Romantic Maid
Trish Dunell
Michael Rodd is to ride at Rosehill where the Singapore-based jockey's main objective is to help Romantic Maid's Oaks mission.
Rodd, who counts the 2007 Melbourne Cup on Efficient among his big wins, has been riding in Singapore since the beginning of last year.
He has answered the call from New Zealand trainer Roger James to test Romantic Maid in Saturday's 1900m-race for three-year-olds as she tries to enhance her prospects of a start in next month's Group One Queensland Oaks.
Romantic Maid is the winner of two of four starts in New Zealand and comes to Australia having been cleared of any problems after she fell in the Group Two Championship Stakes at Ellerslie on April 23.
The filly was favourite for that race but now needs to boost her prize money to ensure a place in the Queensland Classic.
Among Rodd's other Rosehill rides is the Tony McEvoy-trained Sense Of Occasion in the Listed Lord Mayors Cup (2000m).
