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While some runnings of The Galaxy run at Rosehill on Saturday have been great races, this year shapes as one of the best.
In Her Time would show her class over a 12 month period. However the 2019 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday appears even stronger.
2019 The Galaxy: Nominations
2019 THE GALAXY - RACE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The Galaxy is a Group 1 race for three year olds and up conducted by the Australian Turf Club at Rosehill Gardens.
The Galaxy was first run in 1972 and was won by Playbill.
The Galaxy is run over 1100m under handicap conditions and was run at Randwick until 2013, bar Warwick Farm in 2007. Ever since 2013 it has been at Rosehill.
While In Her Time, Griante and Sweet Idea won recently, the previous female winner of The Galaxy was the filly La Baraka in 1998. Ortensia did lose the race on a positive swab in 2010.
Until 2017, three year olds hadn’t won for six years but they have a great record overall with 19 wins, including a streak of 12 wins from 19 runnings from 1992 to 2010.
In 1992, Schillaci won the Lightning Stakes, Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket Hcp, lost the Canterbury Stakes on protest and then won The Galaxy.
The only horses to win with more than 56.5kg are Luskin Star (57), Mr Tiz (58.5), Schillaci (57), Temple Of Boom (57).
Before 2017, the previous seven winners of the race have won at $10 or better.
Shellscrape became the winner in 2010 after Ortensia’s positive.
It is worth $700,000 in 2019.
Notable Winners of The Galaxy include Bletchingly (1975), Luskin Star (1978), Manuan (1985), Snippets (1988), Mr Tiz (1991), Schillaci (1992), Gold Ace (1996), Spark Of Life (2004), Charge Forward (2005), Russian Revolution (2017) and In Her Time (2018).
The 2018 Galaxy was won by In Her Time from English and Viridine.