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Rosehill Guineas

Rosehill Guineas
Group 1 race
Amounis 1930 VATC Futurity Stakes Jockey Harold Jones Trainer Frank McGrath.jpg
1925 winner – Amounis
Location Rosehill Gardens Racecourse
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inaugurated 1910
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Sponsor Sky Racing (2017)
Race information
Distance 2,000 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Set weights
colts and geldings - 56 12 kg
fillies 54 12 kg
Purse AUD$600,000 (2017)
Bonuses Exempt from ballot in Australian Derby

The Rosehill Guineas is an Australian Turf Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at set weights run over a distance of 2000 metres at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia annually in March. Total prize money for the race is A$600,000.

Many champions have been victorious in this race, including Phar Lap, Ajax, Tulloch, Dulcify, Kingston Town, Octagonal, Naturalism and Tie The Knot.

Time record:

† Change in scheduling of race from spring to autumn


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