Ladbrokes Tip: The Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double is a popular one for punters each spring
The latest edition of the Run To The Rose took place on Saturday September 13, 2025 at Rosehill Gardens and saw the Ciaron Maher trained Street Boss filly Tempted ($3.90F) salute first-up in a commanding victory for the punters.
2025 The Run To The Rose Results
The official The Run To The Rose 2025 results and finishing order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday September 13, 2025.
- 1st: #9 Tempted
- 2nd: #3 Beiwacht
- 3rd: #6 Skyhook
The autumn’s Percy Sykes winning filly Tempted ($3.90F) was brilliant in her debut run as a three-year-old for Ciaron Maher with the Godolphin owned daughter of Street Boss saluting for the punters fresh by a commanding margin in the 2025 Run To The Rose results to shoot to the top of all-in Golden Rose markets and put herself in the mix for a potential slot in The Everest.
2025 Run To The Rose Odds
Links to our top The Run To The Rose 2025 odds will be available right here as soon as betting opens on the key Golden Rose Stakes lead-up this spring.
| 9. Tempted (5) J: Ethan Brown 55.5kg 7131xT: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 3. Beiwacht (3) J: Adam Hyeronimus 57.5kg 190x3T: Chris Waller | ||
| 6. Skyhook (2) J: Kerrin McEvoy 57kg 217x1T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 10. Wodeton (9) J: Jason Collett 55kg 224x2T: Chris Waller | ||
| 11. State Visit (8) J: Chad Schofield 55kg 1324xT: Ciaron Maher | ||
| 4. Rivellino (7) J: Nash Rawiller 57.5kg 145x4T: Kris Lees | ||
| 5. Raging Force (6) J: Zac Lloyd 57kg x1111T: Peter Snowden | ||
| 16. Prestar (1) J: Ashley Morgan 55kg x1031T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy | ||
| 1. Nepotism (4) J: Tyler Schiller 58.5kg 311xT: M, W & J Hawkes | ||
| 7. North England (12) J: Tim Clark 57kg x561xT: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | ||
| 8. King Of Pop (10) J: Josh Parr 57kg 102x6T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | ||
| 12. Hidden Achievement (11) J: Rachel King 55kg 2132xT: Chris Waller |
Run To The Rose Tips
Good Run To The Rose tips include looking for the best performing two-year-olds in the autumn that are starting their 3YO spring campaigns, those with proven winning form over 1200m in Sydney and any fit youngsters coming off a top three run in the San Domenico Stakes.
2025 Run To The Rose Tips
Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Run To The Rose 2025 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!
2025 Run To The Rose Same Race Multi Selections ($10 at time of publish)
- Top 3 – No. 5 Raging Force
- Top 3 – No. 10 Wodeton
- Top 4 – No. 6 Skyhook
RAGING FORCE (8) is going far too good to ignore so is a must include for the Top 3. He’s on fire having won four straight and, even after causing a check to the luckless runner-up in the San Domenico, had plenty to spare on the line in a key lead-up. Loves Rosehill but just needs to show he can do it over the extra distance now.
WODETON (11) was enormous without luck copping a bump which ultimately cost him the San Domenico win. Chris Waller’s Golden Slipper second placed colt is chasing atonement now and gets his chance fitter for the run with both class and consistency on his side.
SKYHOOK (3) is definitely one of the value hopes in this field and cannot go past him in the exotics. He’s two-from-three at the track, proven over the distance, drawn for a win with Kerrin McEvoy sticking with, and comes off an excellent The Rosebud win in the mud fresh.
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6. Skyhook (2)
J: Kerrin McEvoy 57kg
217×1T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou
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10. Wodeton (9)
J: Jason Collett 55kg
224×2T: Chris Waller
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5. Raging Force (6)
J: Zac Lloyd 57kg
x1111T: Peter Snowden
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The Run To The Rose is a Group 2 race for three-year-old sprinters held at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in mid-September each Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. Offering $300,000 in total prize money, the event is now run on the same race card as the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m).
The set weights plus penalties clash was upgraded from a Group 3 to a Group 2 race in 2015 and is the traditional lead-up for three-year-olds into the $1 million Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) back at Rosehill a fortnight later.
Recent winners of the Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double include Bivouac (2019), Astern (2016), Exosphere (2015), Hallowed Crown (2014) and Denman 2009).
In 2020 Ole Kirk improved on his Run To The Rose second to win the Golden Rose next-up, while the Run To The Rose third placed North Pacific ran second in the Group 1.
In 2021, In The Congo won the Golden Rose Stakes after a second in the Run To The Rose, while the Run To The Rose winner Anamoe finished second in the Group 1 next start. Anamoe further franked the form winning the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne that spring before a close second in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m). He also returned in the autumn of 2022 and won the Rosehill Guineas at elite level.
The Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) in mid-August serves as a good lead-up into the Run To The Rose Stakes.
The Run To The Rose Race Info
- Date: Saturday September 13, 2025
- Track: Rosehill Gardens
- Distance: 1200m
- Conditions: 3YOs – Set Weights + Penalties
- Status: Group 2
- Prize Money: $300,000
- First Run: 2003
Run To The Rose Betting
Run To The Rose betting markets are led by the most promising and well-performed three-year-olds of the new season.
Youngsters that performed well in top company as a juvenile that autumn gone in races like the Champagne Stakes sit high up the Run To The Rose odds.
If runners in the field are returning to racing, first-up records have an impact on the markets, while fit three-year-olds coming out of the San Domenico Stakes at the track earlier that month also represent good value in Run To The Rose betting.
Favourites have a solid record in the Run To The Rose and the winner more often than not starts near the top of betting for that year’s Golden Rose Stakes.
In Secret ($3.20 in 2022), Cylinder ($2.50 in 2023) and Tempted ($3.90 in 2025) are the latest favourites in the Run To The Rose betting to salute.
Run To The Rose Field
The Run To The Rose race field attracts the best three-year-old sprinters of the season and class usually prevails in the race. Horses often kick off their spring campaigns in the Group 2 on way to the Golden Rose the following month and may have contested a race like Randwick’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) as a two-year-old in the autumn.
A good lead-up into the Run To The Rose field is the Listed The Rosebud (1100m) and Menari (2017) was the last to complete The Rosebud – Run To The Rose double.
In 2012 star colt Pierro won three straight Group 1 races as a two-year-old including the Golden Slipper and Champagne Stakes before a first-up success in that year’s Run To The Rose.
If not racing first-up runners may come via a race like the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) run two weeks before also at Rosehill, the last horse to complete the San Domenico Stakes – Run To The Rose double being Va Pensiero (2013).
In 2023 Cylinder won the Run To The Rose second-up in Sydney off a first-up win in Melbourne’s Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
2025 Run To The Rose Field
The season’s official Run To The Rose 2025 Final Field & Barriers will be published below as soon as released the Wednesday of race week.
The Run to the Rose 2025 final field features a full line-up of Golden Rose hopes including Team Hawkes’ returning Group 1 Champagne Stakes champ Nepotism in gate five.
| Entrant | Last 6 | Sex | Barrier | Weight | |
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1. Nepotism
J: Tyler Schiller
T: M, W & J Hawkes |
311x | C | 4 | 58.5kg | |
| 2. Devil Night (1) Scratched: | |||||
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3. Beiwacht
J: Adam Hyeronimus
T: Chris Waller |
2190x3 | C | 3 | 57.5kg | |
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4. Rivellino
J: Nash Rawiller
T: Kris Lees |
1145x4 | C | 7 | 57.5kg | |
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5. Raging Force
J: Zac Lloyd
T: Peter Snowden |
6x1111 | G | 6 | 57kg | |
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6. Skyhook
J: Kerrin McEvoy
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
3217x1 | C | 2 | 57kg | |
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7. North England
J: Tim Clark
T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
1x561x | C | 12 | 57kg | |
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8. King Of Pop
J: Josh Parr
T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou |
1102x6 | C | 10 | 57kg | |
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9. Tempted
J: Ethan Brown
T: Ciaron Maher |
27131x | F | 5 | 55.5kg | |
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10. Wodeton
J: Jason Collett
T: Chris Waller |
3224x2 | C | 9 | 55kg | |
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11. State Visit
J: Chad Schofield
T: Ciaron Maher |
1324x | C | 8 | 55kg | |
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12. Hidden Achievement
J: Rachel King
T: Chris Waller |
2132x | C | 11 | 55kg | |
| 13. Nashville Jack (13) Scratched: | |||||
| 14. Navy Pilot (6) Scratched: | |||||
| 15. Sixties (15) Scratched: | |||||
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16. Prestar
J: Ashley Morgan
T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy |
9x1031 | C | 1 | 55kg | |
| 17. Autumn Boy (14) Scratched: | |||||
2025 Run To The Rose Nominations
Early nominations for The Run To The Rose 2025 close on the Monday leading-up to the race with the full list of early entries to be made available below.
| Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer | Hcp Rating | |
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| 1 | 11x | AUTUMN BOY | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 77 |
| 2 | 72190×3 | BEIWACHT | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 93 |
| 3 | 21x | CENTRAL COAST | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 66 |
| 4 | 215×5 | DEVIL NIGHT | C | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | 96 |
| 5 | 2132x | HIDDEN ACHIEVEMENT | C | 3 | Chris Waller | |
| 6 | 1102×6 | KING OF POP | C | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 84 |
| 7 | 45×14 | NASHVILLE JACK | C | 3 | Brad Widdup | 74 |
| 8 | 591237x | NAVY PILOT | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 72 |
| 9 | 311x | NEPOTISM | C | 3 | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | |
| 10 | 31x561x | NORTH ENGLAND | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | |
| 11 | 9×1031 | PRESTAR | C | 3 | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | 64 |
| 12 | 6×1111 | RAGING FORCE | G | 3 | Peter Snowden | 96 |
| 13 | 11145×4 | RIVELLINO | C | 3 | Kris Lees | 92 |
| 14 | 1 | RUINATION | C | 3 | Michael Freedman | 61 |
| 15 | 8215 | SIXTIES | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 67 |
| 16 | 3217×1 | SKYHOOK | C | 3 | Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | 89 |
| 17 | 1324x | STATE VISIT | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 94 |
| 18 | 127131x | TEMPTED | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher | 94 |
| 19 | 2x20x4 | WEST OF SWINDON | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher | |
| 20 | 13224×2 | WODETON | C | 3 | Chris Waller | 96 |
Table Credit: Racing Australia.
Run To The Rose Form Guide
The Run To The Rose form guide features crucial information for punters including saddlecloth numbers, barriers, jockeys, trainers and past runs of the three-year-olds in the field.
The form for this race has held up in the Golden Rose many times in recent years with all four winners of the Group 1 from 2012 – 2015 coming out of the traditional lead-up race.
Run To The Rose graduates have also performed well in other future Group 1 races including in 2015 when runner-up in the Group 2 Press Statement went on to win the Caulfield Guineas in Melbourne that October.
The 2019 Run To The Rose winner Bivouac franked the form with his Golden Rose victory next start and second in that year’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes. Bivouac returned the next autumn and won the 2020 Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.
In Secret franked the Run To The Rose form finishing second in the Golden Rose before beating home the boys in Flemington’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. She also won the 2023 Newmarket Handicap the following autumn at Headquarters.
Cylinder won the Run To The Roe in 2023 before a third in the Golden Rose trifecta and subsequent Group 1 Newmarket Handicap victory down the famous Flemington ‘straight six’ in the autumn of 2024.
The Run To The Rose winner in 2024, Traffic Warden, would go on to place second next start in the Golden Rose Stakes exacta.
2025 Run To The Rose Form Guide
A link to our detailed The Run To The Rose 2025 Form Guide will be available for punters below the week of the race.
Run To The Rose Results
Run To The Rose race results have a major impact on upcoming markets for the Golden Rose Stakes each spring. Many short-priced favourites have saluted in The Run To The Rose including Pierro who jumped the odds-on favourite in 2012.
The last roughie hope to score an upset Run To The Rose result was Va Pensiero ($21 in 2013).
Notable recent Run To The Rose winners include Anamoe (2021), Bivouac (2019), Exosphere (2015), Hallowed Crown (2014), Pierro (2012), and Denman (2009).
Menari holds the current Run To The Rose race record winning in 2017 in a time of 1 minute 08:59 seconds.
In Secret (2022) and Tempted (2025) are the only fillies to win the Run To The Rose.
Past Run To The Rose Winners
Recent Run To The Rose winners and placegetters dating back to the year 2003 are detailed in the below table.
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Time |
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| 2025 | Tempted | Beiwacht | Skyhook | 1:09.74 |
| 2024 | Traffic Warden | Anode | Storm Boy | 1:09.4 |
| 2023 | Cylinder | Moravia | Nadal | 1:09.6 |
| 2022 | In Secret | Best Of Bordeaux | Sweet Ride | 1:10.1 |
| 2021 | Anamoe | In The Congo | Remarque | 1:10.2 |
| 2020 | Rothfire | Ole Kirk | North Pacific | 1:08.5 |
| 2019 | Bivouac | Yes Yes Yes | Exceedance | 1:08.3 |
| 2018 | Lean Mean Machine | Graff | Jonker | 1:13.5 |
| 2017 | Menari | Pariah | Perast | 1:08.5 |
| 2016 | Astern | Star Turn | Impending | 1:10.9 |
| 2015 | Exosphere | Press Statement | Holler | 1:10.6 |
| 2014 | Hallowed Crown | Kumaon | Ygritte | 1:12.9 |
| 2013 | Va Pensiero | Dissident | Marseille Roulette | 1:09.6 |
| 2012 | Pierro | Your Song | Epaulette | 1:09.8 |
| 2011 | Smart Missile | Foxwedge | Helmet | 1:10.5 |
| 2010 | Squamosa | Masquerader | Testarhythm | 1:18.2 |
| 2009 | Denman | More Than Great | Bombay Sling | 1:16.6 |
| 2008 | Desuetude | Maybe I | Emperor Bonaparte | 1:18.1 |
| 2007 | El Cambio | Rapid Jacko | Turffontein | 1:16.2 |
| 2006 | Mentality | He’S No Pie Eater | Boncoeur | 1:17.6 |
| 2005 | Paratroopers | Pendragon (Nz) | Thunderbird Hill | 1:16.3 |
| 2004 | Eremein | Uber | Econsul (Nz) | 1:18.3 |
| 2003 | Gilded Youth | Charmview | Confectioner | 1:16.7 |
FAQ
Who won the 2025 Run To The Rose?
The 2025 Run To The Rose was won by three-year-old Street Boss filly Tempted at $3.90 favouritism for trainer Ciaron Maher with jockey Ethan Brown aboard on 55.5kg from barrier 5 to win by 1.55 lengths on a Soft (5) track in a time of 1:09.74.
When is the Run To The Rose 2025?
Saturday September 13, 2025What is the prize money for the Run To The Rose 2025?
$300,000
Where is the Run To The Rose 2025?
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.
How do I bet on the 2025 Run To The Rose?
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Which horse will win the 2025 Run To The Rose?
The best way to pick which horse will win the Run To The Rose is to take into account the form, assess the barriers, and consider the weight the horse will carry (among other factors).
Check out ladbrokes.com.au in the lead up to the race for full form information.