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2023 Todman Stakes Winner Cylinder

Cylinder Heads 2023 Run To The Rose Field & Betting

Lucy Henderson September 8, 2023

Cylinder Heads 2023 Run To The Rose Field & Betting

Godolphin’s classy colt Cylinder is the three-year-old to beat heading markets on the 2023 Run To The Rose in Sydney this weekend.

2023 Todman Stakes Winner Cylinder

Cylinder is favourite to win the 2023 The Run To The Rose in Sydney this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart.

The countdown to the Group 1 $1 million Golden Rose (1400m) on September 23 continues on Saturday with a key lead-up taking place at Rosehill Gardens in the form of the Group 2 $300,000 Run To The Rose (1200m).

A bumper line-up of talented youngsters takes to the track in Rosehill Race 8 at 3:55pm (AEST), and the James Cummings-trained Cylinder is a deserving favourite in gate four with Nash Rawiller riding.

The well-tried son of Exceed And Excel has his eighth career start and was last seen posting his third win fresh in Caulfield’s Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m).

He had just a nose to spare on the line first-up but natural improvement, a return to Sydney and the step-up to six furlongs all suit.

Cylinder heads Run To The Rose betting at a short $2 and firming through Ladbrokes.com.au.

Last year’s Golden Slipper runner-up won the Group 2 Silver Slipper (1100m) at his last run at Rosehill back in February, and he looks a genuine chance to salute for the punters on Saturday.

Cummings has an outstanding recent record in the event having prepared three of the past four Run To The Rose winners with Bivouac (2019), Anamoe (2021) and gun filly In Secret (2022) last year.

The danger occupying the second line of Run To The Rose betting at $4.50 this season is the undefeated Annabel Neasham-trained Libertad.

Chad Schofield rides the up-and-coming Russian Revolution colt from an ideal barrier three draw with Libertad looking to make it a flawless four-from-four start to his career.

He is already a dual Group 3 winner having won Randwick’s Kindergarten Stakes on a Heavy (8) back in April before his first-up San Domenico victory here at Rosehill on August 26.

The third runner currently under double-figure Run To The Rose odds is the Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Don Corleone ($8).

Extreme Choice colt Don Corleone chases his first win since a successful debut back in January.

He has had five runs since continuing to perform well at the highest level including a Group 1 Blue Diamond second at Sandown, fourth in the Golden Slipper and second to Militarize in the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ on a Heavy (9) Randwick track during ‘The Championships’.

Don Corleone was last seen finishing sixth to Militarize in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) over the mile in mid-April.

He resumes here and should perform well fresh on the back of two good Rosehill trials.

Chris Waller’s Sires’ Produce – Champagne Stakes double winner Militarize meanwhile looks lovely value as he kicks off his spring campaign as a $17 shot in the Run To The Rose with improvement to come over further later.

Click here for the latest The Run To The Rose 2023 betting odds courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

2023 The Run To The Rose Final Field & Barrier Draw

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.

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