Everest Climb into Full Stride at Royal Randwick
4 September, 2024
A host of star sprinters with TAB Everest ambitions clash at Royal Randwick in Group and feature racing this first Saturday of Spring ahead of the official start of the Sydney Everest Carnival.
City Tattersalls Club Cup Day with 10 races and 130 entries sees four Group races including a hot field in the Group 3 $1 million Southern Cross Group Concorde Stakes.
2022 Everest champion Giga Kick (Clayton Douglas/James McDonald) opens a $2.80-$2.70 TAB favourite in Saturday’s feature sprint as he returns from a long spell and looks to attract a slotholder for this year’s $20 million TAB Everest.
Bella Nipotina a multiple Group 1 winner for trainer Ciaron Maher and with Craig Williams aboard is at $4.80 TAB ahead of Joe Pride’s Private Eye ($6 TAB/Jay Ford) as he looks to gain a slot in a third Everest.
The Group 2 $300,000 Daily Press Chelmsford Stakes, Group 2 $300,000 Darley Furious Stakes, Group 2 $300,000 Ikon Tramway Stakes and Listed $200,000 Sydney City Lexus CTC Cup will be run.
Australian Turf Club Head of Racing and Wagering Nevesh Ramdhani said pathways to the TAB Everest would feature across September and October.
“The Southern Cross Group Concorde Stakes will be one of several “mini Everests’’ in coming weeks and Saturday’s field has many of the nation’s very best sprinters clashing,’’ Mr Ramdhani said.
“The last two weeks have seen some stellar performances from amongst the best horses in the land and you can’t miss live on track more of these stars as we build deeper into the Spring.
“We are also delighted to continue a long association with one of Sydney’s other great Clubs in City Tattersalls for this always popular raceday.’’
Full fields for Saturday’s Royal Randwick meeting can be found here and full TAB Fixed Odds markets for all races here.
Manaal ($3.10 TAB) for Michal Freedman/Jason Collett and Ameena ($5 TAB) for Anthony and Sam Freedman/James McDonald resume rivalry in the Darley Furious Stakes, the second leg of the Darley Princess Series.
Ameena defeated the early favourite last start in leg one – the Darley Silver Shadow.
In the Group 2 $300,000 Ikon Tramway, top mare Amelia’s Jewel now trained by Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald and ridden by Tommy Berry is favourite ($2.50 TAB).
A strongly backed second favourite Freedom Rally ($7.50-$5.50) visits for Queensland trainer Tony Gollan with Craig Willaims to ride in Saturday’s traditional pathway to the Group 1 TAB Epsom on 5 October.
The Group 2 $300,000 Daily Press Chelmsford Stakes has seen star Godolphin mare Zardozi crunched in betting from $2.50-$2 TAB for trainer James Cummings and jockey James McDonald.
She carries Group 1 career form as well as the last start Group 1 Winx Stakes.
For all racing, general and ticketing information go to theraces.com.au
** An Exhibition Gallop will follow Race 1 by Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald trained Sunshine In Paris (Tommy Berry) and Lady Laguna (Tyler Schiller) over 800m.
Following this pair will be the James Cummings trained Traffic Warden (James McDonald) over 1000m.
A further gallop follows Race 2 by the John O’Shea & Tom Charlton trained Linebacker (James McDonald) and Cafe Millenium (Jason Collett) over 1000m.
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