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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
Date:	Saturday March 23, 2024
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse
Distance:	2000m
Conditions:	3YO Open – Set Weights
Set Weights:	Colts & Geldings 56.5kg / Fillies 54.5kg
Status:	Group 1
Prize Money:	$750,000
Inaugurated:	1910

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

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	RIFF ROCKET	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller		8	56.5kg		$2.70F
	2	9	CEOLWULF (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Blake Shinn	0.76L	11	56.5kg		$15
	3	8	CAP FERRAT	Chris Waller	Ryan Moore	1.08L	9	56.5kg		$18
	4	6	GANBARE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1.34L	4	56.5kg		$14
	5	7	IMMEDIACY (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Luke Currie	1.41L	12	56.5kg		$7.50
	6	4	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	1.59L	2	56.5kg		$3.30
	7	10	DUCASSE	Michael Freedman	Tyler Schiller	3.42L	1	56.5kg		$61
	8	5	KING COLORADO	Ciaron Maher	Mark Zahra	5.59L	3	56.5kg		$10
	9	12	STEEL BLAZE	Brett Lazzarini	Reece Jones	5.89L	5	56.5kg		$201
	10	3	CAFE MILLENIUM	John O’Shea	Tom Marquand	9.32L	6	56.5kg		$21
	11	11	COSMIC LAD	Edward Cummings	Chad Schofield	14.27L	10	56.5kg		$101
		1	MILITARIZE (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald		0

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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST 2024 ROSEHILL GUINEAS ODDS (Final Field)

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.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	11x5158x22	MILITARIZE (NZ)	Chris Waller	James McDonald	7	56.5kg			110
2	7x12121x13	RIFF ROCKET	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	8	56.5kg			107
3	150x840x93	CAFE MILLENIUM	John O’Shea	Tom Marquand	6	56.5kg			100
4	x13321x654	TOM KITTEN	James Cummings	Hugh Bowman	2	56.5kg			100
5	1x9740x220	KING COLORADO	Ciaron Maher	Mark Zahra	3	56.5kg			96
6	6x41183x79	GANBARE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	4	56.5kg			87
7	111	IMMEDIACY (NZ)	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Luke Currie	12	56.5kg			84
8	35x9732x67	CAP FERRAT	Chris Waller	Ryan Moore	9	56.5kg			83
9	312x6x66	CEOLWULF (NZ)	Joseph Pride	Blake Shinn	11	56.5kg			82
10	7x4763x187	DUCASSE	Michael Freedman	Tyler Schiller	1	56.5kg			82
11	4130	COSMIC LAD	Edward Cummings	Chad Schofield	10	56.5kg			62
12	64104×7819	STEEL BLAZE	Brett Lazzarini	Reece Jones	5	56.5kg			61

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.

Rosehill Guineas Records
Race Record (at current distance):	1:59.99 set by Danewin in 1995 and equalled by Octagonal in 1996.

Recent Rosehill Guineas Winners

Year	Place	Horse	Time
2024 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Riff Rocket	2 minutes 3.03 seconds
	2nd	Ceolwulf
	3rd	Cap Ferrat
2023 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Lindermann	2 minutes 3.24 seconds
	2nd	Pericles
	3rd	Williamsburg
2022 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Anamoe	2 minutes 9.03 seconds
	2nd	Converge
	3rd	Forgot You
2021 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Mo’unga	2 minutes 4.84 seconds
	2nd	Sky Lab
	3rd	Montefilia
2020 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Castelvecchio	2 minutes 4.09 seconds
	2nd	Prince Fawaz
	3rd	Reloaded
2019 Rosehill Guineas	1st	The Autumn Sun	2 minutes 7.28 seconds
	2nd	Arrogant
	3rd	Chapada
2018 Rosehill Guineas	1st	D’Argento	2 minutes 6.10 seconds
	2nd	Tangled
	3rd	Furore
2017 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Gingernuts	2 minutes 11.46 seconds
	2nd	Inference
	3rd	So Si Bon
2016 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Tarzino	2 minutes 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Montaigne
	3rd	Jameka
2015 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Volkstok’n’barrell	2 minute 03.47 seconds
	2nd	Preferment
	3rd	Hallowed Crown
2014 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Criterion	2 minutes 05.94 seconds
	2nd	Thunder Fantasy
	3rd	Teronado
2013 Rosehill Guineas	1st	It’s A Dundeel	2 minutes 02.25 seconds
	2nd	Sacred Falls
	3rd	Tatra
2012 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Laser Hawk	2 minutes 02.1 seconds
	2nd	Ocean Park
	3rd	Silent Achiever
2011 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Jimmy Choux	2 minutes 05.3 seconds
	2nd	Retrieve
	3rd	Shamrocker
2010 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Zabrasive	2 minutes 4.54 seconds
	2nd	Rock Classic
	3rd	Run For Naara
2009 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Metal Bender	2 minutes 3.2 seconds
	2nd	Sousa
	3rd	Rock Kingdom
2008 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Dealer Principal	2 minute 4.5 seconds
	2nd	Kingda Ka
	3rd	Littorio
2007 Rosehill Guineas	1st	He’s No Pie Eater<	2 minutes 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Ambitious General
	3rd	Flumicino
2006 Rosehill Guineas	1st	De Beers	2 minutes 3.5 seconds
	2nd	Oh Oklahoma
	3rd	Primus
2005 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Eremein	2 minutes 1.3 seconds
	2nd	Nevis
	3rd	Outback Prince
2004 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Niello	2 minutes 1.1 seconds
	2nd	Grand Zulu
	3rd	Elvstroem
2003 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Helenus	2 minutes 2.7 seconds
	2nd	Mummify
	3rd	Sunday Joy
2002 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Carnegie Express	2 minutes 0.8 seconds
	2nd	Don Eduardo
	3rd	Pentastic
2001 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Sale Of Century	2 minutes 1 seconds
	2nd	Danamite
	3rd	Scenic Warrior
2000 Rosehill Guineas	1st	Diatribe	2 minutes 4.3 seconds
	2nd	Freemason
	3rd	Crawl

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