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By Ray Hickson

ROSEHILL GARDENS – BEST BET: Race 4 # 8 – LOST

Godolphin could be in for a good Saturday afternoon and this lightly raced mare kicks things off in an 1100m sprint that looks perfect for her. She resumed from a bleed and relished sitting back and being able to work home under her own steam when running out an easy winner at Warwick Farm on the last day of the season. She’s unbeaten second-up so we can only expect her to have taken improvement and with genuine speed engaged she has the chance to again do some stalking and sprint past them.

Trainer Jarrod Austin (Pic: Bradley Photos).

ROSEHILL GARDENS – NEXT BEST: Race 7 # 6 – TERRA MATER

Talented Jarrod Austin trained mare bound for stakes company this spring. Strung three impressive wins together over the summer then took on the Provincial-Midway Championships and ran a blinder in her first qualifier, running fourth off an outside gate around 1200m at Gosford, before winning the Wild Card. Not disgraced in the final but if her trials are any guide she’s come back humming. Nash Rawiller could barely hold her in the latest trial as she trucked through the line. Good speed engaged here and she’s drawn to do no work and dash home. That makes her very hard to hold out.

ROSEHILL GARDENS – SECTIONAL STAR: Race 3 # 3 – LISZTOMANIA

There wouldn’t be better Highway form than what this honest gelding boasts and he’s been flashing home from impossible positions having drawn wide in both runs back. Got very close to Clear Thinking giving her weight and a head start first-up before dropping 100m and turning at the tail before he charged home out wide to run Lonhro’s Queen to under a length. That horse has since won again. He clocked the fastest last 600m, according to Punter’s Intelligence, in that race of 34.45 with a lot of the work done from the 400m-200m where he posted a race best 11.31. Shouldn’t have to do as much work this time around from a favourable gate which bodes well for his finishing burst.

KEMBLA GRANGE – PROVINCIAL PICK: Race 7 # 12 – REDUCIO

A typically well bred Godolphin product, this three-year-old filly makes her debut on the back of two barrier trials. The first was on the synthetic and she showed plenty of improvement into the second back on the grass and up to 1000m. She made some sharp late ground in that latest hitout and steps out over 1200m from an inside barrier which should afford her every chance. If she’s above average then she’ll be right in the finish of a very open looking maiden.

All the fields, form and replays for Saturday's Rosehill meeting