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The Run to the Rose

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Inaugurated
  
2003

Track
  
Right-handed

Purse
  
175,000 USD (2016)

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1,200 m

Location
  
Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Website
  
Motor Traders' Association of NSW (2016)

The Run to the Rose is an Australian Turf Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres, at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in August. Prizemoney is A$175,000.

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Race history

Prizemoney was increased in 2015 from $125,000 to $175,000.

Race name

  • 2003–2004 - Monakea 3YO Quality Handicap
  • 2005 - Smithfield RSL Club Handicap
  • Race distance

  • 2003–2010 – 1300 metres
  • 2011 onwards - 1200 metres
  • Race grade

  • 2003–2006 - Listed Race
  • 2007–2014 - Group 3
  • 2015 onwards - Group 2
  • References

    The Run to the Rose Wikipedia