Unbeaten Ghisoni Goes To G1 At Rosehill
Unbeaten three-year-old filly Ghisoni will be out to keep the G1 victories rolling in for Godolphin in Australia when she tackles older fillies in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill on Saturday, March 12.
Unbeaten three-year-old filly Ghisoni will be out to keep the G1 victories rolling in for Godolphin in Australia when she tackles older fillies in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill on Saturday, March 12.
A winner at each of her three starts, Ghisoni (John O'Shea/Corey Brown) will carry only 50kg in a race that gives her an ideal opportunity to open her account at the highest level.
"She's trained on beautifully since her last run, shown me everything I wanted to see. She comes in very nicely under the conditions of this race and we're really looking forward to seeing what she's got," said trainer John O'Shea.
Ghisoni, who is accompanied in the Coolmore by stablemate Pearls (John O'Shea/Winona Costin), heads a strong Godolphin contingent at Rosehill that includes the imported stayers Hartnell and Magic Hurricane in the G3 Sky High Stakes along with a trio of two-year-olds making late bids for a run in the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes.
Hartnell (John O'Shea/James McDonald), a G1 winner this time last year, should be primed to show his best after racing too keenly last start.
"He jumped too well and was a bit fresh last start, but the run has improved him and we'll be looking for a good result from him," O'Shea said.
Magic Hurricane (John O'Shea/Brenton Avdulla), is also a G1 winner working up to his best distance who is ready to improve with O'Shea reporting that he had trimmed up noticeably since his last outing and galloping well on the training track leading up to this race.
Among the juveniles, Calliope (John O'Shea/James McDonald) and Palomino (John O'Shea/Sam Clipperton) run in the G2 Magic Night Stakes for fillies with Souchez (John O'Shea/James McDonald) in the colt's division, the G2 Pago Pago Stakes ahead of next weekend's G1 Golden Slipper.
The stable will also be represented in the G2 Phar Lap Stakes for three-year-olds by Italy who backs up from her Listed win in Canberra six days earlier and by the older runners Generalife and It's Somewhat in the G2 Ajax Stakes.
