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 ...
After a narrow head defeat to Mendocino in the Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Baden, Torquator Tasso will head for Paris for the defense of his Gr.1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. For an agonizing 10 minutes, it seemed that Torquator Tasso would is without Frankie Dettori, whose six strikes with the whip (one over the permitted limit), cost him a 14-day suspension. Dettori said: "We knew it was going to be ...
The 4YO Son of Tapit showcased a jaw-dropping performance in the Gr.1 Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar. "He looked spectacular," Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said outside his barn at Oklahoma. "To me, it was a Secretariat-type performance that we saw. There's not much more to say about it." "Very impressive," fellow Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher said at his Oklahoma barn. "He hasn't been beat ...
Group One-winner, Dreamloper successfully captured his second Group One under jockey Kieran Shoemark, but it was a race overshadowed by the grief of the death of Gr.1 2000 Guineas hero Coroebus. Attempting to get back on track, the Godolphin colt was held up in midfield by William Buick at ParisLongchamp but unfortunately he stumbled and went down. Trainer Ed Walker is planning an audacious ...
With syndicator Brad Spicer confident of coming to an agreement within the coming days, we could see the sixth official runner allocated a slot in this year’s Everest to be run on October 28 at Randwick. “The next 24 - 48 hours I think there will be an announcement and hopefully we can get it all done,” stated Spicer when chatting to the Everest Diaries recently. A winner of the Group 1 Robert ...
Racing first-up in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes, Joe Pride’s warhorse Eduardo (Host) gave his Everest rivals a warning that come Saturday, October 15, that the 9yo will be ready to run the race of his life and look to improve from his narrow third placed finish 12 months prior. Clearly the class runner of the Southern Cross Stakes field, Eduardo cleared out to score by over two and a half ...