The Godolphin stable are into the Golden Rose with two genuine winning hopes following the big Run To The Rose 2024 victory by Traffic Warden in Sydney on Saturday.

The team already had the all-in favourite for the Group 1 $1 million Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) with their two-time Group 1 winning Too Darn Hot colt Broadsiding.

Now stablemate Traffic Warden, runner-up in the autumn’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’, has put his hand up for a huge spring targeting the Golden Rose followed by a potential $20 million The Everest bid for the Royal Blue brigade.

The bookmakers have the three-year-old into $13 in the latest pre-field 2024 The Everest markets at Ladbrokes.com.au to win the world’s richest turf race at Randwick on October 19.

Trainer James Cummings however said the Golden Rose back at Rosehill Gardens on September 28 was the focus firs and had always been on the spring agenda for nicely-bred Street Boss colt who only cemented that with his win fresh in the Group 2 $300,000 Run To The Rose (1200m).

Ridden by apprentice Zac Lloyd, the progressive young horse was right out on the center of the track before charging into the lead the closing stages.

In the end he reeled in the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Anode ($17) to salute by a short-head.

Anode had already fended off his stablemate, the beaten odds-on favourite Storm Boy ($1.90), who was second out the gate eventually running three-quarters of a length back third with excuses.

“That is a colt who’s on a mission,” winning trainer Cummings told the media post-win.

“Yeah, he’s just come back perfectly and pretty exciting horse race to be a part of.

“There’s $100 million worth of horse flesh walking around the enclosure here and big performances like that from Traffic Warden.

“Another week goes past. Another big performance from a son of Street Boss. You know, he’s run the numbers on Street Boss. He’s going pretty good. And Traffic Warden is really asserting himself now, having just done that this afternoon, as a very serious colt for the spring.

“It’s obviously like not everything went ideal for other horses in the race, admittedly, but he savaged the line. You didn’t see the best of him last prep.”

Bivouac (2019) was the last horse to complete the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double.

All-in 2024 Golden Rose Stakes betting at Ladbrokes.com.au still has Broadsiding, yet to resume for the spring but an eye-catching galloper on track on Run To The Rose Day, heading the markets at $4.

Traffic Warden is into $4.50 second favouritism to do the double, while Storm Boy is now on the third line at $5 after his Run To The Rose loss.

“It’s very, very straightforward from here,” Cummings said of the next-up race for Traffic Warden.

“His assignment should be the Golden Rose in two weeks. Gives him a group one opportunity. He had the race absolutely shot to pieces in the AJC Sires in the autumn and only just got rolled on that wet track.

“But I think he’s a better horse now and he will certainly be taking some beating in the Golden Rose. If it’s not for his stable mate, Broadsiding, he’s certainly going to arrive there a fit horse, second up and ready to fire.”

From there, Cummings said the team would take a look at whether to select him for their runner in The Everest 2024 or press onto the Group 1 $3 million Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

“l have to make a decision. Do you pull him back for an Everest or do you push on to a Guineas?” He said.

“And the Golden Rose is quite well situated in the spring to be a fork in the road to make that decision.”

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2024 Run To The Rose Results & Finishing Order

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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