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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 $200,000, 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 Run To The Rose 2021 ran on Saturday September 11, 2021 at Kembla Grange (moved from Rosehill) and was won by returning Group 1 winner Anamoe for Godolphin. 

2021 Run to the Rose
Date:	Saturday September 11, 2021
Track:	Rosehill Racecourse (Kembla Grange in 2021)
Distance:	1200m
Race Type:	3YOs – SW+P
Status:	Group 2
Prize Money:	$200,000

2021 The Run To The Rose Results

• 1st: #2 Anamoe
• 2nd: #7 In The Congo
• 3rd: #8 Remarque

Check out the official The Run To The Rose 2021 Results & Finishing Order below straight after the Golden Rose lead-up event takes place on Saturday September 11, 2021.

The James Cummings-trained Anamoe ($3.50) returned a winner, the autumn’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ champion good fresh defeating In The Congo (2nd) and the beaten favourite Remarque (3rd) in the 2021 Run To The Rose results.

Click here to read more on the 2021 Run To The Rose win by Anamoe.

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	2	ANAMOE	James Cummings	James McDonald		4	58.5kg		$3.50
	2	7	IN THE CONGO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Joshua Parr	0.3L	3	57kg		$10
	3	8	REMARQUE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Hugh Bowman	1.6L	10	55kg (cd 56kg)		$3F
	4	10	GLENEAGLES	David Payne	Jason Collett	2L	9	55kg		$26
	5	1	STAY INSIDE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Kerrin McEvoy	2.5L	7	58.5kg		$8.50
	6	3	CAPTIVANT	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	3.8L	1	58.5kg		$17
	7	11	FLYING CRAZY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jay Ford	4.2L	8	55kg		$31
	8	4	CONVERGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5L	2	58.5kg		$5
	9	12	UZZIAH	Scott Aspery	Ms Kathy O’Hara	8.8L	6	55kg		$151
	10	13	DASH DASH DASH	Ian Finn	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	17.6L	5	55kg		$201
		14e	GIANNIS	Chris Waller			0
		5	HOME AFFAIRS	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller		0
		9	RANCH HAND	Chris Waller	Glen Boss		0
		6	SHAQUERO	Chris Waller	Regan Bayliss		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Run To The Rose Odds

Betting on The Run To The Rose 2021 will be provided below complete with market links to Ladbrokes.com.au the week of the event.

2021 Run To The Rose Field

The 2021 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 2021 final field features a star-studded line-up of Golden Rose hopefuls led in betting by the resuming Inglis Sires’ winner Anamoe.

• Scratched: #6 Shaquero (6); #9 Ranch Hand (2); #14 Giannis (9)

Click here to read more on the key chances in the Run To The Rose 2021 field and betting market.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Probable Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1141×5	STAY INSIDE	Richard & Michael Freedman	Kerrin McEvoy	10	58.5kg			104
2	51x23121x	ANAMOE	James Cummings	James McDonald	5	58.5kg			103
3	14x3531x3	CAPTIVANT	Peter & Paul Snowden	Sam Clipperton	1	58.5kg			100
4	1x621321x	CONVERGE	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	3	58.5kg			100
5	2138x	HOME AFFAIRS	Chris Waller	Nash Rawiller	14	57.5kg			92
6	1x721610x	SHAQUERO	Chris Waller	Regan Bayliss	6	57kg			90
7	1221	IN THE CONGO	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Joshua Parr	4	57kg			86
8	15×3	REMARQUE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Hugh Bowman	13	55kg	56kg		75
9	135x200x	RANCH HAND	Chris Waller	Glen Boss	2	55kg			74
10	25x110x3	GLENEAGLES	David Payne	Jason Collett	12	55kg			71
11	133	FLYING CRAZY	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	Jay Ford	11	55kg			65
12	512	UZZIAH	Scott Aspery	Ms Kathy O’Hara	8	55kg			57
13	7x	DASH DASH DASH	Ian Finn	Jean Van Overmeire (a)	7	55kg
14e	53x752x	GIANNIS	Chris Waller		9	55kg			78

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

2021 Run to the Rose Nominations

The Run To The Rose 2021 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.

The 2021 The Run To The Rose nominations attracted 15 potential Group 1 Golden Rose hopefuls led in pre-field betting by returning Group 1 Inglis Sires’ winner Anamoe.

	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Ballot	Weight	True Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	1141×5	STAY INSIDE	C	3	Richard & Michael Freedman	1	58.5kg			104
2	51x23121x	ANAMOE	C	3	James Cummings	2	58.5kg			103
3	1x721610x	SHAQUERO	C	3	Chris Waller	3	57kg			90
4	1x621321x	CONVERGE	G	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	4	58.5kg			100
5	14x3531x3	CAPTIVANT	C	3	Peter & Paul Snowden	5	58.5kg			100
6	11x671x12	PAULELE	C	3	James Cummings	6	57kg			88
7	2138x	HOME AFFAIRS	C	3	Chris Waller	7	57.5kg			92
8	53x752x	GIANNIS	C	3	Chris Waller	8	55kg			78
9	1221	IN THE CONGO	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	9	57kg			86
10	25x110x3	GLENEAGLES	C	3	David Payne	10	55kg			71
11	135x200x	RANCH HAND	C	3	Chris Waller	11	55kg			74
12	15×3	REMARQUE	C	3	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	12	55kg			75
13	133	FLYING CRAZY	G	3	Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou	13	55kg			65
14	512	UZZIAH	C	3	Scott Aspery	14	55kg			57
15	7x	DASH DASH DASH	C	3	Ian Finn	15	55kg

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
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