Rosehill

Golden Rose (Group 1)

GODOLPHIN’S Exceed And Excel colt Bivouac prevailed in a thrilling finish of the Golden Rose to land James Cummings a 19th Group 1 win at Rosehill on Saturday

Challenged strongly by the Rubrick colt Yes Yes Yes, Bivouac kept finding to win by a half-head as another Exceed And Excel colt, Exceedance, finished strongly for third a further half-length away.

Hugh Bowman missed Bivouac’s previous win in the Group 2 Run For The Rose due to a broken finger but was back in the saddle on Saturday, and the Godolphin galloper has now won four of his previous five.

“To see Bivouac striding into his sprint at the top of the straight was poetry in motion,” said Cummings.

“He’s a rare horse to have in our care, and an absolute pleasure to have in the stable.”

With an Everest slot in hand Godolphin must now decide if they select Bivouac ahead of Osborne Bulls or Alizee. I think races like the Coolmore are on the table.

“The Caulfield Guineas is worth consideration but he’s probably just too brilliant for that race so yes, the Everest is an option,” added Cummings.

The Coolmore part-owned runner-up Yes Yes Yes was ruled out from their Everest slot.

“The Coolmore (Stud Stakes) is obviously an option and we will chat to Chris (Waller) in the coming days but he is not going to run in The Everest,” said Coolmore’s Tom Magnier.

Earlier on the Rosehill card, Mister Sea Wolf, formerly trained by Ger Lyons (when known as Sea Wolf) scored his highest profile win since moving to Australia in the Group 2 Shannon Stakes.

Irish owner David Spratt still retains a share in the seven-year-old who is trained by Chris Waller now.

Rain worry for Ten Sovereigns

AIDAN O’Brien’s July Cup winner and third, Ten Sovereigns and Fairyland, arrived at Canterbury’s quarantine centre on Monday without incident. “Both horses travelled out here very well and we are happy with them,” said Sarah O’Brien. “I’m already working on coming back in a couple of weeks. It was a great trip for all of us.”

Ten Sovereigns has arrived safely in Australia \Healy Racing

The hope for the camp is no rain, which can be notorious in Sydney this time of year, though Ballydoyle’s travelling foreman Andrew Murphy is optimistic. “Hopefully with good quick ground, we think we have the right horse. He is nearly there,” he said. “We just have to add the finishing touches, but one thing about Aidan, when they leave they are trained and we just finish them off. Six furlongs is his ideal trip, so we are looking forward to it.”