Drinkwise Rosebud Shows Early Shoots To Sydney's Golden Spring Group 1

13 August, 2025

A key early pathway to one of Sydney’s most sought-after Group 1 races is run at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday just weeks from the bumper Sydney Everest Carnival and feature races.

The Listed $200,000 Drinkwise Rosebud for three-year-olds has horses and stables looking to progress towards the Group 1 $1 million Yulong Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens on 27 September.

The Drinkwise Rosebud also comes ahead of other three-year-old lead-ups in coming weeks at Rosehill Gardens in the Group 3 $250,000 San Domenico Stakes and Group 3 $250,000 Up and Coming Stakes (30 August) and Group 2 $300,000 Run To The Rose (13 September).

Michael Freedman trained Pallaton with Tommy Berry to ride opens a well-backed $2.80-$2.50 TAB favourite on Saturday in the Drinkwise Rosebud ahead of the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou stable’s Skyhook at $3.60-$3.90 TAB with Kerrin McEvoy aboard.

Skyhook’s stablemate Blitzburg is $4-$4.60 for jockey Tim Clark while the Brad Widdup trained Nashville Jack with jockey Jason Collett has been supported from $6-$5 TAB.

Australian Turf Club Head of Racing and Wagering Nevesh Ramdhani said Saturday started a series of pathway races heading into Spring.

“It is always pleasing to see the early three-year-olds step out and watch them develop from their early two-year-old careers towards potential Group 1 glory,’’ Mr Ramdhani said.

“Winners and placegetters from the Drinkwise Rosebud have over a number of years been a strong guide to upcoming three-year-old features including the Group 1 Yulong Golden Rose.’’

Ole Kirk in 2020 and In The Congo in 2021 both completed the Rosebud/Golden Rose double.

Full fields for this Saturday at Rosehill Gardens can be found here and full TAB markets for all races here.

General Admission tickets for TAB Everest Day are selling quickly at theraces.com.au along with the final weeks of the Winter Long Lunch ahead of the start of the Everest Carnival.

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