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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 ...
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 ...
Trainer Roger Varian has not decided whether or not Eldar Eldarov will run in the Long Distance Cup (1.25 pm) on Qipco British Champions Day this coming Saturday. The St. Leger winner is as low as 3-1 for Saturday's contest, but he also has the Prix Royal Oak as a possible end-of-season option. Varian stated, "A decision on running Eldar Eldarov won't be made until I've spoken again to the owner ...
Jockey Josh Parr declared triple Gr.1 winner Duais is "ready to go" in Saturday's Caulfield Cup after a strong track gallop on Tuesday morning. Parr travelled from Sydney to ride the Ed Cummings-trained mare in her final hitout before the $5m contest on the course proper at Caulfield on Tuesday morning. "She's won here at Caulfield, which is a big plus and she got around really well again," Parr ...
Ciaron Maher has strengthened his hand on the A$5m Caulfield Cup with favourite Smokin' Romans to be joined by Gold Trip in Saturday's spring major. The pair will gallop at Caulfield on Tuesday, their final hitout before the 2400m Group One. Smokin' Romans had been aimed at the Melbourne Cup initially, but winning the Gr.3 Foundation Cup, a Caulfield qualifier, prompted a minor change of plans. ...
Kiwi visitor She’s Licketysplit will face ten fillies in Wednesday’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield as she attempts to provide Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman with a slice of history. The Thousand Guineas remains unconquered since the race was first held in 1946 for New Zealand stables even though they have routinely won Australia’s premier three-year-old events. She’s Licketysplit’s ...
The Sydney-trained filly of The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable, North Star Lass, has been dispatched to Melbourne to contest the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas on Wednesday and potentially race on a good track for the first time. To date, North Star Lass has competed in six races, all of which took place on the impacted surface. She debuted in August on a Soft 5 track at Randwick and finished ...
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 ...
