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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 ...
Hall of Fame jockey Hugh Bowman is convinced Lost And Running is a superior sprinter than when he ran a close fourth in Nature Strip's The Everest last year. But, he acknowledges Nature Strip is also a better horse and is now universally recognised as the world's No.1-ranked sprinter. This sets up an intriguing return clash between Nature Strip and Lost And Running for the $15m The TAB Everest ...
Widden Stud are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Group I ATC Golden Rose winner Jacquinot, who will start in the $15million Everest against the best sprinters in the world at Randwick on Saturday. Placed in the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes at two, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr trained son of Rubick has taken the quantum leap this spring. Jacquinot wins the G1 Golden Rose - image ...
Presenting the most lucrative turf race in the world on Saturday, 15, the Australian Turf Club (ATC) will host a party at Royal Randwick in honour of Sydney's most prestigious race, the $15 million TAB Everest. Apart from racing, turf club will also be showcasing high quality hospitability infused with fashion and entertainment. With the richest prizemoney in its history, and an atmosphere like ...
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 ...
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr colt Jacquinot will need to overcome a tricky draw to win this Saturday’s $15m The Everest. A get back, run-on style galloper, the three-year-old drew barrier two on Sydney Harbour on Tuesday night, with the stable earlier indicating they would’ve preferred a middle to outside gate somewhere between 5 and 10. Nevertheless, Jacquinot heads to the world’s richest ...
Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy declared the $15m The TAB Everest should be given Group 1 status as he chases a record fourth win in the world's richest turf race on Shades Of Rose at Royal Randwick on Saturday. McEvoy, who has won The Everest on Redzel (2017-18) and Classique Legend (2020), said the feature Randwick sprint has quickly established itself as one of the major events in Australian ...
Any concerns about Nature Strip’s barrier draw are wide of the mark if you ask James McDonald and Chris Waller as the TAB Everest champion aims to defend his title at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Nature Strip drew the outside in the 12 horse field but both champion jockey and trainer are quick to highlight the gelding won the $15m sprint last year from gate 10 and the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes in ...
