Trainer John O’Shea has all but conceded The Everest to Nature Strip (Nicconi), suggesting the defending champion probably needs to have an off day if he is to be toppled in the $15 million sprint. O’Shea says he is happy with the form and progress of his last-start Premiere Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Lost And Running (Per Incanto), but says Nature Strip is ranked as the world's benchmark ...
James Cummings and Godolphin will delay making their decision on which horse will run in The Everest after potential combatants Paulele and Ingratiating filled the quinella on Saturday. The Godolphin duo finished one-two in the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield, a race that Trekking won for the team in 2019 before going on to run third in The Everest the following week. “We’ve got to ...
Joe Pride’s first-up Gilgai Stakes winner Private Eye has been confirmed to fill the Inglis slot in this year’s $15 million The Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 15. First-up Gilgai Stakes winner Private Eye has been confirmed to run in the 2022 The Everest field for Inglis on October 15. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. Slot-holders Inglis originally named classy Memsie Stakes winning ...
Everest hopefuls Joyful Fortune and Shades Of Rose contested the same Rosehill barrier trial on Tuesday morning with the former leading throughout to win the 900m heat narrowly. Joyful Fortune's trainer Mark Newnham confirmed Tom Sherry, who rode the former Hong Kong sprinter in the trial, will also have the mount in The Everest. Trainer Bjorn Baker was upbeat after Shades Of Rose's third ...
Nature Strip, the world's best sprinter and hot favourite for the $15m The TAB Everest, is likely to have a jumpout at Rosehill Gardens on Wednesday morning. Trainer Chris Waller is mirroring the successful big-race preparations he has given Nature Strip previously to ready the champion chestnut for next week's The Everest at Royal Randwick. "I'm planning to give Nature Strip a jumpout on his ...
The Group 3 Northwood Plume Stakes is a contest often lost among the array of highlights on the Caulfield Guineas card, but for the Godolphin stable, the mares-only race might hold the answer to a burning question. Going in as favourite in the 1200-metre sprint is Godolphin's four-year-old Brazen Beau mare Zapateo, who could suddenly emerge as a frontrunner for the stable's slot in the $15 ...
Trainer Clayton Douglas maintains mystery Melbourne three-year-old Giga Kick can measure up against some of the world's best sprinters in the $15m The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick next week. The inclusion of Giga Kick in The Everest came as a surprise with slot-holder James Harron announcing on Tuesday morning he had negotiated a deal with owner Jonathon Munz to run the unbeaten galloper. But ...
Snapdancer has had an injury setback forcing her out of the $15m The TAB Everest next week. Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace advised Snapdancer’s owners on Monday afternoon the mare had suffered what is believed to be a minor hoof problem and will not be fit in time for The Everest on October 15. Slot-holder Inglis had selected Snapdancer for the world’s richest turf race and are now on ...
The favourite Lost And Running triumphed in a battle of The Everest contenders in Saturday’s Group II Bisley Workwear Premiere Stakes at Randwick. Ridden by Hugh Bowman for John O’Shea, the 6yo son of Per Incanto (USA) did best in a driving finish to defeat Mazu (Maurice) by a short-neck with a further head back Masked Crusader (Toronado) in third with Kementari (Lonhro) in fourth. Lost And ...
Jockey Sam Clipperton believes Mazu (Maurice-Chatelaine, by Flying Spur) has the ability to beat Horse of the Year Nature Strip (Nicconi) in this year's The Everest, reports racingnsw.com.au. "To know we are on track for an Everest we want to see him finish top three," Clipperton said of Saturday's Gr2 Premiere Stakes. "The Shorts told us we are in with a chance. Nature Strip is going to be ...
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 ...
Swettenham Stud’s Rubick is set to have two runners in the $15million The Everest with today’s announcement that exciting four year-old mare Shades of Rose has been selected by Bon Ho and will join Rubick colt Jacquinot in the line-up for the world’s richest sprint. A homebred for Steve and Louise Gillard that was foaled and raised at Yarraman Park, Shades of Rose has charted a meteoric rise ...