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Saturday's 10-race program at Rosehill Gardens features some outstanding three-year-olds competing in the $300,000 Group 2-James Squire Run to the Rose (1200m) where impressive first-up winner Storm Boy holds court at $2.10 on TAB, ahead of former WA galloper Bustling ($5), Switzerland ($7.50) and Traffic Warden ($8).

The rail is out 5m the entire circumference with the track rated a Good 4. The forecast is for a cloudy and windy Friday ahead of a sunny Saturday, with the slight chance of an afternoon shower and a top temperature of 23 degrees.

This week’s selections: BG

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Race 8, No.1 - TRAFFIC WARDEN ($8 on TAB)

Saturday 14th September – ROSEHILL GARDENS

11. LADY SHENANDOAH ($6.50 on TAB) is a two-start maiden racing in a Group 3 first-up against the boys. That tells you everything you need to know regarding how highly Chris Waller rates this filly. The daughter of Snitzel will be glad to see the back of Clean Energy for the time being. She ran third to her on debut on a Heavy 10 at Warwick Farm over 1000m before cutting the margin down to less than a length at Doomben in Listed company over 1200m. Lady Shenandoah kept chasing but couldn’t turn the tables and there was five lengths back to third. Has only had the one trial ahead of her return but racing over 1400m first-up suggests she’s done plenty of work. Maps well and pay to follow her over the spring.

With 1. TRAFFIC WARDEN ($8) at the price - can’t resist! The Street Boss colt has looked particularly sharp in his two trials, trucking through the line at Warwick Farm and then Hawkesbury. Fresh off a bleeding attack after missing narrowly in the Gr 1-Sires' Produce Stakes, he’s here to make a statement ahead of the Golden Rose in a fortnight. Godolphin doesn't muck around when it comes to targeting this race. James Cummings has won four of the past five runnings with Cylinder, In Secret, Anamoe and Bivouac. Add in Astern and Exosphere from when John O’Shea was the head trainer and it’s an imposing record. In the Golden Slipper and Sires' there wasn’t a lot between Traffic Warden and 2. Storm Boy ($2.10 favourite), albeit the latter was below his best.

15. WHINCHAT ($4.80) needs a couple of scratchings to make the field but he’ll take catching if he gains a start. The speedy five-year-old put it all together last campaign winning three from four as he zipped through the grades and he finally learnt to harness his raw pace. Jay Ford has ridden Whinchat in his last 11 starts and knows how to coax the best out of the son of Russian Revolution - achieving the fine balancing act of using his natural speed but not overdoing it. He drops to 53kg resuming in Group 2 company and has trialled well, but you expect that, given his racing pattern. Whinchat races well fresh and looks nicely placed tackling 1300m first-up against a field of rivals with bigger targets in the coming months ... over further.

10. INFANCY’s ($16) first-up run in the Gr 3-Toy Show was better than it reads on paper. She was only beaten just over two lengths but wasn’t suited by the lack of pressure up front. The four-year-old ran home in some of the fastest closing splits of the meeting behind Kimochi and Commemorative. Second-up she is back to Benchmark 88 level which sees her well placed. It all started to click for the daughter of Wandjina at the backend of last campaign. She beat Corniche in the Fireball over 1100m before making up a stack of ground to run a narrow second in the PJ Bell during The Championships. A repeat of either of those runs sees her hard to hold out here at big odds. The market has overlooked her.

View final fields with full form & race replays for Rosehill Gardens here