Rothfire needs to break almost 100 years of history to win Doomben 10,000

Rothfire will need to break almost 100 years of history if he’s to be successful in the Group 1 $1 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Queensland on Saturday.

Rothfire needs to break almost 100 years of history to win Doomben 10,000. Rothfire will need to break almost 100 years of history if he’s to be successful in the Group 1 $1 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m) in Queensland on Saturday. The 42-start veteran is the lone eight-year-old in the field and no horse so long in the tooth has ever won the Doomben 10,000 since it was first run in 1933. Gold Force (1944), Takeover Target (2007) and Eduardo (2021) are the eldest victors of the race when aged seven, meaning Rothfire will need to eclipse some of racing’s greats to take the mantle. But if there’s one attribute for which the son of Rothesay is known, it’s his heart. Through an injury-plagued career, Rothfire has accumulated almost $5 million through performances consistently at the top level. Only four starts ago, the Robert Heathcote-trained...