Golden Rose Stakes 2023

Ladbrokes Tip: 3YOs that ran in the Golden Slipper as a juvenile have a good record in the Golden Rose Stakes each spring

The Golden Rose Stakes is a Group 1 weight-for-age contest for three-year-old horses that currently runs as the second Group 1 race during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival following the Winx Stakes in August.

2022 Golden Rose winner Jacquinot. Photo: Steve Hart.

The Golden Rose is the first Group 1 event for three-year-olds every racing season and can be a key form reference for the Caulfield Guineas, Thousand Guineas and Coolmore Stud Stakes later in the Spring Racing Carnival down in Melbourne.

Ole Kirk (2020) was the last three-year-old to complete the interstate Golden Rose – Caulfield Guineas double.

In 2022 Anamoe improved on a lead-up second in the Golden Rose to win the Caulfield Guineas next start. Anamoe would subsequently win a host more Group 1 events over the following year including the 2023 Ladbrokes Cox Plate.

The Golden Rose has only been a Group 1 event since 2009 but the honour roll already includes some genuine turf stars including Toorak Toff (2010), Zoustar (2013), Exosphere (2015) and The Autumn Sun (2018).

The $1 million Golden Rose Stakes is also one of the first seven-figure Sydney Spring Racing Carnival races. It is the second leg of a new racing initiative called the “Golden Slam” with a bonus on offer to any racehorse that wins the Golden Slipper as a two-year-old, Golden Rose as a three-year-old and the $10 million The Golden Eagle – run for the firs time in 2019 – as a four-year-old.

The Golden Rose Stakes also previously served as a good lead-up event into Randwick’s now defunct $1 million Bondi Stakes (1600m) held the following month. As of 2022, the Bondi Stakes has been replaced by the new-look Stan Fox Stakes that runs as the Group 2 $1 million Callander-Presnell (1600m).

Other races held on Golden Rose Stakes Day include the Group 2 Golden Pendant, Group 2 Shannon Stakes, and the Group 3 Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) offering a The Metropolitan ballot exemption.

The latest edition of the Golden Rose ran on Saturday September 23, 2023 at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse and saw Waller’s Inglis Sires’ – Champagne Stakes double winner from the autumn Militarize ($6.50) charge home in the dying stages to steal the show with a late win on way to the Caulfield Guineas.  

2023 Golden Rose Stakes Results

The official Golden Rose Stakes 2023 Results & Finishing Order will be published in full below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 23, 2023.

2023 Golden Rose Stakes winner Militarize was huge late to post his third Group 1 victory. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #1 Militarize 
• 2nd: #8 Encap
• 3rd: #3 Cylinder

The Group 1 $3 million Caulfield Guineas in Melbourne on October 14 is on the cards for Chris Waller’s now three-time Group 1 winning colt Militarize ($6.50) who was enormous second-up coming from nowhere to flash home right over the top of his rivals for a narrow but thrilling victory in the 2023 Golden Rose Stakes results thanks to a gun ride by the ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira.

2023 Golden Rose Stakes Odds

The latest Golden Rose Stakes 2023 betting odds will be provided below once out, so bookmark this page to access the top spring Group 1 racing prices on your Golden Rose selections.

Golden Rose Stakes Race Facts

• Date: Saturday September 23, 2023
• Track: Rosehill Gardens
• Distance: 1400m
• Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights
• Status: Group 1
• Prize Money: $1 million
• First Run: 1978

Golden Rose Stakes Betting

The Golden Rose Stakes betting markets are traditionally led by the in-form three-year-olds of the season with winning lead-up form from earlier in the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Horses that ran well in the top juvenile features of the season prior, like the Golden Slipper Stakes, often sit high up the pre-nomination Golden Rose odds.

Fillies can be found at longer odds in Golden Rose Stakes betting each season as they have a poor record in the race against the boys, Forensics (2008) the last to salute.

The fillies do have a solid place record in the event however including in 2017 when Champagne Cuddles finished runner-up to the upset Golden Rose winner Trapeze Artist. Most recently in 2022 In Secret started favourite in the Golden Rose after winning the Run To The Rose, but was denied late finishing runner-up to Rubick colt Jacquinot.

Favourites in Golden Rose markets have a gun recent record having won back-to-back for trainer John O’Shea in 2015 (Exosphere) and Astern (2016).

Most recently Bivouac (2019) became the latest Golden Rose favourite to salute.

Prior to that the last punters’ picks to win were Duporth (2008) and Denman (2009). In the time between though, only one Golden Rose winner jumped at double-digits with Epaulette ($13 in 2012). In 2017 however Trapeze Artist stole the show at a blowout price of $41 in Golden Rose betting, that year’s favourite being his stablemate Menari ($2.35) who finished third.

The favourite in Golden Rose odds for 2018 also ran third with Graff a length behind the Chris Waller-trained winner The Autumn Sun.

Golden Rose Stakes Field

New season three-year-olds contesting the Golden Rose field traditionally come off a lead-up run in the Group 2 Run To The Rose (1200m) held at the same track a fortnight earlier. From  2012 – 2016 all five Golden Rose winners were Run To The Rose graduates, including Hallowed Crown (2014), Exosphere (2015) and Astern (2016) who completed the double three years on the trot.

The Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double was then achieved in 2019 by the Godolphin-raced Bivouac.

More recently, both Ole Kirk (2020) and In The Congo (2021) improved on a lead-up second in the Run To The Rose to take out the Group 1. In 2023 the Golden Rose winner Militarize came off a fifth in the Group 2 which was won by Cylinder who finished third in the Group 1.

Prior to the Run To The Rose, an earlier Golden Rose Stakes lead-up event is Rosehill’s Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) run in late August that has produced many recent Golden Rose Stakes top three performers. In The Congo (2021) was the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Golden Rose Stakes double.

Another lead-up race into the Golden Rose Stakes field before 2022 was Sydney’s Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) that was previously held in early September at Rosehill over 100m further. In 2018 the Golden Rose winner The Autumn Sun improved on a lead-up third in the Stan Fox Stakes to win the Group 1. That followed on from Trapeze Artist, the 2017 Golden Rose winner who came off a Stan Fox Stakes fourth that year.

Earlier, the Listed The Rosebud (1100m) often serves as the traditional first-up run for Golden Rose-bound three-year-olds.

In 2022 the Golden Rose Stakes winner Jacquinot come via a lead-up win in Caulfield’s Group 3 HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) in Melbourne.

Astern (2016) saluted for the punters in the Golden Rose odds that spring. Photo Credit: Steve Hart.

2023 Golden Rose Stakes Field

The official Golden Rose Stakes 2023 Final Field & Barriers are set for release on the Tuesday of race week and will be published in full below so stay tuned to see the three-year-old gallopers that line-up in the million dollar spring feature.

The 2023 Golden Rose Stakes field features 13 hopeful three-year-olds including Godolphin’s Run To The Rose winner Cylinder, Chris Waller’s returning Golden Slipper champion Shinzo, and the winter’s JJ Atkins hero King Colorado coming off a run against the older horses in the Winx Stakes.

2023 Golden Rose Stakes Nominations

The late Golden Rose 2023 Nominations closed at 3:00pm (AEST) on Tuesday the 6th of June, 2023. 

Click here to view the complete list of official 2023 Golden Rose nominations courtesy of the Australian Turf Club (ATC) once released. 

2023 Golden Rose Stakes First Acceptances

The Golden Rose Stakes 2023 First Acceptances are open until 3:00pm (AEST) on Tuesday the 11th of July, 2023.

Golden Rose Stakes Tips

The Golden Rose Stakes is one of the most highly anticipated events during the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival and because of this the majority of racing experts have a set of Golden Rose Stakes tips every year. Horses generally come from both Sydney and Melbourne to contest the race and there are often plenty of different form lines converging in the Group 1 event.

Key Golden Rose Stakes tips include looking for horses that won their lead-up race with eight of the winners from 2009 – 2023 having taken out their final race before the Group 1 including Run To The Rose champ Bivouac (2019) and last start HDF McNeil Stakes winning Victorian raider Jacquinot (2022).

The Run To The Rose has provided more Golden Rose champions in the past decade than any other race, so a top tip is to back the best out of that Group 2 held two weeks prior to Golden Rose Stakes Day.

Also, avoiding the fillies in the Golden Rose Stakes betting tips has proven successful historically with Forensics (2008) the only filly to beat the boys in the race since Dandify (2000).

2023 Golden Rose Stakes Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Golden Rose Stakes 2023 betting tips will be detailed below the week of the race so stay tuned for the three-year-olds to back and sack in the Rosehill showdown this September.

• To Win: #1 Militarize ($6 at time of publish) – BET NOW

Another cracking edition of the Golden Rose with a host of livewire chances. Going for a bit of value and have Chris Waller’s talented dual Group 1 winning Dundeel colt Militarize on top. He was at close to double figures at the start of the week but has been heavily backed over the past couple of days. In the autumn he was a star taking out the Inglis Sires’ – Champagne Stakes elite level double over 1400m and 1600m respectively. Fresh he caught the eye making up late ground in the Group 2 Run To The Rose (1200m) when only three-quarters back fifth. He presents fitter second-up with natural improvement, will appreciate getting back up in distance, is drawn a treat in barrier 2 and has the ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira in town for the ride. Ticks plenty of boxes and can surprise at a price.

Golden Rose Stakes Form Guide

The Golden Rose Stakes form guide is highly sought after heading into the Group 1 event and is key reading to find the winner of the race. The Run To The Rose is the major lead-up to the Golden Rose and it has produced more winners than any other preparatory run.

The form guide on the Golden Rose race provides all the need-to-know race info including the lead-up form of the runners, their saddle-cloth numbers, jockeys and trainers, and the barriers.

From 2013 – 2023 four winners had a wide Golden Rose Stakes barrier draw including Trapeze Artist (14 of 14), so backing a wider-drawn runner can prove a good bet.

The Golden Rose Stakes form has recently stacked-up in later feature spring races including in 2019 when the runner-up Yes Yes Yes went on to win the world’s richest turf race – the $20 million The Everest – at his next start.

In 2020 Ole Kirk backed-up from his Golden Rose win in Sydney to take out Melbourne’s Caulfield Guineas.

The 2021 Golden Rose Anamoe franked the form winning the Caulfield Guineas next start before a devastatingly close second in the Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m). Anamoe would return in the spring of 2022 dominating a host of other Group 1s including the Cox Plate.

The 2022 Golden Rose Stakes form was franked with the second placed filly In Secret going on to win the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington next start.

Golden Rose Stakes Form Facts

• Four Golden Rose winners from 2013 – 2023 jumped from a double-digit barrier in the race.
• Fillies have a poor record in the Golden Rose Stakes results with Forensics (2008) the last girl to get the job done.
• Single-figure fancies have dominated recent editions Golden Rose Stakes with Epaulette ($13 in 2012) and Trapeze Artist ($41 in 2017) the only double-figure winners since 2004.
• Last start winners make the best bet in the Golden Rose Stakes with eight champions from 2009 – 2023 having won their lead-up.

2023 Golden Rose Stakes Form

A link to our detailed Golden Rose Stakes 2023 Form Guide & Betting Preview will be provided for punters below the week of the race.

Golden Rose Stakes Results

The Golden Rose Stakes results of the past 30 years have been dominated by the colts and geldings with the only successful fillies in the spring feature since 1997 being Dandify (2000) and Forensics (2008).

Recent Golden Rose history shows horses under $10 in betting having the best record, while from 2008 – 2019 five Golden Rose betting favourites saluted for the punters.

Forensics (2008) was the last filly to win the Golden Rose Stakes.

Exosphere holds the current 1400m Golden Rose Stakes race record winning in 2015 in a time of 1 minute 21:83 seconds.

Past Golden Rose Stakes Winners

Recent Golden Rose Stakes winners and place-getters dating back to the year 2000 are detailed in the below table.