THE absence of crack colt Rothesay has thrown Saturday's group 3 San Domenico Stakes at Randwick wide open, reports Craid Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.His report adds: "He is too good a horse, too valuable to risk," Rothesay's trainer Gerald Ryan said on Thursday after finding out the horse was sick.Ryan has given up on the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill on August 29 for the colt, a brilliant winner on debut at Rosehill last month, but has not ruled out a shot at the group 1
THE absence of crack colt Rothesay has thrown Saturday's group 3 San Domenico Stakes at Randwick wide open, reports Craid Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.
His report adds: "He is too good a horse, too valuable to risk," Rothesay's trainer Gerald Ryan said on Thursday after finding out the horse was sick.
Ryan has given up on the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill on August 29 for the colt, a brilliant winner on debut at Rosehill last month, but has not ruled out a shot at the group 1 Caulfield Guineas in October.
"He had a bit of a temperature when I checked him this morning," Ryan said. "He never ate his feed overnight, that's how I knew he was crook.
"He can't run until the Up And Coming and then he'd have to back-up seven days later into the Golden Rose, and I won't do it to him. There is still plenty of time to get him ready for the Caulfield Guineas."
The absence of Rothesay has led to fellow Rosehill trainer David Payne warming to Winter King ahead of stablemate Cortina Gal.