Rosehill Blackbookers and horses to follow from August 1
- These gallopers caught the eye from Saturday's meeting.
- Steel Strike impressed with a 2nd-up win and looks ready for more.
- Althoff turned heads with a big finish first-up, improvement looks certain.
- Annie’s Rose proved too good on fresh legs, further victories are on the card.
Steve Bennett picks out his blackbookers and horses to follow from Saturday racing at Rosehill on 1 August.- Who were the eyecatchers, who should you add to your black book for upcoming races and meetings and who do we recommended following in the weeks and months ahead?
- Race 7: Benchmark 78 (1400m) – Steel Strike
- Race 9: Benchmark 94 (1300m) – Althoff
- Race 10: Benchmark 78 (1100m) – Annie’s Rose
Who were the eyecatchers, who should you add to your black book for upcoming races and meetings and who do we recommended following in the weeks and months ahead?
Race 7: Benchmark 78 (1400m) – Steel Strike
The Waterhouse & Bott-trained galloper was second-up on Saturday and improved enough to claim victory in this event.
The five-year-old sat patiently in second place, five lengths behind the tearaway leader to the turn, then in the run home, gradually ate into the deficit before gaining the upper hand over the final 50 metres to by almost half a length on the line.
He has placed twice in two third-up appearances previously and now fitter for those two runs back, should go on with it from here.
Race 9: Benchmark 94 (1300m) – Althoff
The Chris Waller-trained galloper resumed on Saturday after 18 weeks in the paddock and turned plenty of heads when finishing second in this event.
Siena Grima settled him last of the 11 runners to the turn and still seeing all of them inside the final 200m, he crossed heels and stormed home to grab the runner-up cheque on the line.
The Written Tycoon five-year-old is already a winner when second-up and looks well worth following for the remainder of this preparation.
Race 10: Benchmark 78 (1100m) – Annie’s Rose
The first emergency for this event gained a start after scratchings and first-up after a 15-week spell, caught the eye with a dominant win in the last of the day.
Sent out an $11 chance (in from $17), Reece Jones settled her near the tail of the field, ten lengths off the speed to the turn, then sticking to the inside, weaved through weakening traffic to secure a run inside the final 100m where she finished over the top of them and cross the lien a length clear in the end.
With that win behind her, she will now be looking for a little further and fitter for that run, looks set for further victories in this campaign.
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