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Nature Strip has been backed into outright favouritism for the Concorde Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images Champion Nature Strip can secure a record fifth start in The Everest with a comeback win in the Group 3 $1m Concorde Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Nature Strip's much-anticipated return to racing features…

One of the best horses of the modern era has begun preparations for an Everest tilt, with star sprinter Nature Strip returning to the track for two trials in August. The nine-year-old gelding had a rare winless campaign in autumn, failing to place in either the Group 1 Lightning Stakes and Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes, but is back for potentially his…

Godolphin's No.1 The Everest seed In Secret could be on a collision course with ageless sprint stars Nature Strip and Eduardo when she makes her comeback in the Concorde Stakes early next month. Trainer James Cummings revealed his early spring carnival plans for glamour mare In Secret after her impressive barrier trial effort at Royal Randwick on…

The Everest is set to hit a record $20m prizemoney when it's run for the seventh time in October, making it the second richest thoroughbred race in the world. But what is the race's history and how does the concept work? The Daily Telegraph racing editor Ray Thomas answers all the key questions. Q: When was The Everest concept born? A: Racing NSW…

The Everest slot-holder Australian Turf Club may make a move on champion sprinter Nature Strip as it considers their options for the world's richest turf race later this year. ATC's three-year deal with Hong Kong owner Bon Ho has ended and the race club is looking to either sell or lease their slot, or select a horse for the $15m sprint feature at…

Trainer Peter Snowden is relying on Mazu's competitive spirit to overcome any stamina issues in the Group 1 $1.5 million Schweppes All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Mazu hasn't won beyond 1200m and he has only been as far as 1300m under race conditions once previously, raising some concerns about the gelding's ability to run a…

The stunning win of I Wish I Win over Giga Kick in a thrilling TJ Smith Stakes signalled a changing of the guard in the nation's sprinting ranks. Champion Nature Strip, the rising nine-year-old, ran bravely for fourth after leading until the final 200m but wasn't helped by the heavy track conditions. But Nature Strip, who has been the nation's…

The grey flash Chautauqua won his trio of TJs by swooping on the leaders with sizzling closing sectionals, whereas Nature Strip notched his treble by breaking the hearts of his opposition with sustained speed off the front. "He is so powerful and so big. He gets into his high cruising speed and it just builds and builds," says James McDonald, who…

The Everest winner Giga Kick is set to trial at Cranbourne on Monday in preparation for a Sydney autumn sprint campaign. Trainer Clayton Douglas said Giga Kick is being readied to resume racing in the Group 2 $500000 Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Royal Randwick on March 4. Giga Kick will then go second-up into the Group 1 $3m TJ Smith Stakes (1200m)…

The Nature Strip Stakes (1300m) - officially the Winner Stakes, rebranded in honour of the previous year's Everest champion - will be run and won on Saturday at Rosehill Gardens. Some 10 of the 12 horses in the Nature Strip Stakes field come through either the Sydney Stakes or The Everest, which is great form for a race under set weights and…

Trainer Clayton Douglas told anyone who would listen in the build up to the TAB Everest that his unbeaten 3-year-old Giga Kick was a star in the making, and he was vindicated with the biggest win of his career at Royal Randwick on Saturday. And the 27-year-old former jockey, who has only been training a couple of years, says the best is yet to come…

When Giga Kick crossed the line and took out the $14million Everest at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Saturday, it was the stuff of fairytales. The three-year-old gelding was a $21 outsider, had a rookie trainer in Clayton Douglas and was, quite simply, lucky just to be alive. 46221 eager punters - some racing fans, some not - packed into Randwick to…

Nature Strip entered into The Everest as the shortest price favourite in the race's history and was a popular pick amongst punters when what was thought to be his closest competitor, Lost and Running, was scratched from the field in the morning. However, Giga Kick came from the clouds to snatch victory and maintain his unbeaten record in Melbourne,…

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…

Nature Strip winning the 2021 Everest. Can he go back-to-back? The final field and barrier draw for the $15m TAB Everest have been revealed. Hot favourite Nature Strip, who drew the widest barrier, is looking for back-to-back wins in the great race on Saturday. The barrier draw was made public on Tuesday night with a 500-strong drone light show…