With the last two winners of the Listed Heritage Stakes, Home Affairs (below) and Wild Ruler both going on to win at Group 1 level, and both interestingly contesting last year's $15m Everest, the form from this Saturday's running of the race should be noted from a future aspect. With the Coolmore and partners-raced Best Of Bordeaux (header image) tackling the Listed Heritage Stakes over 1100m ...
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 ...
Bjorn Baker believes an “announcement is imminent” regarding Overpass securing a slot for The Everest at Randwick on October 15. Speaking during Monday’s 2YO barrier trials at Randwick, Baker indicated that a decision was likely be the end of the week. With six slot holder still yet to announce their contender, speculation is that it is a decision between James Harron Bloodstock and James ...
Dual Breeders' Cup winner Golden Pal, the 4YO, may go back to the dirt for his next start, trainer Wesley Ward. The 4YO son of Uncle Mo, who has made 10 of 11 career starts on the turf, made his racing debut in the spring of 2020 with a runner-up finish sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs on the main track at Gulfstream Park. "We wanted to give him a nice easy workout with Julio Garcia, who has been ...
The running of last Saturday’s $1m Bowermans Shorts (1100m) at Rosehill was always going to be an Everest-style clash between the top chances for the upcoming $15m Everest, with Chris Waller’s Champion Nature Strip giving his rivals a thumping….once again. Having won the Gr1 George Main Stakes the race prior, jockey James McDonald highlighted once again that he is one of the best we have seen, ...
Snapdancer, the brilliant dual Group 1-winning mare, will give trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace their first runner in the $15m The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick next month. Sebastian Hutch, the chief executive of Inglis Bloodstock, confirmed on Thursday that Snapdancer had been locked in for the Inglis-owned Everest slot. Inglis compiled a video announcing Snapdancer as their Everest ...
Lost And Running begins his second TAB Everest campaign in a red hot edition of the Group 2 $1 million Bowermans Shorts (1100m) and O’Shea is expecting him to show he’s on track for next month’s sprint grand final. The gelding finished last in the Shorts a year ago but with excuses and he ultimately ran fourth in the Everest behind Nature Strip, Masked Crusader and Eduardo - all of which he will ...
While only finishing second in the Group 2 Run To The Rose behind the exiting In Secret, the Coolmore and partners raced Best Of Bordeaux has a little bit of Yes Yes Yes about him. With Yes Yes Yes also finishing second in the Run To The Rose, the Chris Waller trained son of Rubick went on to finish second in the Group 1 Golden Rose, before lining up in the Everest with Glen Boss in the saddle ...
Could Saturday’s history making winner In Secret be a contender for this year’s Everest?? Only time will tell, but the manner in which she won the Group 2 Run To The Rose over 1200m, defeating the colts and geldings, clearly highlights her above average ability. While not many fillies have contested the Run To The Rose, I Am Invincible’s In Secret is the first filly to win, and her two length ...
Dual Breeders' Cup winner Golden Pal, the 4YO, may go back to the dirt for his next start, trainer Wesley Ward. The 4YO son of Uncle Mo, who has made 10 of 11 career starts on the turf, made his racing debut in the spring of 2020 with a runner-up finish sprinting 4 1/2 furlongs on the main track at Gulfstream Park. "We wanted to give him a nice easy workout with Julio Garcia, who has been ...
Rob Atras-trained Maracuja, has been retired from racing as she sustained a non-surgical small fracture to her right front ankle in her last start, when she was eased by jockey Kendrick Carmouche in the listed Lady Jacqueline Stakes at Thistledown, according to Atras' wife and assistant, Brittney Atras. Maracuja proved herself last summer when she ran ahead Malathaat, the champion 3YO filly of ...
Reigning Gr.1 Cox Plate champion State Of Rest will not return to defend his title at Moonee Valley in October and has been retired after an MRI scan revealed an issue . A statement released yesterday by trainer Joseph O’Brien read: “State Of Rest will not travel to Australia to defend his title this year. An MRI scan conducted by Racing Victoria has found an issue and as such he will not pass ...