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Trainer Joe Pride confirmed Group 1 winner Eduardo (Host-Blushing, by Fantastic Light) has been passed fit by vets and will run in the $3 million Nature Strip Stakes at Rosehill next week, reports punters.com.au. “Eduardo ran well below par in The Everest but the vets have gone right over the horse and there is nothing to hang my hat on to explain his run,'' Pride said. "I took on board what ...
James McDonald, riding the daughter of No Nay Never, surged wide on the bend for home, passing eight competitors, and gained a three-length advantage that proved crucial. New Zealand invader Licketysplit came through to earn third ahead of the favourite Boogie Dancer, while Revolutionary Miss finished a length and a half back in second, similar to her flashy effort when finishing second in the ...
In 2022, the biggest crowd ever assembled for the most exciting turf race in history. Clayton Douglas' unbeaten 3YO Giga Kick stunned the favourites Private Eye and Mazu to claim the Everest. As the pack neared the home stretch, it appeared that Nature Strip would race his keeping, but the kid from Victoria, Giga Kick, was not to be denied and he stormed home to triumph. The Scissor Kick gelding ...
The 3 YO Giga Kick made a late charge and won the $15 million race. The TAB Everest in a driving finish, becoming only the second horse of his age to win the event, by surging past Private Eye in the last strides to win the world's richest turf race in his fifth career outing. The 2019 Triple Crown was won by Yes Yes Yes, the first 3 YO to compete in the race. “Extraordinary, stunning,” Bruce ...
Clayton Douglas says last Saturday’s TAB Everest winner Giga Kick (Scissor Kick) will race at Flemington during the VRC spring carnival but is yet to decide which race. Douglas said Giga Kick has the option of the $2m Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) against his own age on October 29 or the $3m VRC Darley Champions Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) on November 5. Speaking on Racing.com's The Wrap on Sunday ...
Despite being forced to miss the Everest, trainer John O'Shea will redirect Lost And Running (Per Incanto) towards the $3m Nature Strip Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on October 29. The six-year-old had been second favourite for the $15m sprint, but developed a skin irritation and was ruled out by vets on Saturday morning. O'Shea said he had been optimistic Lost And Running would recover in time and ...
The biggest crowd to ever witness the world’s richest turf race live were rewarded with a thrilling 2022 The Everest result as Clayton Douglas’s undefeated three-year-old Giga Kick scored an upset win over Private Eye and Mazu. The first unbeaten The Everest champion in the race’s six-year history, Scissor Kick gelding Giga Kick joined Yes Yes Yes (2019) as the three-year-olds to defeat their ...
The buzz around Everest continues to build year-on-year, and the sixth running of the race is all about the Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip who is chasing back-to-back wins in sprinting showcase. Former top jockey and Sky Racing analyst Libby Hopwood told the Daily Mail Australia it will be tough to beat the red-hot favourite. 'To do that, somebody needs to take him on, so it's a tactically ...
John O’Shea’s star gelding and the second favourite in Everest, Lost And Running has been scratched on Saturday morning due to medical reasons. Chief Vet of Racing NSW, Dr Peter Curl, led the examination of the gelding this morning. Racing NSW declared: “A vet inspection of Lost And Running this morning has found Lost And Running to be lame in the off hind leg and unsuitable to start in The ...
Van Duuren will again wheel himself into The Everest mounting yard at Royal Randwick on Saturday, and the rest of the owners of Nature Strip, the world’s best sprinter, will congregate around him. On a nearby patch of synthetic grass, Van Duuren jumped out of his wheelchair and managed to celebrate Nature Strip’s win in Everest last year. Days before he was told he had four to six weeks to live ...
Colin Madden has experienced what it's like to be the proud owner of a champion thoroughbred; he once owned a piece of Black Caviar, widely considered to be Australia's greatest ever sprinter. Rosehill stable owners Colin and Jannene Madden are hoping their Everest contender Masked Crusader can accomplish what the great mare never could. Masked Crusader may not have the same level of talent or ...
Jacquinot, a 3YO, will run for his current owners in The Everest 2022, but he will race in the colours of Sheikh Fahad's Qatar Racing for a new ownership syndicate headed by Widden Stud. The deal, brokered by James Harron Bloodstock and rumoured to be worth $15 million, is expected to be finalised soon. Jacquinot won the Gr.1 Golden Rose last start and is one of the favourites to win the TAB ...
