Trainer Gerald Ryan rates spring colt as Blitzburg and Skyhook prepare for returns
Ryan and co-trainer Sterling Alexiou are hoping several of their talented two-year-old contingent can make a positive transition into their three-year-old season with spring less than four weeks away.
Group 3 winners Blitzburg and Skyhook  are poised to make their return on home turf while King of Pop and Grand Eagle are down to trial at Rosehill Gardens on Monday.
Group 3 Black Opal Stakes victor King Of Pop is in a 900m heat with two-time winner Grand Eagle also down to trial over 900m.
'Those two-year-olds that raced well in the autumn, those four colts are coming up good,' Ryan said.
'We have a couple of fillies that haven't raced that we have a bit of time for too.
'Blitzburg for certain will go to the Rosebud and we will decide on Skyhook after Tuesday morning.
' King Of Pop will wait and go to the San Domenico and Grand Eagle will probably start off in a Benchmark race and go to the Ming Dynasty.'
Blitzburg's two-year-old season was reduced to four starts but the son of Snitzel made a strong impression, winning the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) on February 1.
The talented colt had has had a long and steady build up for his return and was a winner of his most recent trial over 900m on July 29.
Lovely 2nd trial into spring for Blitzburg - 2c Snitzel x Sierra
$500k buy for @RARacing_ from @ArrowfieldStud at @mmsnippets
Won the Canonbury Stks latest start. pic.twitter.com/4pjnsac93s
— Breednet (@BreednetNews) July 29, 2025
'Blitzburg has been in work a long time,' Ryan said.
'He had a small chip taken out of the bottom of his front joint after he won the Canonbury and that's why we had to stop with him.
'He went out in February and was back in work in the first week of April, on the water walker.'
Recent Sydney Saturday winner Nashville Jack is expected to be among the nominations for the Rosebud while West Of Swindon could be in line to make his debut for new trainer Ciaron Maher.
The Rosebud will now be the first stakes race of the new season in Sydney after the decision was made not to reschedule Saturday's Group 2 $300,000 Missile Stakes when the meeting was abandoned due to wet weather.
The Premier's Cup Prelude over 1800m has been moved to Wednesday's Randwick Kensington card.
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