The Everest field is locked and loaded: Godolphin’s surprise call completes final field for Randwick’s $15 million race

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…

Trainer Chris Waller believes champion sprinter Nature Strip can still make the field for a record fifth successive The TAB Everest in spring. Waller revealed Nature Strip returns to training later next week re-energised after the longest spell the gelding has enjoyed in nearly four years. Nature Strip, the ageing superstar, clearly wasn't at his…

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is relying on his crack squad of young guns to attempt an unprecedented Group 1 clean sweep on Day One of The Championships at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Cummings decided to keep stable warhorse Cascadian for another day and rely on three-year-old Golden Mile in the $4 million The Star Doncaster Mile…

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…

Ingratiating is ready to run a big race in The Everest on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images Ingratiating is in career-best form and isn't just making up the numbers as the might of Godolphin seek their first win in the $15m The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Trainer James Cummings believes Ingratiating's racing pattern of closing with a…

A full field of 12 will line up for The Everest (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, where all eyes will be on Nature Strip, who will look to defend the title from 12 months ago. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 The Everest. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply. Gamble…

Nature Strip has drawn the widest barrier for this year's TAB Everest, as the champion sprinter looks to defend his crown. The eight-year-old gelding took out the 2021 edition of the race in dominant fashion and is the overwhelming favourite to go back-to-back for Chris Waller, but will have to overcome barrier 12 to take out the $15 million…

Jack Van Duuren is terminally ill with lung cancer but it won't stop him from being trackside to watch his champion sprinter Nature Strip contest the $15m The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on Saturday. He's defying expert medical opinion just to be there after being told by his doctors a year ago he had only weeks to live. He's just endured another…

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…

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,…

Nature Strip is odds on with Ladbrokes for The Everest (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday as the final field has taken shape. Godolphin were the last slot holder yet to name a horse but on Monday announced Ingratiating ($34) as their representative. That has seen Nature Strip tighten into $1.90 as a dominant favourite. Lost And Running, winner of the…

Godolphin pulled a little bit of a surprise on Monday by naming Ingratiating, a horse that traces his roots to the same family as Black Caviar, to complete The Everest field for 2022. The four-year-old son of Frosted has this season returned to his brilliant juvenile form, where he was a Blue Diamond runner-up and third in a Golden Slipper, and his…

The field for Saturday's The Everest is now set after Godolphin on Monday announced that Ingratiating would be its representative in Saturday's $15 million event at Randwick. Godolphin was the last of the 12 slot holders to announce its representative and went with the four-year-old son of Frosted, who on Saturday finished second to his James…

Ingratiating will be given his chance in Saturday's $15m Everest. Picture: Reg Ryan-Racing Photos via Getty Images Godolphin has surprised by selecting Ingratiating for their slot to complete the field for the $15 million The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Ingratiating is the 12th and final sprinter into the field for the world's…

Eduardo is for his 12th clash with Nature Strip in Saturday's The Everest. Picture: Grant Guy There's only one horse in the $15 million The TAB Everest field who has beaten Nature Strip - and that's his old rival Eduardo. It's a remarkable statistic going into Saturday's big race at Royal Randwick that not only underlines Nature Strip's world…

Godolphin might be left with only one option for its still-vacant Everest slot after Paulele picked up an eye injury during his gutsy Schillaci Stakes win in Melbourne on Saturday. While Kementari is believed to be the preferred option for Godolphin due to his soft-track form, Paulele gave Godolphin boss Vin Cox and trainer James Cummings plenty to…

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…

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…

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…

Trainer Bjorn Baker has a second starter for the $15m The TAB Everest with his talented mare Shades Of Rose being selected for the world's richest turf race Hong Kong-based Bon Ho, owner of 2020 The Everest winner Classique Legend, has secured Shades Of Rose for his Everest slot. Baker confirmed Shades Of Rose's selection on Thursday, just 24 hours…

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…

Godolphin superstar Anamoe, racing's rarest gem, and his stellar showdown with powerhouse Zaaki should be the scene-stealer on Super Saturday at Royal Randwick. But their compelling clash in the Group 1 $1m George Main Stakes (1600m) is being challenged for race of the day status by a mini-Everest sprint classic. Nature Strip, the world's best…

Godolphin galloper Paulele has the potential to be Group 1 winner with his trainer James Cummings hoping the sprinter can climb to the top this campaign. Paulele heads to Moonee Valley on Friday night to run in Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) and break a run of excruciating minor placings at the highest level. Last campaign Paulele finished third in…