27/03/21 Rosehill tips for The Galaxy & George Ryder Stakes

Following an extremely disrupted lead up, Rosehill will finally get its day in the spotlight on Saturday.

The 2021 Golden Slipper Day has been rescheduled for only the second time in 54 years.

Five Group 1's await punters with top quality horses on show throughout the day.

In the George Ryder Stakes, I am with one who will appreciate the give in the ground now considering he is getting older.

Whilst in the Galaxy, I expect the residual fitness of a Melbourne raider to be a significant factor in the testing wet conditions.

Track Conditions

For the latest insight into how the Rosehill track is expected to play, read our preview of the Golden Slipper here.

Rosehill Race 6 - George Ryder Stakes 1500m (G1 WFA)

The Map

There looks to be good speed here from Dreamforce (2) and Samdoubt (12) who both love to roll along in the lead.  Expect them to cross and race as the first pair in running.

Kolding (13) should find the ideal trailing position just in behind the leaders and from there, should have plenty to offer from the top of the straight.

From the inside draw, expect Funstar (1) to settle in the moving line midfield with cover. 

The Favourite 

Funstar ($5.00) looks to be building nicely this prep and comes via the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes, where she ran well to place 4 of 9 when finishing only 0.6 lengths off the winner. 

She loves the wet (12:5-2-0) and appears likely to receive those conditions here with plenty of rain predicted. 

With a Heavy track it may be an advantage to be coming wider at this stage of the day and she draws perfectly to be in a outside moving line position.

Certainly has plenty of ticks in this. 

 Best Racing Tips

I'm with Kolding here who although has not won on a Heavy to date, may improve in this type of going now that he is getting older.

He has done everything right in the lead up events and fought very hard last start, when only just being collared late. Fitter now, he looks a great chance. 

Funstar is another with plenty of quality and does have the good record on heavy tracks (4:2-1-0).

She will also be well suited if the track favours those racing in the wider lanes.

Dreamforce will roll along near the lead for most of this race and will look the winner at some point.

If he can handle the rain-affected conditions and gets it all his own way out in front, expect he can win.  

Gem Song is an interesting runner and is less exposed and more lightly raced than most of these.

He won the Group 2 Newcastle Newmarket last start and deserves his chance against the "A Graders" here.

He should be peaking for this third-up and the stable/connections are known to pull off some big coups in these races. Watch betting late. 

1^st  Kolding 

2^nd  Funstar

3^rd  Dreamforce

4^th  Gem Song