Australian Turf Club partners with Hong Kong Jockey Club in landmark deal for their slot in The Everest
The Australian Turf Club's decision to lease their Everest slot to Hong Kong Jockey Club for at least two years is a coup for Sydney racing.
The deal ensures that barring injury or some unforeseen circumstance, the world's number one-ranked racehorse, Hong Kong's superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising, will contest the Group 1 $20 million The TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on October 18.
Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes has also indicated Ka Ying Rising will stay in Sydney for the $3 million Russell Balding Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens two weeks later.
ATC will benefit financially from the World Pool, the international commingling parimutuel betting operation which is managed by HKJC and will be available to punters on Everest Day.
There is also speculation the World Pool will be added to more Sydney race meetings next season, most notably Golden Slipper Day which boasts five Group 1 races.
HKJC executive director of racing, Andrew Harding, told Hong Kong media the club has secured the ATC's Everest slot for two years with an option to extend.
'For this year, the club will use the slot to enable Ka Ying Rising to take part in The Everest,'' Harding told South China Morning Post.
'In future years, we will use the slot to either facilitate a Hong Kong horse running or to target Australian or New Zealand sprinters to come onto the Hong Kong International races after The Everest.''
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Ka Ying Rising joins Briasa (slot holders Max Whitby, Neil Werrett and Col Madden) and Private Harry (Yulong) as confirmed Everest starters.
Sunshine In Paris, owned by Everest slot-holder John Camilleri of Fairway Thoroughbreds, is also being set for the big race.
The world’s best sprinter is coming to Australia! Ka Ying Rising will race for new slot-holder the Hong Kong Jockey Club �
Here he is making it 12-straight wins, dominating the Chairman’s Sprint ðŸ'¥ pic.twitter.com/CH8YZSsVp4
â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 4, 2025
This leaves eight slots remaining and competition for an Everest start will be fierce – but not everyone is happy.
A leading Sydney trainer contacted At The Track incensed that ATC had not used their slot for an 'ATC trained horse'.
'Surely that's the idea of a slot,'' the trainer said. 'That's like Wayne Bennett picking a player from another club for the grand final. What a disgrace.''
The trainer's disappointment is understandable but the financial benefits to ATC for leasing their slot HKJC and having the World Pool alignment on Everest Day is considerable, and the club wants the best possible field for the world's richest turf race so securing Ka Ying Rising was the number one priority.
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Is Coolmore's three-year-old filly Minnie Hauk, winner of the English Oaks yesterday, the most valuable potential broodmare still racing?
Minnie Hauk, a daughter of English superhorse Franke l and closely related on her dam's side to another champion, Kingman, was purchased for about $A4 million as a yearling at the Goffs Orby Sale and her Oaks win means she is now a priceless broodmare once her racing days are over.
Minnie Hauk takes the Oaks (G1)!
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â€' IFHA's Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (@worldsbesthorse) June 6, 2025
The regally-bred Minnie Hauk gave Irish training genius Aidan O'Brien his 11th Oaks win when she defeated her stablemate Whirl.
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The US triple crown isn't on the line but the final leg of the famous series, the Belmont Stakes, takes on special significance with the return clash of Godolphin's Sovereignty and Coolmore's Journalism in New York on Sunday morning.
Sovereignty won an epic Kentucky Derby from Journalism last month but missed the second leg, the Preakness Stakes.
In his absence, Journalism scored an incredible Preakness win and is early favourite with TAB Fixed Odds for the Belmont at $2.60 with Sovereignty pressing at $2.80.
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The Last Say: Tips, market movers and inside mail for Saturday's racing on June 21, 2025
Headley Grange has been confidently backed to win the Listed $200,000 Civic Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick and Warnie has attracted heavy market support for the Listed $200,000 Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on Saturday. The Joe Pride -trained Headley Grange, an impressive first-up winner at Randwick two weeks ago, has firmed from $4.60 to $3 favouritism with TAB Fixed Odds while his odds with Ladbrokes have been slashed from $4.50 to $2.90 including bets of $500 at $4.40 and $1000 at $3.10. Warnie, trained by Ciaron Maher, has been a big mover with Ladbrokes punters backing the sprinter from $3.20 to $2.60 favouritism after bets of $900 at $3.20, $1000 at $3.10, $1000 at $3.05, $1000 at $2.90, $2000 and $1000 at $2.85, $1100 and $750 at $2.80 and $780 at $2.70. But this betting plunge pales in comparison with the sheer weight of money invested on Splash Back in the Brian Beattie Handicap (1420m) at Flemington. 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Storm Boy is currently at $5.50 with Lazzat heading betting at $3.60. â– â– â– â– â– ROYAL RANDWICK Weather: Cool, mostly sunny day and a forecast top temperature of 18c. Track: Soft (5). Rail: 3m out. FLEMINGTON Weather: Cold, most sunny day with a forecast top temperature of 15c. Track: Good (4). Rail: 11m out. IPSWICH Weather: Warm, sunny day with light winds and a forecast top temperature of 25c. Track: Good (4). Rail: 0.5m out. MORPHETTVILLE Weather: Cool, mostly sunny day with a forecast top temperature of 19c. Track: Soft (6). Rail: 13m out from 1200m to the winning post. "He could well go to another level. I figure he has a ceiling there somewhere." Civic Stakes favourite Headley Grange can scale new heights at Royal Randwick on Saturday. @PrideRacing — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) June 20, 2025 • â– â– â– â– â– BE WARY: Royal Randwick is rated a soft 5 and likely to move into the good range at some stage during the meeting. The rail is out 3m but the track should race fairly. 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Brave One has drawn a little awkwardly but Team Hawkes has found the right race for him and with even luck in running he's going to be very hard to beat. Kerguelen gives @JamesCummings88 and @KPMcEvoy a Rosehill double! ðŸ'° @godolphin | @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2025 THE NEXT BEST: Race 2 No.1 SHROPSHIRE LAD came off a brilliant first-up win at Scone with an unlucky second to Bengal in a Randwick Highway over 1100m. He was three-wide albeit with cover most of the way loomed up to win only to be edged out by a narrow margin. Drawn wide again and will need things to go his way but he's at his peak after two runs from a spell and finds himself in a winnable race. Bengal hangs on in the TAB Highway for Luke Pepper and @brodie_loy ðŸ'° @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 7, 2025 VALUE BET: Race 1 No.6 HOOLIGAN TOMMY has returned in good order this campaign with two wins and two placings from five starts. He comes to Randwick off a career-best effort at Kembla Grange where he gapped his rivals, winning by a widening margin of more than three lengths when shouldering 60.5kg in heavy going. Hooligan Tommy drops 2.5kg, gets onto a more suitable firmer track and he's at value odds near $8. Hooligan Tommy Kembla Grange win on the 31st May 2025 Congratulations to all connections — John Sargent (@jsargentracing) June 2, 2025 THE WHISPER: Race 9 No.13 HEADLEY GRANGE was resuming over the Randwick 1300m two weeks ago and was held up for a run from the top of the straight until the 200m when he gained a split and sprinted through for a brilliant first-up win. Headley Grange's final 200m split of 11.59s was the best of the day. Headley Grange goes out to 1400m for the Civic Sakes which is his best distance. The drying track conditions are in his favour, he hasn't missed a top two finish in eight starts, winning four, and he has drawn perfectly in barrier four. He ticks all the boxes. Headley Grange wins first up to give @PrideRacing a Randwick double! 🙌 @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 7, 2025 â– â– â– â– â– FLEMINGTON TIPS BEST BET: Race 1 No.2 OBSERVER shaped promisingly on debut when he for home before finishing a close second at Pakenham but made significant improvement going out to 1400m at Sandown at start when he led throughout and bolted in by five lengths. Godolphin has unearthed a promising rising three-year-old in Observer who can get favourite backers off to a winning start. Observer makes an absolute mess of his opposition to break his maiden in dominant style 😤 @godolphin — (@Racing) June 4, 2025 NEXT BEST: Race 7 No.6 SPLASH BACK was dynamic first-up at Caulfield, coming from off speed early with a brilliant burst of acceleration to seep clear of her rivals and win by a widening margin of more than two lengths. Her sectional times were very impressive as she improved her record to five wins from just 11 starts. She's been sensationally backed to win again. The well-supported Splash Back pins the ears back & storms away to win first-up after a long spell ðŸ'¥ @Grahame_Begg — (@Racing) May 31, 2025 VALUE BET: Race 6 No.5 BOLD SOUL won three stakes races including the Tasmanian Derby last season but struggled to regain top form over summer. There has been more encouraging signs from Bold Soul this campaign as he has improved in each of his four starts including a narrow loss to Muktamil over this course and distance last start. He's ready to win. Muktamil thrives on the mile & a half test, throwing himself over the line under @daniel_moor 🙌 @busuttin — (@Racing) June 7, 2025 THE WHISPER: Race 9 No.9 FIELDELO is protecting her unbeaten record here. She won at Kilmore last November when making her debut and then resumed at Bendigo when she carried 62.5kg but toyed with her rivals, winning by seven lengths in fast time. She looks a talent and there is plenty of market confidence to suggest she will maintain her perfect race record. Fieldelo wins like a classy horse on debut for @TLakeRacing & @JyeMcNeil ðŸ¤� — (@Racing) November 24, 2024 • â– â– â– â– â– TAB FIXED ODDS BIG BETS AND MARKET MOVERS – ROYAL RANDWICK Race 1: Callistemon $6-$4.20, Piraeus $8.50-$4.60 Race 2: Shropshire Lad $5-$4.80, Satin Stiletto $8-$5.50 Race 3: Lunaite $5.50-$4.60, Bengal $21-$12 Race 4: Millie De Lune $4-$3.80, Piggyback $8-$6 Race 5: Hopper $8-$5, Rotagilla $11-$5.50 Race 6: Quantum Cat $4.60-$3.10, Zaphod $5-$3.20 Race 7: Storm The Ramparts $3.80-$3.50, Gitalong $4.80-$4 Race 8: Raikkonen $3.40-$3, Fiddlers Green $11-$7.50 Race 9: Headley Grange $4.60-$3, Grebeni $19-$10 Race 10: Fully Lit $19-$7, Pereille $16-$9.50 'THAT IS A GREAT RECIPE' Trainer @JamesCummings88 is cooking up a Randwick rout, with four top chances in the closing event on Saturday. But there's one of the quartet he is particularly confident in. 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On The Punt: Flemington best bets for Saturday June 21, 2025
News Corp form analyst Chris Vernuccio takes a look at the Flemington on Saturday. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! â– â– â– â– â– BEST BET CLEO CAT (R3 No.5): Cleo Cat has taken the next step this prep, winning her first two starts including a Group 3 in Adelaide before beating all but top mare Niance at Caulfield last start. She has Craig Williams engaged for her first attempt down the Flemington straight. NEXT BEST TAKEN (R4 No.1): Taken is flying with three consecutive wins including at the track and distance by three lengths last start. He jumps up in the weights for winning handicap races but takes on mostly benchmark and maiden performers here. He'll make his own luck on the speed with Craig Williams on board. JIMMY THE BEAR (R8 No.3): Jimmy The Bear was too far back from a wide barrier when second to Oh Too Good at Flemington last start. He stays at the track and trip and can settle closer from barrier two.
