Satono Glow achieved a hat-trick of feature race wins for three-year-old fillies against colts when she powered home to win the Group 2 $300,000 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained filly gave hot favourite Paradoxium at least five lengths start at the top of the straight but unleashed a devastating burst of closing speed to record an exciting victory.
Her win was the third leg of a fillies’ clean sweep in successive feature races on the Rosehill program, following Proxima Dea’s triumph in the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes and Chuchichschtli’s win in the Listed Tapp-Craig.
“She’s a very, very good filly,” O’Shea declared.
“He’s a good colt (Paradoxium) so for her to run him down, it was a big effort.”
Satono Glow ($2.60) finished with immense speed under Zac Lloyd, enabling her to race clear and achieve a widening one-and-a-quarter lengths winning margin from Steel Will ($12), with Why So Hard ($21) a neck away in third.
Paradoxium, heavily backed into $2 favouritism, skipped clear around the bend and appeared full of running in the straight, only to shorten stride in the final 100 metres and fade to fourth.
Lloyd, who also rode Proxima Dea, conveyed his confidence that Satono Glow could run down Paradoxium, even when the filly was conceding the leader a significant start at the 400m mark.
“At the pace they went, I was able to get into a spot, and I thought if I could get her balanced up and give her the chance to show her acceleration, I could win,” Lloyd said.
“Obviously it is hard coming the widest around Rosehill and picking up pretty good horses like Paradoxium but once I bought her out, picked her up, she was coming pretty quick.
“She is very smart, and as you saw in the mounting yard and again after the race, she is so professional and knows her job.
“It is half the battle. The other half is ability, and she has a lot of it.”
O’Shea holds a very high opinion of Satono Glow and stated the filly would be given her chance in the Group 1 $2 million Coolmore Stud Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on October 31.
Satono Glow had won brilliantly when resuming in the Cap d’Antibes Stakes at Flemington, but O’Shea brought her back to Sydney for the Roman Consul Stakes.
“We wanted to see where we fit in, she’s ticked every box so far, and this race traditionally has always provided good form for the Coolmore,” O’Shea commented.
“We wanted to bring her home, keep her under our eye, and that was the rationale behind that.
“I thought she did a good job first-up and then she has had a little tick-over trial.
“It has all worked nicely so far so hopefully we can have a good next three weeks and turn up in Melbourne to give a good account of herself.”
The Roman Consul Stakes has proven to be a good guide to the Coolmore Stud Stakes in recent years, with Zoustar (2012), Brazen Beau (2013) and Switzerland (2025) completing the double.
In revised Coolmore betting, TAB Fixed Odds have tightened Satono Glow into $6 equal third favouritism with St Gotthard, behind $3 favourite The Next Episode, with Natural Fling next at $5.
Satono Glow improved her record to four wins from five starts – O’Shea argues she should be unbeaten – and took her career earnings to $485,200 and counting!
She is already proving a shrewd purchase after O’Shea secured the filly for $260,000 at the 2025 NZ Karaka Yearling Sale.
“We put together a syndicate of people to buy five fillies (each season) under the guidance of James Bester,” O’Shea said.
“No one knows more about fillies than James. He has bought Hips Don’t Lie among some other great fillies.
“He has helped us select this filly and a couple of others. They have done really well over the last couple of years and now they have got a real good one.”
For those interested in the upcoming Coolmore Stud Stakes, Australian betting sites offer a wide array of racing odds.
