Run To The Rose 2024

Ladbrokes Tip: The Run To The Rose – Golden Rose double is a popular one for punters each spring

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).

2022 Run To The Rose winner In Secret. Photo: Steve Hart.

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 latest edition of the Run To The Rose ran on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Rosehill Gardens and was won first-up in style by the Golden Rose and potentially The Everest-bound Godolphin galloper Traffic Warden ($8). 

2024 The Run To The Rose Results

The official The Run To The Rose 2024 results and finishing order will be available below once the race is run and won on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

2024 Run To The Rose winner Traffic Warden was too good late first-up for Godolphin. Photo: Steve Hart.

• 1st: #1 Traffic Warden
• 2nd: #7 Anode
• 3rd: #2 Storm Boy

The Godolphin-owned Traffic Warden, a first-up longshot at $8, showcased impressive late speed to secure a narrow victory in the Run to the Rose 2024 results. The colt’s fresh performance and strong finish position him as a potential contender for the Golden Rose and even The Everest, making him a horse to watch in the upcoming racing season.

2024 Run To The Rose Odds

Links to our top The Run To The Rose 2024 odds will be available right here as soon as betting opens on the key Golden Rose Stakes lead-up this spring.

The Run To The Rose Race Info

• Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024
• 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) and Cylinder ($2.50 in 2023) 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.

2024 Run To The Rose Field

The season’s official Run To The Rose 2024 Final Field & Barriers will be published below as soon as released the Wednesday of race week.

The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Storm Boy coming off a big win fresh in the San Domenico here is clear favourite to keep the victories coming in Saturday’s Run To The Rose 2024 field. 

2024 Run To The Rose Nominations

Early nominations for The Run To The Rose 2024 close on the Monday leading-up to the race with the full list of early entries to be made available below.

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.

2024 Run To The Rose Tips

Our Ladbrokes’ exclusive Run To The Rose 2024 best bet will be published below the week of the race so stay tuned!

• To Win: #2 Storm Boy ($2.05 at time of publish) – BET NOW

What a line-up in the Run to the Rose! Sticking with the Waterhouse/Bott favourite, Storm Boy, who is just outside of an odds-on quote to remain unbeaten as a three-year-old. The Magic Millions Classic winning Justify colt resumed with a first-up victory by a runaway margin at Rosehill in the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes and looks ready to make it two on the trot. The step-up to 1200m is ideal as he boasts an outstanding three-from-four record at the distance. Big things still to come this prep for the Slipper placegetter. Wins this and more.  

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 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. 

2024 Run To The Rose Form Guide

A link to our detailed The Run To The Rose 2024 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) is to date the only filly 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.

FAQ

When is the Run To The Rose 2024?

What is the prize money for the Run To The Rose 2024?

$300,000

Where is the Run To The Rose 2024?

Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142.