The Golden Rose Stakes 2024

Golden Rose Stakes

Preview, Trends & Analysis

The Rundown

The Golden Rose Stakes at Rosehill is one of the most hotly contested set weights three-year-old races in the country with colts, geldings and fillies vying for this illustrious prize during the Sydney Spring Carnival.

It was first won by Kapalran in 1978 after the race was Initially dubbed The Peter Pan Stakes – named after champion racehorse Peter Pan.

Racing NSW had originally set this race up as a 1500-metre affair at Group 2 level.

2003 saw the name change to “The Golden Rose Stakes” be officially implemented and it rapidly grew in stature to become one of the main events during the Sydney Spring Carnival.

The race was tagged by Racing NSW as ‘Listed’ in 2005, before it gradually rose to prominence by becoming a Group 3 race in 2006 and progressing to Group 1 status in 2009.

It is a race that has direct ties to the Golden Slipper hosted earlier in the year with the two-year-olds competing that race naturally progressing onto this event.

The prize pool for this race is a handy $1,000,000.

Peter V’Landys continued his prize money spending spree by announcing this race as part of his ‘Golden Slam’ initiative to keep star horses on the track.

A $5,000,000 prize money bonus is given to any horse who can achieve wins in the Golden Slipper as a two-year-old, The Golden Rose as a three-year-old and The Golden Eagle as a four-year-old. 

The Famous Winners and Record Results

You only have to look at the last few years of this race to find a host of brilliant winners.

The four most recent winners will be champions in their own right with In The Congo (2021), Ole Kirk (2020), Bivouac (2019) and The Autumn Sun (2018) scoring brilliant wins and then going on to further Group 1 glory.

It is almost a fait accompli that if the winner of this race is a colt, he goes on to have a stallion career.

Zoustar, the winner of the 2013 Golden Rose, progressed to win the Coolmore Stud Stakes up the straight and would go on to become one of the most successful studs since his retirement.

SInce 2008, the Darley/Godolphin operation have won the race an incredible six times.

Bivouac (2019), Astern (2016), Exosphere (2015), Epaulette (2012), Denman (2009), Forensics (2008) being the winners for that operation.

One of the biggest upsets in the race was the 2017 edition when eventual winner Trapeze Artist was sent out a $41 chance. Ironically, he defeated his stablemate Menari who was the well-backed favourite in the race. 

The Statistics

The Recent Winners

Year 

Winner

Trainer

Jockey

Odds

2021

In The Congo

Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott

Tim Clark

$7.5

2020

Ole Kirk

Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes

Tommy Berry

$7

2019

Bivouac

James Cummings

Tye Angland

$2.4

2018

The Autumn Sun

Chris Waller

Kerrin McEvoy

$4

2017

Trapeze Artist

Gerald Ryan

Tye Anglnd

$41

2016

Astern

John O’Shea

James McDonald

$2.6

2015

Exosphere

John O’Shea

James McDonald

$3.6

2014

Hallowed Crown 

Anthony Cummings

Hugh Bowman

$6.5

2013

Zoustar 

Chris Waller

Jim Cassidy

$7

2012

Epaulette

Peter Snowden

Tommy Berry

$13

2011

Manawanui

Ron Leemon

Glyn Schofield

$7

2010

Toorak Toff

Rick Hore-Lacy

Damien Oliver

$7.5

The Questions

When is the Golden Rose held?

25th September 2021

Are there any other races on the day?
  • The Golden Rose Stakes meeting at Rosehill is underpinned by The Group 2 Golden Pendant (1400m), The Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m), The Group Gloaming (1800m) and The Group 3 Colin Stephens (2600m).
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Where do the winners of the Golden Rose race next?
  • The majority of Golden Rose winners and runners will usually travel down to Victoria for a crack at the Group 1 races during the Melbourne Spring Carnival. 
  • 2020 winner Ole Kirk headed to Caulfield to race in the Caulfield Guineas and would go on to win that race. 
  • Other winners of the Golden Rose usually have a month in between runs before a trek towards the Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) up the Flemington straight. 

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