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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 ...
Desleigh Forster will be at Randwick on Saturday to saddle up Group 1 winner Apache Chase (Better Than Ready) as the gelding aims to gain a slot in the Everest with a win in the Premiere Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m). The Kingsford-Smith Cup (Gr 1, 1300m) winner will take in the Group 2 contest first-up under rider Jim Byrne and Forster confirmed that a spot in the Everest was the ultimate goal. “Apache ...
Woodside Park Stud’s Vancouver will be represented in this year’s $15million Everest with confirmation the Bjorn Baker trained stallion Overpass has been selected to run for James Kennedy. A brilliant winner of the Group II ATC Expressway Stakes (1200m) during the autumn and competitive in Group I sprints, Overpass looked good in his recent barrier trials and acquitted himself well when ...
$15 million The Everest slot holder, Aquis, has announced that former Hong Kong sprinter, Joyful Fortune, will be its representative in Australia’s richest race on 15 October. Transferred to Mark Newnham’s Randwick stables, Joyful Fortune resumed with a brilliant all-the-way victory in the Myer Fashions on the Field Sprint down the Flemington straight on 18 September. Carrying 60.5kgs, Joyful ...
Group 1 Golden Stakes winner Jacquinot (Rubick) is set to remain in Sydney for a tilt at next month’s valuable Everest (1200m) following his weekend success. There had been some uncertainty over where the three year-old would head next, but co-trainer Mick Price has revealed the Everest at Randwick on October 15 is the colt’s agenda. And should he take his chance in the $15 million sprint, it is ...
Outstanding Rubick colt Jacquinot defied the pattern of the day when he charged home from well back in the field to claim the $1,000,000 Group 1 Chandon Golden Rose Stakes and highlight himself as a potential Everest contender. Ridden by Damian Lane for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, Jacquinot defeated the favoured I Am Invincible filly In Secret by a half-neck with the Zoustar colt Zou Tiger ...
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, ...
