'Rose' A Possibility For Champion

Yankee Rose | Racing And Sports

There is no shortage of Group 1 action in Australia this weekend with five top level events up for grabs. Yankee Rose (Aus) (All American {Aus}), second in the G1 Flight S. at Randwick last Saturday could make a quick reappearance in the G1 Spring Champion S. back at the same course on Saturday. The filly already has a Group 1 victory on her CV after her win in the G1 Inglis Sires' in April and her trainer David Vandyke is monitoring her progress before committing to backing her up this weekend. “It's only early days and I'll certainly keep a close eye on her, see how she gallops on Wednesday and how she recovers from that,” Vandyke told Racing And Sports. “If I've got any doubt we won't run, but If I'm confident she's in good shape we'll go round.” Chris Waller won the Spring Champion last year with Vanbrugh (Aus) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) and he has three potential challengers this time around in Veladero (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), High Mist (Aus) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and Tumultuous (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}).
A field of 14 remain in contention for the G1 Caulfied Guineas on Saturday. Impending (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) currently heads to market and will be strongly fancied to continue the excellent run of form of John O'Shea and Godolphin. He won the G2 Stan Fox S. at Rosehill Sept. 24 beating Divine Prophet (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) by a neck. That Hawkes' trained runner up is also an intended runner in the Guineas.

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