The Everest

Rothfire sends Everest warning with blistering trial

Posted on August 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian sprinter Rothfire looks to have made a full recovery from an injury that has kept him off the racetrack for nearly 12 months, as he set the turf alight in his first trial back on Tuesday morning at Doomben in Brisbane, Queensland.

Posted on July 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Arguably Queensland's best racehorse, Rothfire, is nearing a return to the track, with the star sprinter set to trial publicly next month. Rob Heathcote spoke with RadioTAB's Steve Hewlett on Thursday morning, saying his three-year-old will “be out to show everyone that he's made a full recovery”. A winner of seven from nine races, the[...]

Posted on June 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bargain buy Lost And Running has solidified his spot in this year’s running of The Everest, taking Tabcorp's slot in the $15,000,000 feature at Royal Randwick in Sydney, Australia.

Posted on May 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

In news that plenty of Australian racing fans will want to hear, Rob Heathcote’s three-year-old gelding Rothfire is back on the track as he steps up his recovery from a career-threatening leg injury.

Posted on April 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News, Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has failed to fire a shot in Hong Kong since relocating from Australia, and there is rising speculation his Hong Kong career will be cut short to return to Australia for a tilt at defending his title in Australia's richest sprint race. But the 2020 Everest winner will be faced with dealing with[...]

Posted on April 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nature Strip has regained his mantle as Australia's premier sprinter, making a one-act affair of the T J Smith Stakes for the second year in succession. But while he dictated terms and outsprinted his rivals 12 months ago, it was a more complete horse who lined up on Saturday. Fierce-going for much of his career,[...]

Posted on March 31, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend, acclaimed as the world's equal top sprinter in 2020, is likely to return to Australia after he bled from his left nostril following trackwork at Sha Tin this morning (Wednesday, 31 March). The winner of The Everest (1200m) at Randwick Racecourse last October, the grey finished 11th in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong[...]

Posted on March 2, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has taken a small – but significant – step towards returning to competition with a soft trial win at Conghua on Monday (1 March). Pitted against three other rivals, the world's equal top-rated sprinter cruised over the 800m journey to win the trial after sitting at the tail of the small field. All[...]

Posted on February 24, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Gun sprinter Aethero pleased trainer Caspar Fownes at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 23 February) as he ramped up his preparation toward a return to the races. The hulking chestnut – who holds Sha Tin's 1000m course record – appeared to move freely and with relative ease under championship leading jockey Joao Moreira this morning[...]

Posted on November 18, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

The world's joint-highest rated sprinter Classique Legend completed his first piece of fast work on the Sha Tin dirt Tuesday morning (17 November) in preparation for the HK$22 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) on 13 December. Classique Legend stands equal-fourth in the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Ranking with a rating of 125[...]

Posted on November 11, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has landed in Hong Kong, with the AU$15 million The Everest (1200m) victor touching down in his new home ready for a tilt at the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in December. The six-time winner joins the stable of championship leader Caspar Fownes, alongside his half-brother and fellow speedster, Aethero. “He[...]

Posted on October 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Joe Pride's first instinct was to spell Eduardo after his deflating Everest performance but the horse has convinced him to push on into the spring.

Posted on October 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australian trainer Gordon Richards has enjoyed a heady ride with top sprinter Gytrash this spring and it's not over yet.

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has run his final race in Australia, at least for now, with his Hong Kong owner Bon Ho keen to showcase The Everest winner internationally.

Posted on October 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has given Australia's best sprinters a start and a beating with a scintillating performance in the $15 million The Everest.

Posted on October 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The oldest trainer at Randwick will be striving to win one of Sydney's newest feature races when Les Bridge saddles up Classique Legend in The Everest.

Posted on October 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Joe Pride says Eduardo is in the zone and ready to run the race of his life in the $15 million The Everest at Randwick.

Rothfire sends Everest warning with blistering trial

Rothfire on track for August trials as recovery continues

Lost And Running locked in for Tabcorp in The Everest

Rothfire returns to trackwork with The Everest in mind

Classique Legend’s winning The Everest slot sold

Force of Nature returns in T J Smith

Classique Legend setback, likely to return to Australia

Classique Legend passes early test with Conghua trial win

Aethero pleases Fownes, Classique Legend continues to progress

Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission

Classique Legend touches down in Hong Kong

Eduardo In Bid For Everest Redemption

Gytrash Chasing $1 Million Consolation

Australian Racing Lose Legend To Hong Kong

Octogenarian Trainer Scales The Everest

Classique Poised To Become Everest Legend

Eduardo Swaggers Into Everest Contention

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