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Whatever Beiwacht does for the rest of his career, his remarkable performance in the Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) from Rosehill last weekend will be career defining.

A track record-breaking win reads very well on a stallion CV and whether he takes the Godolphin slot in the TAB Everest he’s done his job.

Rosehill did play on the fast side but the three-year-olds demolished the older horses from an overall time perspective looking at the three races over the 1400m.

The 1:20.79 was about five lengths faster than Sir Artie ran to win the Benchmark 88 and about ten lengths faster than the mares in the Golden Pendant, won by Manaal who clocked 1:22.12.

It was a display of sustained speed from Beiwacht. Punter’s Intelligence data showed it was on from the start with his 1200m-1000m in 11 seconds, he’s then run 11.38, 11.13, 11.15, 11,10 and last a 200m of 11.68. And that sectional was the fastest too.

He was the only horse to break 34, running 33.93, for the last 600m as he took the gas right out of the rivals and didn’t give them a chance.

Under the circumstances, the run of the Godolphin filly Tempted held a lot of merit. Nothing else really ran on.

She’s run the second fastest last 600m of 34.18 coming from midfield and she showed that dazzling turn of foot just like in the Run To The Rose running 11.04 from the 400m-200m.

It’s not likely that a race run as it was could have been anticipated and for her first try at 1400m it was more than a pass mark and she’d be well suited back to 1200m. Perhaps she’s their Everest horse?

The return of Golden Slipper winner Marhoona in the Heritage Stakes (1100m) saw her shake off the Slipper curse with a tough win under the 58kg.

It was something of a blanket finish where a number of three-year-olds performed strongly with the real eye-catcher being Farnicle who was resuming since tackling the JJ Atkins over the mile.

He’s charged home in a race best 32.99 for his last 600m and also a fastest last 200m of 11.08.

Marhoona clocked 33.23 and she was as strong on the line as anything as she’s run 11.19 for her last 200m. Runner-up Akaysha ran 33.15 and Grand Eagle ducking up on the inside clocked 33.01.

That three-year-old race was run one second, or six lengths, slower than the closing race over the 1100m won by emerging mare Monte Supreme who made it three from three for the Bjorn Baker team.

She’s clocked the meeting’s fastest last 600m of 32.43 and last 200m of 10.92 in a sizzling performance that suggests a stakes win shouldn’t be beyond her over a short course.

Godolphin galloper Polyglot is awfully close to a win, he had a wide gate to contend with and gave away plenty of ground before charging home in 32.58 for his last 600m. A win in similar grade isn’t far away.

Encap is set to back up into Saturday’s $1.5m TAB Epsom (1600m) and he really warmed up late in the Shannon Stakes as he’s come from last midrace to post a 32.90 final 600m.

He made his run with Osipenko, who just edged him out for third, who has run 32.89 and there was only the 0.02 between the pair with regard to the last 200m.

As a backmarker, Encap will need luck in the Epsom but that’s the story of his life.

Flying Bandit is an acceptor for the $1.5m Asahi Super Dry Metropolitan (2400m) and he’ll also be backing up having run fourth over 1900m at Rosehill – he’s run the equal fastest last 200m of 11.52 and second fastest last 600m (34.15).

And it’s worth sticking with Meridiana after her sweeping first-up win in the Midway Handicap (1300m). She settled last in the eight horse field and has run over the top of them in 33.48 for her last 600m which was almost a second faster than anything else.

She’s promised to be stakes class and she could be headed that way this spring.

Fastest last 600m: Monte Supreme 32.43.

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