The
Rosehill barrier trials on Monday morning featured a sparkling performance from
last year's popular Everest winner Redzel, while there was also keen interest in
the wins of rising star Pierata and a royally bred colt from Lindsay Park in Victoria
that is obviously not in Sydney for a haircut.
By champion sire Fastnet Rock from champion mare More Joyous, three year-old colt
More Sundays made headlines when breaking his maiden at Geelong on August 6 and
is now in Sydney for a tilt at the Group I ATC Golden Rose next month.
Trained by the Hayes / Dabernig team, More Sundays could not have been more
impressive, settling at the rear of the field for Kerrin McEvoy, before rounding
them all up to win going away by nearly two lengths. His time of 54.02 was the
fastest of eight heats run at 895 metres.
It's a big ask to go from maiden to Group I in such a short space of time, but
given his pedigree and obvious talent, why wouldn't you have a throw at the stumps.
Greg Hickman's star Pierro stallion Pierata indicated he would be a serious
Everest contender with a scintillating trial that will have brought him forward
again from his first up win over Kementari in the Group II ATC Missile Stakes.
He dashed clear for James McDonald to win by two and a quarter lengths in 54.75
seconds.
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here to see all the trial results from Rosehill on Monday morning.