Trainer Bjorn Baker has confirmed his second starter for the A$15m The TAB Everest with his talented mare Shades Of Rose being selected for the 2022 Everest to contest for slot holder Bon Ho. Overpass engaged to run in the James Kennedy slot just a few days ago. Ho had his hopes set on racing 2020 Everest winner, Classique Legend in the 2022 Everest. However, Classique Legend has been ruled out o ...

Desleigh Forster will be at Randwick on Saturday to saddle up Group 1 winner Apache Chase (Better Than Ready) as the gelding aims to gain a slot in the Everest with a win in the Premiere Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m). The Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr 1, 1300m) winner will take in the Group 2 contest first-up under rider Jim Byrne and Forster confirmed that a spot in the Everest was the ultimate goal. “Apache C ...

$15 million The Everest slot holder, Aquis, has announced that former Hong Kong sprinter, Joyful Fortune, will be its representative in Australia’s richest race on 15 October. Transferred to Mark Newnham’s Randwick stables, Joyful Fortune resumed with a brilliant all-the-way victory in the Myer Fashions on the Field Sprint down the Flemington straight on 18 September. Carrying 60.5kgs, Joyful For ...

Outstanding Rubick colt Jacquinot defied the pattern of the day when he charged home from well back in the field to claim the $1,000,000 Group 1 Chandon Golden Rose Stakes and highlight himself as a potential Everest contender. Ridden by Damian Lane for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, Jacquinot defeated the favoured I Am Invincible filly In Secret by a half-neck with the Zoustar colt Zou Tiger o ...

Friday night’s Group 1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley sees the campaign return of Godolphin’s Dawn Approach 4yo Paulele, and if successful could become the global powerhouse’s representative in the upcoming $15m Everest on October 15. Enormously consistent – he placed in three Group 1s – Paulele was on the board nine times in stakes races last season, including wins at Group 2, Group 3 and Listed l ...