#Premiere Stakes

The HK$18.5 million Longines Hong Kong Sprint has fast become a global sprint championship race, with horses lining up regularly from many of racing's leading jurisdictions to determine which horse is quickest. Originally run over the straight 1000m course as a Listed race, Hong Kong legend Fairy King Prawn won the first edition in 1999. The…

There was never any likelihood Promise Of Success, Kirwan's Lane and Berdibek would meet with the same fate as their boom stablemate Waihaha Falls. The John O'Shea-trained trio are rated 101 or higher and safely made the field for the $1m The Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday. This wasn't the case with Waihaha Falls last week when he was…

The finish of the Premiere Stakes proved champion Nature Strip will have some real competition for the $15m The TAB Everest in a fortnight. Lost And Running narrowly defeated Mazu and Masked Crusader with the trio showing they will be worthy rivals to Nature Strip in the world's richest turf race at Royal Randwick on October 15. Throw spectacular…

Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys has hinted at further stakes increases in coming months after releasing details of a massive $30m prizemoney package. "These increases are absolutely sustainable and fully funded, and there is a possibility we will be announcing further prizemoney increases in the next six months," V'landys revealed at a…

What do Overpass, Converge and In The Congo have in common? They have all beaten Godolphin superstar Anamoe. Given the trio boast the strongest form in Australian racing, it is telling that neither of them are favourite for the $10m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. This is a reflection of the depth and quality of the field that…

2. Wild Botanica battled on bravely at Rosehill last start in a genuinely run 1300m race against the older mares. The daughter of Spieth has been a handy pick up for Lee and Cherie Curtis and although she is giving away weight to most of her rivals, she brings genuine city-class benchmark form to the table. The same can't be said for many others…

At eight years of age, most racehorses minds are turning toward a nice retirement in a grassy paddock, but for Nature Strip the good life can wait - he has a $6.2 million first-prize cheque to collect in Saturday's running of The Everest. And collect it he will if the betting markets are to be believed, with the ace sprinter installed as an odds-on…

Randwick will host its biggest raceday of the year this Saturday, with the running of the $15 million TAB Everest. The slot-holder race will be run over 1200m and features some of the best sprinters in the world since its inception in 2017. The winning connections will take home $6.2 million, with Nature Strip taking out last year's event. Other…

The sixth running of The Everest is upon us, and we can't deny that it's the weakest edition yet. The problem with The Everest was always going to be when there was an outstanding dominant sprinter. It's a concept that couldn't have been launched when Black Caviar was around, for instance. What this race has always needed is competition, and it has…

Father-and-son training team Peter and Paul Snowden are convinced Mazu has the ability to emulate their champion Redzel in Saturday's $15 million sprint race The Everest at Royal Randwick. Redzel won the first two editions of the world's richest race on turf in 2016-17, and Paul Snowden says Mazu shares many of the same traits. WATCH THE VIDEO…

Mazu will be out to give Team Snowden another Everest success. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Mazu's trainer Peter Snowden maintains Nature Strip's world champion status doesn't mean he has a mortgage on the $15m The TAB Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. "There is no doubt Nature Strip is the one to beat,'' Snowden said. "He's there,…

John O'Shea could win two of the biggest prizes in Australian racing within an hour of each other on Saturday as Lost And Running looks for Everest glory before Maximal and Benaud chase the Caulfield Cup. There is a calmness around O'Shea leading into a week when he will have to split his time between Sydney and Melbourne. It comes from a…

Trainer Joe Pride is hoping Private Eye can give him a second runner in The Everest. Picture: Grant Guy Trainer Joe Pride has The Everest hopeful Eduardo set to barrier trial later this week as stablemate Private Eye moves closer to securing a start in the world's richest turf race. Eduardo is due to contest the Warwick Farm barrier trials on…

Nature Strip will follow the same path to the Everest as last year with a jumpout at Rosehill on Wednesday. Picture: Grant Guy Nature Strip, the world's best sprinter and hot favourite for the $15m The TAB Everest, is likely to have a jumpout at Rosehill Gardens on Wednesday morning. Trainer Chris Waller is mirroring the successful big-race…

Leading form analysts Dean Watling (The Barrier Attendant) and Mick Gannon (The Great Tip Off) have assessed the fields at Randwick and Flemington this Saturday. They have looked over some of the key races on a big day of Group 1 and Group 2 racing. Read their assessment of the Flight Stakes, Premiere Stakes, Epsom Handicap, Breeders' Plate, The…

Overpass clashes with a number of Everest rivals in Saturday's Premiere Stakes at Randwick. Picture: Grant Guy Overpass, the ninth confirmed starter for The TAB Everest, gets another opportunity to prove he can compete with the nation's elite sprinters in the Group 2 $1 million Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Bjorn…

Chris Waller will flex his muscle at Randwick's traditional spring meeting and could have the favourites in each of the three group 1s on Saturday, which may turn into ladies' day for the premier stable. The champion trainer has swept the October long weekend majors before, in 2019, when he also won the Turnbull Stakes in Melbourne to achieve the…

There is a push from within the Sydney training ranks to have the season's first juvenile races, the Breeders' Plate and Gimcrack Stakes, moved to Everest Day from next year. The proposal suggests delaying the start of the two-year-old season by two weeks will bolster the prestigious The TAB Everest meeting at Royal Randwick. Under the existing…