Racing: On target for Rosehill

SYDNEY - Trainer John Wallace happily says he doesn't know how Shoot Out's rivals are going to turn the tables on him in Saturday's Rosehill Guineas.

"They've got to beat him, that's the point," the Queensland horseman said.

The exciting 3-year-old will meet a similar field to the one he downed in the Randwick Guineas (1600m) two weeks ago.

Of the 11 runners on Saturday only three - Rock Classic, Extra Zero and Saint Encosta - did not contest the first leg of Sydney's triple crown.

Shoot Out was a slashing winner of the Randwick feature after looking a forlorn chance halfway up the straight when he ran into trouble.

Once clear, he charged home to score an against-the-odds win.

The Guineas is an extra 400m, but Shoot Out is bred to relish the trip.

He is by English Derby winner High Chaparral - also the sire of Cox Plate winner So You Think and Victoria Derby winner Monaco Consul - out of a Pentire mare.

The gelding is among the entries for the AJC Australian Derby (2400m) and the Doncaster Mile (1600m) with Wallace to decide after Saturday which path his star takes.

- AAP