.
Past winners of the Run To The Rose
Winners of The Run To The Rose go on to try and win the Golden Rose which is the richest 3YO race in the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2023 | Cylinder | Moravia | Nadal |
| 2022 | In Secret | Best Of Bordeaux | Sweet Ride |
| 2021 | Anamoe | In The Congo | Remarque |
| 2020 | Rothfire | Ole Kirk | North Pacific |
| 2019 | Bivouac | Yes Yes Yes | Exceedance |
| 2018 | Lean Mean Machine | Graff | Jonker |
| 2017 | Menari | Pariah | Perast |
| 2016 | Astern | Star Turn | Impending |
| 2015 | Exosphere | Press Statement | Holler |
| 2014 | Hallowed Crown | Kumaon | Ygritte |
| 2013 | Va Pensiero | Dissident | Marseille Roulette |
| 2012 | Pierro | Your Song | Epaulette |
| 2011 | Smart Missile | Foxwedge | Helmet |
| 2010 | Squamosa | Masquerader | Testarhythm |
| 2009 | Denman | More than Great | Bombay Sling |
| 2008 | Desuetude | Maybe I | Emperor Bonaparte |
| 2007 | El Cambio | Rapid Jacko | Turffontein |
| 2006 | Mentality | He’s No Pie Eater | Boncoeur |
| 2005 | Paratroopers | Pendragon | Thunderbird Hill |
| 2004 | Eremein | Uber | Econsul |
| 2003 | Gilded Youth | Charmview | Confectioner |