ROSEHILL FIELDS AND FORM: Stars aplenty as spring hots up on Saturday

There are Group 1 horses scattered across four mouth watering stakes races at Rosehill on Saturday and the fields and form are online.

Storm Boy will be out to further push his Golden Rose claims in the Run To The Rose at Rosehill on Saturday. Photo: Jeremy Ng/Getty Images.

The spring stocks of some of Australia’s best three-year-olds go on the line in a clash at Rosehill on Saturday in the $300,000 Group 2 Run To The Rose.

The 1200m contest is run under set weights and penalties and is the main lead-up to the stallion making Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at the western Sydney track on September 28.

A field of 10 has been declared for the Run To The Rose headed up by San Domenico Stakes winner Storm Boy, Godolphin’s Group 1-placed colt Traffic Warden, former West Australian The Everest contender Bustling, John O’Shea and Tom Charlton’s Group 1-placed colt Linebacker and Chris Waller’s exciting colts Switzerland and Emirate.

The field for the Run To The Rose is.

No. – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Barrier – Weight

1 – TRAFFIC WARDEN – James Cummings – Zac Lloyd (a) – 7 – 57.5kg

2 – STORM BOY – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – Adam Hyeronimus – 6 – 57.5kg

3 – SWITZERLAND – Chris Waller – Jason Collett – 3 – 57.5kg

4 – BUSTLING – Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) – Chad Schofield – 2 – 57.5kg

5 – LINEBACKER – John O’Shea & Tom Charlton – Kerrin McEvoy – 10 – 57kg

6 – FEARLESS – Peter Snowden – Tommy Berry – 1 – 55kg

7 – ANODE – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – TBA – 5 – 55kg

8 – MAYFAIR – Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott – TBA – 4 – 55kg

9 – TROPICUS – Anthony & Sam Freedman – Regan Bayliss – 9 – 55kg

10 – EMIRATE – Chris Waller – Tyler Schiller – 8 – 55kg

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Another exciting clash will be the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes where more possible The Everest contenders are set to clash over 1200m.

Early spring sensation Joliestar will be back in action against last year’s winner Sunshine In Paris along with the likes of Kiwi Group 1 winner Belclare, Goodwood winner Royal Merchant and stablemate Tiz Invincible in the nine horse contest.

Other feature races on the card are the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) where Doncaster winner Celestial Legend resumes and a competitive Group 3 Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m).

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The Rosehill track was rated a soft (5) at acceptance time. The rail will be in the 5-metre position on Saturday.

Saturday’s 10-race program commences at 11.50am with the final event to be run at 5.15pm.

The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Sydney is.

Wednesday – Mostly sunny. 27.

Thursday – Mostly cloudy. 18.

Friday – Partly cloudy. 19.

Saturday – Mostly sunny. 23.

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