Exciting three-year-olds Apocalyptic, Green Spaces, and Savvy Hallie are poised to make a significant impact this spring carnival following commanding performances in barrier trials at Rosehill Gardens this morning.
Trained by Michael Freedman, Apocalyptic demonstrated her class in heat nine over 900m, securing a narrow victory without being pushed, clocking 55.57 seconds with a final 600m split of 33.41s. She finished just ahead of Chilly Girl.
1⃣ Apocalyptic
2⃣ Chilly Girl
3⃣ HeadwallA solid trial win for the @MFreedmanRacing mare, taking out a 900m Rosehill heat on Friday. Behind the placings were Private Eye, Screen Icon, Generosity, Mal Coupe and Lazzura. @tabcomau pic.twitter.com/aLV6yM5DHj
— Racing NSW (@racing_nsw) August 6, 2026
Following a spell after a less-than-ideal two-start autumn campaign, Apocalyptic appears to have regained her formidable spring form. Last season, she secured victories in the Group 2 Furious Stakes, Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes, and the Group 1 Flight Stakes.
“I’m really happy with Apocalyptic, she seems to be in great order,” Freedman said.
Her next target is the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m) at Royal Randwick on August 22. Meanwhile, the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Chilly Girl, a winner of the Widden Stakes last season, showcased her potential by competing strongly against older horses.
Apocalyptic’s trial win was hard-fought, with only a half-length separating the top four. Headwall finished third, with Private Eye in fourth, both delivering encouraging performances.
Everest contender Headwall is on the mend and preparing for a return in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick early next month. Private Eye, the seasoned nine-year-old with nearly $13 million in prizemoney, benefits from a recent Brisbane campaign and is slated to defend his title in the Group 2 Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 15.
“He’s a great, old horse,” Pride commented on Private Eye.
“It’s a pleasure to train him, he’s so tough and is going really well. He will be hard to beat at Caulfield next week.”
Chris Waller’s mares Generosity and Lazzura completed their trials quietly behind Apocalyptic.
In an earlier 1000m trial, Matcha Latte surged to victory over Stardom in 59.99 seconds. Cherry Bomshell, a winner of the Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes, ran a solid third, narrowly ahead of ATC Australian Derby victor Green Spaces.
Green Spaces, trained by Bjorn Baker for Godolphin, finished strongly and is on course for the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on August 22.
Matthew Smith’s Idle Flyer, the Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner, had an easy trial but showed good closing speed to finish sixth, less than two lengths behind Matcha Latte.
Idle Flyer is expected to resume in either the Toy Show Quality or the Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m) on Winx Stakes Day.
The third Group and Listed trial was claimed by Savvy Hallie. The Brad Widdup-trained filly led for most of her 900m heat, winning by almost two lengths in 56.09 seconds. El Castello secured second place, followed by Declichy Boulevard and Berzelius.
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