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 ...
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 ...
Big things are in store for the start of the 2022/23 UAE racing season on Saturday, September 17 at the iconic Meydan Racecourse. The Emirates Racing Authority and Tattersalls, Europe's leading bloodstock auctioneers, will once again host the September Racing in Dubai Sale at 6:45 p.m. inside Meydan Quarantine (NOFA Stables), with the magnificent Meydan Grandstand as a backdrop. The lots can be ...