Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr colt Jacquinot will need to overcome a tricky draw to win this Saturday’s $15m The Everest. A get back, run-on style galloper, the three-year-old drew barrier two on Sydney Harbour on Tuesday night, with the stable earlier indicating they would’ve preferred a middle to outside gate somewhere between 5 and 10. Nevertheless, Jacquinot heads to the world’s richest ...
Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy declared the $15m The TAB Everest should be given Group 1 status as he chases a record fourth win in the world's richest turf race on Shades Of Rose at Royal Randwick on Saturday. McEvoy, who has won The Everest on Redzel (2017-18) and Classique Legend (2020), said the feature Randwick sprint has quickly established itself as one of the major events in Australian ...
Any concerns about Nature Strip’s barrier draw are wide of the mark if you ask James McDonald and Chris Waller as the TAB Everest champion aims to defend his title at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Nature Strip drew the outside in the 12 horse field but both champion jockey and trainer are quick to highlight the gelding won the $15m sprint last year from gate 10 and the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes in ...
The progressive 3YO Alflaila spotlights the list of entries for the 2022 running of the £600,000 Group Three Bahrain International Trophy on November 18. There are a total of 43 entries from nine different nations for the Group Three Bahrain International Trophy on November 18. : Britain (16), Ireland (6), France (5), UAE (7), Bahrain (3), Germany (3), Norway (1), Turkey (1), and Sweden (1). The ...
For Michael Hawkes, The Everest has been a race full of “what-if” moments. He, along with legendary father John and brother Wayne, prepared the great Chautauqua for the first Everest, where the three-time TJ Smith winner finished fourth in a leader-dominated race. But it’s last year that hurts the most. In the same silks, Masked Crusader delivered the same late-charging style before falling a ...
Nature Strip's only real competition in the $15 million The TAB Everest is Eduardo, an old foe he's faced before. Nature Strip has a solid advantage over Eduardo in their previous 11 meetings. Others who have challenged Nature Strip for the Everest have found it futile to try and defeat the super sprinter. Nature Strip has a perfect record against Masked Crusader, going 6-0, a perfect record ...
When A$15 million in prize money is at stake, every fraction of a second counts, and the horses and jockeys must leave no stone unturned. In last year's race, the world's best sprinter, Nature Strip, won by a slide-ahead margin after taking out the A$15 million Everest. He did so by nipping ahead of a fast-closing Masked Crusader and Eduardo. Whoever wins Saturday's The Everest at Royal Randwick ...
Vin Cox, the boss at Godolphin Australia, is confident that Ingratiating won't disappoint the "Blue Army" in the $15 million race. On Saturday, they will be holding the TAB Everest at Royal Randwick. Despite having high-profile stablemates like Paulele and veteran racehorse Kementari, Ingratiating was the unexpected choice for the Godolphin slot. Cox, however, claimed that Godolphin was ...
What will it take for Eduardo to beat Nature Strip in Saturday’s $15m TAB Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick? It’s a question trainer Joe Pride has spent plenty of time pondering and he’s come to the conclusion that Eduardo has beaten the champ before, so he knows it can be done, but to do it over 1200m in an Everest it’ll need a “tactically perfect” ride from Nash Rawiller. “Statistically it ...
The $15 million Everest has taken over as one of the biggest race days on the Australian calendar, but one crucial factor behind the history of this race is that Victorian breeding is prominent each and every year. The inaugural running in 2017 saw Redzel mark his position as one of the greatest sprinters in the land, subsequent to winning his last four races including the Group 1 Doomben ...
Everest hopeful Joyful Fortune has been thrown in the deep end but trainer Mark Newnham says how he performs against the world’s best sprinter could set up his future in Australia. The former Hong Kong galloper’s inclusion in Saturday’s $15m TAB Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick surprised even Newnham but from spending plenty of time on the gelding’s back he knows he’s dealing with a quality ...
Highly talented sprinter Ingratiating (Frosted) has been preferred to Paulele and Kementari and will represent Godolphin in The Everest (1,200m) to be run at Royal Randwick on Saturday, 15 October after a final decision was made today. Godolphin Australia managing director Vin Cox and head trainer James Cummings had round-table discussions with stable and Darley stud representatives, deciding to ...