The $300,000 Group II ATC Guy Walter Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday attracted a strong field with Castelvecchio mare Verona Rose taking the prize over Group I winner Manaal.
The Blue Diamond might have been run and won in Melbourne, but in Sydney the road to the Golden Slipper is on a fast track and there were three new stakes-winners on Saturday that are all entered for the world’s richest 2YO race.