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Rosehill Guineas 2024 Results: Riff Rocket Flies Home Late Ahead of ATC Derby

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• Pericles Heads 2023 Rosehill Guineas Field & Betting Markets

The Rosehill Guineas is one of the premier Group 1 events for three-year-olds held as part of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival. Conducted by the Australian Turf Club (ATC), it is run at Rosehill Gardens in March on Golden Slipper Stakes Day. The meeting features a total of five Group 1 races with the Rosehill Guineas joined by the Group 1 $4.92 million Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m), the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m), the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), and the Group 1 The Galaxy (1100m).

Restricted to three-year-olds the Rosehill Guineas field is run over a staying trip of 2000 metres and offers $750,000 in total prize money. The traditional autumn lead-up into the event is the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) held a fortnight earlier over 400m shorter. The Randwick Guineas – Rosehill Guineas double has recent been achieved by the likes of Metal Bender (2009), It’s A Dundeel (2013) and The Autumn Sun (2019).

In 2022 the same two horses ran the quinella in both the Randwick Guineas and Rosehill Guineas but in reverse order with Anamoe winning the latter by seven lengths over Converge, while in 2023 Lindermann improved on a Randwick Guineas second to win the Rosehill Guineas in an all-the-way upset.

Anamoe went on to further frank the 2022 Rosehill Guineas form returning in the spring to win five straight Group 1 races including the Cox Plate.

Most runners out of the Rosehill Guineas will continue onto ‘The Championships’ at Royal Randwick in April for a shot at the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m). Criterion (2014) was the last horse to complete the Rosehill Guineas – ATC Australian Derby double.

The Rosehill Guineas winner is exempt from Australian Derby ballot.

As one of the best three-year-old events at the carnival, the Rosehill Guineas always attracts a fine field of contenders and has been won by some true turf champions including Sky Heights (1999), Tie The Knot (1998), Octagonal (1996), Danewin (1995), Naturalism (1992) and Sky Chase (1988), while equine superstars Phar Lap (1929) and Kingstown Town (1980) also recorded impressive victories in the Group 1 event.

The Randwick Guineas – Rosehill Guineas – Australian Derby races make up the coveted Sydney 3YO Triple Crown of races.

The 2024 Rosehill Guineas ran on Saturday March 23, 2024 as part of the bumper Golden Slipper Day card in Sydney and was won in style by Chris Waller’s VRC Derby champ from the spring Riff Rocket who saluted as the $2.70 favourite third-up. 

2024 Rosehill Guineas Results

• 1st: #2 Riff Rocket ($2.70F)
• 2nd: #9 Ceolwulf
• 3rd: #8 Cap Ferrat

Riff Rocket ($2.70F) was excellent third-up for Chris Waller with the spring’s VRC Derby champ heading into the Australian Derby on April 6th a last start Group 1 winner after coming home strong right down the outside to salute for the punters in the 2024 Rosehill Guineas results on Slipper Day.

Click here to read more on the good win by Riff Rocket in the Rosehill Guineas 2024.

2024 Rosehill Guineas Results & Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Rosehill Guineas Odds & Betting

The latest Rosehill Guineas 2024 betting odds this autumn on the Group 1 three-years-old race on Golden Slipper Day will be available below with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au as soon as released.

The Autumn Sun ($1.40 in 2019), Mo’unga ($2.90 in 2021), Anamoe ($1.70 in 2022), and Riff Rocket ($2.70 in 2024) are the latest Rosehill Guineas favourites to salute for the punters.

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2024 Rosehill Guineas Form

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2024 Rosehill Guineas Tips

Stay tuned for our exclusive Rosehill Guineas 2024 Tips on the ATC Derby lead-up this autumn.

• To Win: #2 Riff Rocket ($3 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Chris Waller’s VRC Derby winner Riff Rocket is now deserving favourite in the Rosehill Guineas after stablemate Militarize scratched out in favour of a George Ryder run against the older horses. Third-up from a spell and stepping up in distance suits his profile, potentially unlocking further improvement. He defied expectations with a surprise victory in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) when fresh and ran a credible third in the Australian Guineas (1600m) carrying a significant weight burden. Waller won this race with Lindermann last year and Riff Rocket with Nash Rawiller aboard can go back-to-back for the stable.

2024 Rosehill Guineas Field

The Rosehill Guineas field attracts the season’s best three-year-old staying types typically coming off a Randwick Guineas run over a mile and heading towards the Australian Derby on Day 1 of ‘The Championships’ in April.

The official 2024 Rosehill Guineas field and barriers are released by Racing NSW on the Wednesday leading up to Golden Slipper Day and will be available in full below along with a link to the full Rosehill Guineas Form Guide.

Chris Waller’s VRC Derby champ from the spring, Riff Rocket, heads the Rosehill Guineas 2024 final field in Sydney this weekend.

• Scratched: #1 Militarize (7) is out in favour of a run against the older horses over less distance in the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m).

Click here to read more on the key runners in the 2024 Rosehill Guineas field and betting markets.

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2024 Rosehill Guineas Nominations

The Rosehill Guineas 2024 nominations close on Tuesday the February 13th, 2024. 

The 2024 Rosehill Guineas promises a cavalry charge with 125 three-year-olds making up the official nominations. Among the frontrunners is James Cummings‘ champion Tom Kitten, winner of the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes last prep. He’ll face a fierce challenge from Chris Waller’s, Group 1 winners: the versatile Militarize and the powerful Riff Rocket, winner of the prestigious VRC Derby.

Rosehill Guineas History

The Rosehill Guineas began as a principal race run over seven furlongs and the inaugural winner was Electric Wire. The race distance was increased to nine furlongs in 1915 before a further increase occurred in 1948, bringing the length to a testing 10 furlongs. In 1973 the distance was converted to 2000m and after the race was not held in 1978, the Rosehill Guineas was elevated to Group 1 status in 1980 when the almighty Kingston Town was victorious.

In 2021 the original Golden Slipper Stakes race day including the Rosehill Guineas was abandoned due to heavy rainfall and unsafe track conditions and postponed to the following Saturday.

In 2022 Anamoe secured a dominant seven-length victory in the Rosehill Guineas results for the powerhouse Godolphin stable.

Rosehill Guineas Betting

Rosehill Guineas betting is normally very interesting and it is often surprisingly tough to pick the winner of the Group 1 event. There is generally one horse that starts the Rosehill Guineas as a short-priced favourite, but only a handful of favourites have won the race in the last thirty years.

Talented gallopers Bounty Hawk (1984), Noble Peer (1985), Veandercross (1992), Intergaze (1997), Universal Prince (2001), Teranaba (2007), and Shoot Out (2010) were all beaten as short-priced favourites. Meanwhile Ring Joe (1987), Star Of Maple (1994), Diatribe (2000), Sale Of Century (2001), and De Beers (2006) all managed to score upset wins in the Group 1 event.

Recent favourites in Rosehill Guineas betting to salute for the punters include It’s A Dundeel (2013), Criterion (2014), D’Argento (2018), The Autumn Sun (2019) who started at an odds-on quote of $1.30 in what would be his swansong race, Mo’unga (2021), and Chris Waller’s VRC Derby champ from the spring prior Riff Rocket ($2.70 in 2024).

Rosehill Guineas odds open weeks in advance of the race at online bookmakers including Ladbrokes.com.au.

Anamoe ($1.70 in 2022) and Riff Rocket ($2.70 in 2024) are the latest favourites in Rosehill Guineas betting to win.

In 2023 the Godolphin-raced favourite Pericles ($2.30) finished a narrow second to Chris Waller’s all-the-way champion Lindermann ($6.50).

Waller went back-to-back with a 2024 victory by Riff Rocket.

Recent Rosehill Guineas Winners

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