Trio of wide-open Group 3's at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday
The most appealing aspect of the three Group 3 races on Saturday at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, is the competitive nature of the contests.
As of Wednesday, future-book prices for those races listed the lowest favorite at 3-1.
The eight-race Rosehill Gardens program begins at 10:50 p.m. Eastern, or 7:50 p.m. Pacific on Friday. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.
In Her Time, winless in six starts since the Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in February 2019 will be favored to win the $88,480 Hawkesbury Crown for fillies and mares at 6 1/2 furlongs.
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Ninth in the $8.8 million Everest Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse last October, In Her Time was fifth in the Group 3 Hallmark Stakes at Randwick on April 18 and makes a rapid turnaround.
Bangkok, third in Group 3 stakes at six furlongs in her last two starts, figures to be the biggest threat to In Her Time in the field of 15.
Indy Car, a winner of 3 of 5 starts, will have his group stakes debut of 2020 in the $101,120 Hawkesbury Guineas for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at seven furlongs. A closer, Indy Car has won consecutive starts at 5 1/2 and seven furlongs.
As of Wednesday, Indy Car was 9-2 in the future book, the same price as the New Zealand filly Icebath. Indy Car and Icebath were first and second in the listed South Pacific Classic at Randwick on April 11.
The quick filly Amangiri heads the field for the $101,120 Hawkesbury Gold Cup at 7 1/2 furlongs. She set the pace in the Group 1 Legacy Stakes for fillies and mares going a mile at Randwick on April 11 but faded to finish ninth.
Amangiri is winless in three starts since the Group 3 Tesio Stakes at a mile at Flemington last October.
In the 15-runner Hawkesbury Gold Cup, her main rivals are Gaulois, Live and Free, and Manolo Blahniq.

