The Run to the Roses

The Run to the Roses
Group 3 race
Location Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inaugurated 2003
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Sponsor Motor Traders' Association New South Wales (2014)
Race information
Distance 1,200 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight set weights with penalties
Purse $125,000 (2014)

The Run to the Roses is a Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres, at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney in August.[1] Prizemoney is A$125,000.

Race history

Race name

Race distance

Race grade

Past winners

  • 2014 - Hallowed Crown[4]
  • 2013 - Va Pensiero[5]
  • 2012 - Pierro[6]
  • 2011 - Smart Missile[7]
  • 2010 - Squamosa[8]
  • 2009 - Denman[9]
  • 2008 - Desuetude[10]
  • 2007 - El Cambio[11]
  • 2006 - Mentality[12]
  • 2005 - Paratroopers[3]
  • 2004 - Eremein[2]
  • 2003 - Gilded Youth[13]

See also

References