Another straight exam awaits Excelsior
True Excelsior is still on track to run in next month’s Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) in New Zealand despite being beaten against her own sex at Flemington last Saturday. The four-year-old daughter of Exceed and Excel finished third, beaten a long neck by Smart Coupe, in a $100,000 benchmark 84 handicap (1100m) for fillies and...Read More
True Excelsior on trial for NZ G1 attempt
Talented mare True Excelsior hasn’t had a lot of luck in recent starts but her trainer Troy Corstens says he has ‘lost no faith’ in the four-year-old and has grand ambitions for her next month. The daughter of Exceed And Excel will run at Flemington on Saturday and if she can notch a victory in...Read More
Warren in red-hot form with Rosemont
MORNINGTON-based racehorse trainer Jason Warren is enjoying a winning run of late alongside Victorian thoroughbred farm, Rosemont Stud. The pair combined to win two metropolitan races with two runners on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December in slashing style. Warren, who has trained out of his private property Denistoun Park, Tuerong for the past...Read More
Winnings Colours On a Runaway Roll
The colours have been in good form lately and the team will be hoping it can continue at Pakenham today on their richest race and Saturday stand-alone meeting. Congrats to the team at Corstens Racing on the tough win of Immaculate Secret last night at the Valley. Things didn’t go according to plan, but she...Read More
Brooklyn buzz won’t fade
There’s no available markets for February’s Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) but when they’re released it’s sure to have Brooklyn Hustle close to the top. It’s been a couple of days since Jason Warren’s filly made a winning debut over 1000 metres at The Valley, overcoming a slow start from the inside barrier and rocketing through...Read More
Blue Diamond Plan for Starspangled Filly
Rosemont Stud’s homebred Starspangledbanner filly Brooklyn Hustle looked a star in the making when scoring a dazzling last to first debut win at Moonee Valley on Saturday with the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes next year her immediate goal in the short term. A powerhouse chestnut, just like her famous sire and his sire...Read More
Biggest ever Rosemont draft at Magic Millions 2019
Following the release this week of the catalogue for the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Rosemont Stud is proud to preview our draft for the January sale. With 26 yearlings in the catalogue, we are taking our biggest draft ever to the Gold Coast and have included horses of all levels to appeal...Read More
Royal Ascot On the Cards After Santa Ana Lane Lands his Fourth Group One
In what looked to be as good a field of sprinters on turf anywhere in the world in 2018, the Anthony Freedman-trained gelding Santa Ana Lane came with a barnstorming finish to earn a fourth win at the highest level in Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington. Looking a picture...Read More
The backstory behind Geelong’s bred and owned Runaway
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s most famous race, and on Tuesday, Geelong will have a runner to call its own. Runaway, bred and part-owned by Gnarwarre’s Rosemont Stud, won the Geelong Cup 10 days ago to effectively book his spot in Tuesday’s $7.3 million race. At one stage, champion trainer Gai Waterhouse was fed up...Read More
Moody’s Help Gets Sprinter On Target
Rosemont Stud has used the expertise of Peter Moody, the trainer of champion sprinter Black Caviar, to help return its mare True Excelsior to her best. The four-year-old daughter of Exceed and Excel is a massive chance to cause a boilover in tomorrow’s Group 3 Furphy Sprint (1100m) at Flemington, according to stud principal Anthony...Read More
Will Geelong Hero Runaway With The Melbourne Cup?
It has been a big week for Anthony Mithen and Rosemont Stud. Huge week actually. Last Wednesday, Rosemont’s bred and raced, Runaway, won the much coveted Group Three Bet365 Geelong Cup, while on Friday night another of the home-breds in Iconoclasm raced onto the second line of betting for Saturday’s Group One Kennedy Mile after...Read More
Can Red Colours Gatecrash Cox Plate Day!?
ROSEMONT RUNNERS – COX PLATE DAY!! Race 5 – DARK VILLAIN Very nice progressive son of I Am Invincible who popped off his maiden in fine style 3 weeks ago. Big step up to Group company but is speedy and competitive. Two year old form holds up well and is a horsenon the way up....Read More