Specials both home for Rosehill today thanks to a couple of very good rides by promising apprentices Siena Grima and Shannen Llewellyn πͺπ». Early shoppers rewarded with Hollywood Gold opening at $26 an hour after the tips were at the printer!
Good old racing shots ...Fury's Order (Brent Thomson) winning the 1975 Cox Plate. That track rating was accurate - the meeting was called off as soon as the Cox Plate was run!
Todayβs Queensland Derby sees Solid Gold given a decent chance to become the first filly to win the race since Dariana in 2010.
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Neil Williams wins the 1994 Magic Millions on Brave Warrior, after picking up the ride an hour before the race (late replacement for Chris Munce). Williams died five years later.
Good old racing shots ... Bob Skelton aboard Magistrate. "The mean-tempered 10-year-old with three screws through a bone in his leg completed back-to-back victories in the Perth Cup in 1982. A year earlier he had won the Cup by a record 10 lengths."