Godolphin colt Cylinder could complete a miracle comeback from a broken jaw in Saturday’s Golden Slipper and is the one to beat after getting a dream draw.
Australia’s best jockey had a win on appeal,allowing him to ride Cylinder in the world’s richest two-year-old race and Anamoe in his second-last Australian start.
The stars will come out to play at Rosehill on Saturday,with Anamoe and Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip to fill the support slots for the Golden Slipper.
Champion jockey Ryan Moore will jet to Sydney to ride Coolmore colt Shinzo in the Golden Slipper on Saturday.
Anamoe’s expected win wasn’t the high point on a rare quiet day for James McDonald.
“I can’t believe it,I just can’t believe it,” trainer Danny Williams said,shaking his head in disbelief after The Galaxy at Rosehill on Saturday. “What do you say?”
Flying filly Fireburn picked herself up and charged through the field for an amazing win in the $5million Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday.
If this is to be the final weeks of the training partnership,then the Freedman brothers will go out with a bang after mudlark Forbidden Love coasted to a second group 1 win in the past fortnight.
James Cummings has floated the prospect of Anamoe running in either the Tancred Stakes or ATC Derby after his Rosehill Guineas romp on Saturday.
Ciaron Maher has turned to a thoroughly modern way of tracking his horses to take his training to the next level.
The rise of high-tech methods is having an impact on racing,and Sejardan and Fireburn are also live chances at Rosehill on Saturday.