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The Run to the Rose is a 1200 metre sprint held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse* in Sydney in early September as a lead-up to the Golden Rose Stakes.

*Note: In 2021 the Run To The Rose Day took place at Kembla Grange having moved from Rosehill due to COVID-19. 

Open to horses aged three years old and run under set weights plus penalties conditions, The Run to the Rose is a genuine test of sprinting ability and tends to display some of the best talent on the Sydney circuit. With a total prize pool of $300,000 as of 2023 the race attracts plenty of great young horses from renowned stables looking for bigger spring targets over the coming weeks.

The Run to the Rose is now contested on a spring race card featuring two other Group 2 status races – the Theo Marks Stakes and the recently upgraded Sheraco Stakes.

The Run to the Rose is a major lead up event to the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m), one of Sydney racing’s main events and worth $1 million prize money. The Golden Rose runs a fortnight later at Rosehill and usually contains quite a few horses that previously participated in the Run to the Rose. It is definitely worth watching the lead up race in order to get an idea of how the field interacts and to gauge form for the Golden Rose.

Astern (2016) followed by Bivouac (2019) are the latest horses to complete the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose Stakes double.

In 2020 the Run To The Rose form was franked when the runner-up Ole Kirk went on to win the Golden Rose Stakes, while North Pacific ran third in the Group 2 and second in the Group 1.

The 2021 Run To The Rose winner Anamoe went on to run second in that year’s Golden Rose results before a win in Melbourne’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). Anamoe also ran a devastatingly close second in that year’s Cox Plate at The Valley, and won the following year’s Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

Further franking the 2021 Run To The Rose form was the runner-up In The Congo who won the Golden Rose next start.

The 2022 Run To The Rose winner In Secret franked the form with a next-up Golden Rose second before her Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) win over the boys at Flemington that Melbourne Cup Carnival. She also returned the following autumn to win the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap in 2023 at Flemington.

The Run To The Rose 2023 ran on Saturday September 9, 2023 at Rosehill Gardens and was narrowly won by the Godolphin-raced favourite Cylinder ($2.50F). 

2023 Run to the Rose
Date:	Saturday September 9, 2023
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YOs – SW+P
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$300,000

2023 The Run To The Rose Results

Check out the official The Run To The Rose 2023 Results & Finishing Order below straight after the Golden Rose lead-up event takes place on Saturday September 9, 2023.

• 1st: #2 Cylinder ($2.50F)
• 2nd: #8 Moravia
• 3rd: #10 Nadal

The James Cummings-trained Golden Slipper runner-up from the autumn, Cylinder ($2.50F), overcame a horror run getting out just in time to charge home late and defeat the front-running Moravia to salute for the punters with a commanding victory in the Run To The Rose 2023 results.

Click here to read more on the narrow victory by Cylinder in the 2023 Run To The Rose results.

2023 Run To The Rose Results & Finishing Order

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	CYLINDER	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller		4	57.5kg		$2.50F
	2	8	MORAVIA	Michael Freedman	Tyler Schiller	0.17L	9	55kg		$14
	3	10	NADAL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	0.45L	2	55kg		$11
	4	7	BUTCH CASSIDY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	0.48L	5	55kg		$9
	5	1	MILITARIZE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Zac Lloyd (a)	0.76L	6	58.5kg		$20
	6	9	GENERAL SALUTE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	0.78L	8	55kg		$26
	7	4	DON CORLEONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Joshua Parr	1.47L	7	55kg (cd 55.5kg)		$11
	8	3	LIBERTAD	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	1.94L	3	57kg		$3.30
	9	5	CHRYSAOR	Chris Waller	Dylan Gibbons (a)	2.66L	1	55kg		$51
		12	KANDINSKY ABSTRACT	Chris Waller	Regan Bayliss		0
		11	MISSILE DEFENCE	Anthony Cummings	Sam Clipperton		0
		6	CONGREGATION	Chris Waller			0

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

2023 Run To The Rose Betting Odds

Betting on The Run To The Rose 2023 will be provided below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the event.

In Secret ($3.20 in 2022) and Cylinder ($2.50 in 2023) are the latest favourites in Run To The Rose betting to win.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2023 RUN TO THE ROSE ODDS (Final Field)

2023 Run To The Rose Form

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 RUN TO THE ROSE FORM GUIDE

2023 Run To The Rose Tips

Stay tuned for our insider Run To The Rose 2023 Tips on the Golden Rose lead-up this September.

• To Win: #2 Cylinder ($2.15 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Typically top edition of the Run To The Rose, but it is hard to knock the deserving favourite Cylinder with the fitness edge here. James Cummings’ well-tried Exceed And Excel colt is putting together a very nice record posting win number three first-up in the Group 3 Vain Stakes in Melbourne. The Golden Slipper runner-up had nothing to spare on the line, but with natural improvement off that he’ll be better back in Sydney over six furlongs. Can salute again.

2023 Run To The Rose Field

The 2023 Run to the Rose field is announced by Racing NSW on the Wednesday of race week with the full list of final acceptances to be published below.

The Run To The Rose 2023 final field features a quality line-up of Golden Rose-bound youngsters including Godolphin’s first-up Vain Stakes winner in Melbourne Cylinder, the undefeated Annabel Neasham-trained Libertad coming off a good win in the San Domenico Stakes, and Chris Waller’s returning Group 1 Sires’ Produce – Champagne Stakes double winner Militarize. 

Click here to read more on the key runners in the Run To The Rose 2023 field and betting markets.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	13011x	MILITARIZE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Zac Lloyd (a)	7	58.5kg			104
2	22x1127x1	CYLINDER	James Cummings	Nash Rawiller	4	57.5kg			98
3	11×1	LIBERTAD	Annabel Neasham	Chad Schofield	3	57kg			90
4	142426x	DON CORLEONE	Peter & Paul Snowden	Joshua Parr	8	55kg	55.5kg		90
5	4140x137x	CHRYSAOR	Chris Waller	Dylan Gibbons (a)	1	55kg			77
6	118x	CONGREGATION	Chris Waller		12	55kg			72
7	2108×3	BUTCH CASSIDY	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Brett Prebble	5	55kg			72
8	12	MORAVIA	Michael Freedman	Tyler Schiller	11	55kg			73
9	3x1x4	GENERAL SALUTE	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Kerrin McEvoy	10	55kg			70
10	26×1	NADAL	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	Jason Collett	2	55kg			65
11	351	MISSILE DEFENCE	Anthony Cummings	Sam Clipperton	6	55kg			61
12	1×6	KANDINSKY ABSTRACT	Chris Waller	Regan Bayliss	9	55kg			65

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2023 Run to the Rose Nominations

The Run To The Rose 2023 nominations are taken on the Monday of race week and traditionally attract three-year-olds coming off lead-up Sydney runs in races like The Rosebud or San Domenico Stakes.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	22x1127x1	CYLINDER	C	3	James Cummings	1	57.5kg			98
2	13011x	MILITARIZE (NZ)	C	3	Chris Waller	2	58.5kg			104
3	142426x	DON CORLEONE	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	3	55kg			90
4	11×1	LIBERTAD	C	3	Annabel Neasham	4	57kg			90
5	31x6x1	CHARM STONE	F	3	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	5	55kg			86
6	4140x137x	CHRYSAOR	C	3	Chris Waller	6	55kg			77
7	3231×5	CORNICHE	C	3	James Cummings	7	57.5kg			88
8	23x	KUNDALINI	F	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	8	53kg
9	333331x	TREASURWAY	F	3	Jason Warren	9	55kg			73
10	37x32121x	HEURISTIC	C	3	James Cummings	10	57kg			73
11	118x	CONGREGATION	C	3	Chris Waller	11	55kg			72
12	2108×3	BUTCH CASSIDY	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	12	55kg			72
13	12	MORAVIA	C	3	Michael Freedman	13	55kg			73
14	3x1x4	GENERAL SALUTE	C	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	14	55kg			70
15	46×510	UNTOUCHABLE LEGEND	F	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	15	53kg			65
16	26×1	NADAL	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace	16	55kg			65
17	351	MISSILE DEFENCE	C	3	Anthony Cummings	17	55kg			61
18	1×1	SHOW ME MERCY	G	3	Stuart Kendrick	18	55kg			65
19	1×6	KANDINSKY ABSTRACT	C	3	Chris Waller	19	55kg			65

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

Run to the Rose History

The Run to the Rose was inaugurated in 2003, with Gilded Youth taking out the first edition of the race. Originally called the Monakea 3YO Quality Handicap, the race changed name in 2005 for a year to the Smithfield RSL Club Handicap. From 2006 onwards, it has been known as The Run to the Rose. A listed race from the outset, the Run to the Rose was upgraded to Group 3 in 2007. In 2015 it was upgraded to a Group 2 event and has retained that status since.

For much of its early years the Run to the Rose was run over 1300 metres, however the distance was reduced to 1200 metres from 2011 onwards. The Golden Rose is 1400 metres.

Notable Run to the Rose winners include Eremein (2004), El Cambio (2007), Pierro (2012), Astern (2016) and the latest to go on and win the Group 1 Golden Rose – Bivouac (2019).

Run to the Rose results since the race’s first edition in 2003 are listed below.

The 2021 Run To The Rose ran at Kembla Grange due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Run to the Rose Results

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2023 The Run to the Rose	1st	Cylinder	1 minute 09.67 seconds
	2nd	Moravia
	3rd	Nadal
2022 The Run to the Rose	1st	In Secret	1 minute 10.12 seconds
	2nd	Best Of Bordeaux
	3rd	Sweet Ride
2021 The Run to the Rose(Run at Kembla Grange)	1st	Anamoe	1 minute 10.24 seconds
	2nd	In The Congo
	3rd	Remarque
2020 The Run to the Rose	1st	Rothfire	1 minute 08.52 seconds
	2nd	Ole Kirk
	3rd	North Pacific
2019 The Run to the Rose	1st	Bivouac	1 minute 08.72 seconds
	2nd	Yes Yes Yes
	3rd	Exceedance
2018 The Run to the Rose	1st	Lean Mean Machine	1 minute 13.59 seconds
	2nd	Graff
	3rd	Jonker
2017 The Run to the Rose	1st	Menari	1 minute 08.59 seconds
	2nd	Pariah
	3rd	Perast
2016 The Run to the Rose	1st	Astern	1 minute 10.9 seconds
	2nd	Star Turn
	3rd	Impending
2015 The Run to the Rose	1st	Exosphere	1 minute 10.6 seconds
	2nd	Press Statement
	3rd	Holler
2014 The Run to the Rose	1st	Hallowed Crown	1 minute 12.9 seconds
	2nd	Kumaon
	3rd	Ygritte
2013 The Run to the Rose	1st	Va Pensiero	1 minute 09.6 seconds
	2nd	Dissident
	3rd	Marseille Roulette
2012 The Run to the Rose	1st	Pierro	1 minute 09.8 seconds
	2nd	Your Song
	3rd	Epaulette
2011 The Run to the Rose	1st	Smart Missile	1 minute 10.5 seconds
	2nd	Foxwedge
	3rd	Helmet
2010 The Run to the Rose	1st	Squamosa	1 minute 18.2 seconds
	2nd	Masquerader
	3rd	Testarhythm
2009 The Run to the Rose	1st	Denman	1 minute 16.6 seconds
	2nd	More Than Great
	3rd	Bombay Sling
2008 The Run to the Rose	1st	Desuetude	1 minute 18.1 seconds
	2nd	Maybe I
	3rd	Emperor Bonaparte
2007 The Run to the Rose	1st	El Cambio	1 minute 16.2 seconds
	2nd	Rapid Jacko
	3rd	Turffontein
2006 The Run to the Rose	1st	Mentality	1 minute 17.6 seconds
	2nd	He’s No Pie Eater
	3rd	Boncoeur
2005 The Run to the Rose	1st	Paratroopers	1 minute 16.3 seconds
	2nd	Pendragon
	3rd	Thunderbird Hill
2004 The Run to the Rose	1st	Eremein	1 minute 18.3 seconds
	2nd	Uber
	3rd	Econsul
2003 The Run to the Rose	1st	Gilded Youth	1 minute 16.7 seconds
	2nd	Charmview
	3rd	Confectioner