It may be Derby Day in Melbourne but there will be plenty tuning into the Sydney racing action today, Saturday October 30, for 2021 Golden Eagle Day and below we take a look at the latest Rosehill race scratchings and track report.

I’m Thunderstruck is the four-year-old to beat in today’s $7.5 million The Golden Eagle at Rosehill. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.

Rosehill Track Report – 30/10/2021

Australian Turf Club                    

• Rail: True
• Penetrometer: 4.98
• Weather: Fine
• Dual Track Meeting: N
• Track Type: Turf
• Track Rating: Good 4
• General Comment: Finalised 30/10 – 7:45am
• Irrigation: Nil last 24hrs, 16mm last 7 days
• Rainfall: Nil last 24hrs, 1.5mm last 7 days

The weather in Sydney for the city’s second-richest race meeting is for clear skies and with no chance of any serious rainfall the current Good (4) Rosehill track rating looks set to stay across the afternoon.

Rosehill racing kicks off at 12:40pm (AEDT) and the bumper 10-race card continues through until the last at 6:45pm (AEDT).

There may be no Black-Type races on the program but there is plenty to get excited about with four Special Condition races offering in excess of $9.5 million in total prize money including the inaugural $700,000 The Four Pillars (1500m).

The 2021 Four Pillars field for eligible Midway horses is at capacity with two of the four emergencies gaining starts after the scratching of Sunborn and All Machiavellian out of Rosehill Race 4 at 2:40pm (AEDT).

Next-up the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m) is set to jump at 3:25pm (AEDT) where the field is led by the in-form Think It Over chasing the lucrative bonus after Cox Plate scratching Gold Trip was also withdrawn from the event.

A number of graduates out of the world’s richest turf race – the $15 million The Everest – chase a consolation prize in Rosehill Race 6 today with the running of the $1 million Classique Legend Stakes (1300m) at 4:10pm (AEDT).

Prime Candidate (7) and the widely-drawn Top Ranked (16) are out of the Classique Legend (Winners) Stakes field and the money is on The Everest runner-up Masked Crusader to go one better in the million-dollar showdown.

The meeting’s marquee race is of course the third edition of the $7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) for four-year-olds featuring a full 18-horse field led in betting by Toorak Handicap champ out of Melbourne I’m Thunderstruck.

See below for the complete The Golden Eagle 2021 race program, jump times and latest Rosehill race scratchings before visiting Ladbrokes.com.au for all the weekend’s best markets.

Rosehill Scratchings 30/10/2021

• Total Scratchings: 36

Race 1 (12:40pm) – $130,000 The Agency Real Estate Handicap (1200m)

• #4 Seleque (4)
• #9 Zorocat (9)

Race 2 (1:20pm) – $130,000 Fujitsu General Handicap (1900m)

• #1 Milk Man (9)
• #3 Prompt Prodigy (3)
• #7 Fortified (5)

Race 3 (2:00pm) – $100,000 TAB Highway Handicap (1200m)

• #1 Branders Rule (18)
• #10 Chevconi (9)
• #14 Shelby Sixtysix (15)
• #17 The Snooperstar (16)
• #18 Rapidity (12)

Race 4 (2:40pm) – $700,000 The Four Pillars (1500m)

• #10 Sunborn (0)
• #13 All Machiavellian (0)
• #19e Canyonero (19)
• #22e Heza Gentleman (22)

Race 5 (3:25pm) – $750,000 Kypreos Group Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m)

• #1 Gold Trip (9)

Race 6 (4:10pm) – $1,000,000 Classique Legend Stakes (1300m)

• #9 Top Ranked (16)
• #14 Prime Candidate (7)

Race 7 (4:50pm) – $7,500,000 XXXX Golden Eagle (1500m)

• #19e Kiku (21)
• #20e Our Playboy (2)
• #21e Wheelhouse (13)
• #22d Blondeau (8)

Race 8 (5:25pm) – $130,000 Ned Whisky Handicap (1100m)

• #8 Jerle (10)
• #10 Just Field (2)

Race 9 (6:10pm) – $130,000 Schweppes Handicap (1500m)

• #1 Equation (9)
• #2 Dancing Gidget (10)
• #4 Brookspire (3)
• #9 Zorocat (7)

Race 10 (6:45pm) – $130,000 TAB Not One Day Handicap (1300m)

• #3 Irish Songs (6)
• #5 April Rain (15)
• #6 Georgie’s Pride (1)
• #9 Exceltic (12)
• #12 Peyton Place (5)
• #15 Bluff ‘N’ Bluster (19)
• #17e On The Lead (13)
• #18e Bowery Breeze (11)
• #19e Fox Fighter (14)

*All times quoted are local (AEDT) and subject to change.