The Golden Rose Stakes is an

Australian Turf Club Australian Turf Club (ATC) owns and operates thoroughbred racing, events and hospitality venues across Sydney, Australia. The ATC came into being on 7 February 2011 when the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) and the Sydney Turf Club (STC) merged. The ...

Group 1 Group 1 may refer to: * Alkali metal, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal * Group 1 (racing), a historic (until 1981) classification for Touring car racing, applied to standard touring cars. Comparable to modern FIA Group N * Group On ...

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights, over a distance of 1,400 metres at

Rosehill Racecourse The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is located in the Western Sydney suburb of Rosehill, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Australian Turf Club. Rosehill holds horse races for thoroughbred gallopers on a grass ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Previously run in late August or early September, the race is now run on the fourth Saturday in September. Total prizemoney for the race is A$1 million.

History

The initial race was named after the dual

Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbou ...

winner

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and Puer aeternus, never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending ...

(1932, 1934). When the race was renamed in 2003 the race had its grade dropped from Grade 2 to an unlisted race even though the stakes of the race were increased to $1 million.

Name

* 1978–2002 - Peter Pan Stakes * 2003 onwards - Golden Rose Stakes

Grade

* 1978 - Principal Race * 1979–2002 - Group 2 * 2003–2004 - Unlisted Race (stakes $1 million) * 2005 - Listed Race * 2006 - Group 3 * 2008 - Group 2 * 2009 onwards - Group 1

Distance

* 1978–1986 – 1500 metres * 1987 – 1350 metres * 1988 – 1500 metres * 1989–1991 – 1550 metres * 1992–2002 – 1500 metres * 2003 - onwards 1400 metres

Venue

* 1989–1991 - Race held at

Canterbury Park Canterbury Park () (formerly Canterbury Downs), is a horse racing track in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Canterbury Park Holding Corporation ("Canterbury Park") hosts parimutuel wagering on live thoroughbred and quarter horse racing at i ...

Winners

Golden Rose Stakes

* 2022 - Jacquinot * 2021 - In The Congo * 2020 - Ole Kirk * 2019 - Bivouac * 2018 -

The Autumn Sun The Autumn Sun (foaled 2 September 2015) was a Thoroughbred racehorse trained and bred in Australia. He won five Group One races and over three million dollars. Career The Autumn Sun was purchased for $650,000 at the 2016 Inglis Easter Yearli ...

* 2017 -

Trapeze Artist A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a ceiling support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, an ...

* 2016 - Astern * 2015 -

Exosphere The exosphere ( grc, ἔξω "outside, external, beyond", grc, σφαῖρα "sphere") is a thin, atmosphere-like volume surrounding a planet or natural satellite where molecules are gravitationally bound to that body, but where the densit ...

* 2014 - Hallowed Crown * 2013 -

Zoustar Zoustar (foaled 8 September 2010) is a two-time Group 1 winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire who has sired multiple stakes winners. Background Originally bred by Racetree Stud outside of Beaudesert, Queensland, Zoustar ...

* 2012 -

Epaulette Epaulette (; also spelled epaulet) is a type of ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of military rank, rank by armed forces and other organizations. Flexible metal epaulettes (usually made from brass) are referred to as ''sh ...

* 2011 - Manawanui * 2010 - Toorak Toff * 2009 - Denman * 2008 - Duporth * 2008 - Forensics * 2007 - †''race not held'' * 2006 - Court Command * 2005 - Paratroopers * 2004 - Doonan * 2003 - In Top Swing † Race not held in that year due to Equine Influenza outbreak. The Sydney Turf Club moved the race to the autumn for the 2007–08 racing season and the race was won by Forensics in March 2008.

Peter Pan Stakes

* 2002 - Sportsman * 2001 - Magic Albert * 2000 - Dandify * 1999 - Fairway * 1998 - Huge Jet * 1997 - On Air * 1996 - ''race not held'' * 1995 - Flying Spur * 1994 - Brave Warrior * 1993 - March Hare * 1992 - Play Or Pay * 1991 - Big Dreams * 1990 - Imperial Magician * 1989 - Party Mood * 1988 - Swiftly Carson * 1987 - Roman General * 1986 - Drought * 1985 - Handy Proverb * 1984 - Black Ivory * 1983 - Sir Dapper * 1982 - Cossack Prince * 1981 - Best Western * 1980 - Impish Prince * 1979 - Kingston Town * 1978 - Kapalaran

External links

Golden Rose (ATC)

References

{{reflist, 2 Group 1 stakes races in Australia