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Rose in search of Kensington success

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Rose in search of Kensington success

Rose Quartz is in the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Grahame Begg wants to get Rose Quartz to the Christmas Stake at Sandown on Boxing Day. Rose finished second to Jigsaw in L listed Doveton Stages at Caulfield on November 26. Michael Dee takes the ride again. The race is the opening leg of the Summer Sprint Series which carries $1 million in prize money. The winner of Christmas stakes is exempt from the ballot for the Oakleigh Plate.

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