{"id":134120,"date":"2025-09-13T08:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/134120\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:11:10","slug":"tempted-stakes-claim-for-godolphin-everest-slot-with-brilliant-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/134120\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempted stakes claim for Godolphin Everest slot with brilliant victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rachel King pinched a winning lead on Sixties ($7) on the way to a half-length win from favourite Autumn Boy (Jason Collett), which made up several lengths late. With the strong finish, Autumn Boy firmed into $4.50 for the Golden Rose, and Sixties was into $15 from $51.<\/p>\n

Waller assistant trainer Charlie Duckworth said Autumn Boy was \u201cenormous\u201d, carrying 58 kilograms first-up and defying the track pattern to make up ground. He said both would likely head to the Golden Rose.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo very exciting colts that we couldn\u2019t be happier with,\u201d Duckworth said.<\/p>\n

Weighing up options for Autumn Glow<\/p>\n

Waller will keenly watch the release of weights on Monday for the group 1 Epsom Handicap after Autumn Glow tightened her claims on the 1600m race with victory in the group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill.<\/p>\n

The four-year-old mare, now into $1.80 for the Epsom on October 4, cruised to a two-and-a-quarter-length win over General Salute for jockey Kerrin McEvoy to remain unbeaten in six starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s got to be the best horse in training who\u2019s yet to win a group 1, but I\u2019m sure that will come,\u201d Duckworth said.<\/p>\n

\"Kerrin<\/p>\n

Kerrin McEvoy after winning on Autumn Glow.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously the target was the Epsom, so it will be interesting to see what weight she gets in that. She\u2019s still very lightly raced and should continue to improve. What her optimal distance is still to be seen. She\u2019s got endless gears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duckworth said options for Autumn Glow would be kept open.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all depends what the scale is [for the Epsom],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf other horses gain weight, if there\u2019s a really good horse at 50kg, so it\u2019s just not about her weight. It\u2019s probably more so the whole field and what other options she\u2019s got.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf she gets what we think is too much weight and draws the extreme outside, and there\u2019s another option to win at weight for age, well, what are you gaining by potentially risking that streak?\u201d<\/p>\n

Manaal repays the faith<\/p>\n

Randwick trainer Michael Freedman \u201chadn\u2019t lost faith\u201d in Manaal after a fruitless autumn and was now eyeing rich targets with the four-year-old mare following her half-length win in the group 2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m).<\/p>\n

A $12 chance after three unplaced autumn runs and a first-up eighth in the Cockram Stakes at Caulfield, Manaal enjoyed an ideal run behind the leaders before Jason Collett put her into clear air. The Gimcrack, Sires\u2019 Produce and Furious Stakes winner hit the front at the 100m and held off long-shot Dark Glitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe just had wretched luck with barrier draws, she drew so many wide gates and had so many hard runs,\u201d Freedman said of Manaal\u2019s autumn campaign.<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/p>\n

Jason Collett wins on Manaal.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHer run in the Coolmore here back in the autumn [when fifth] was an enormous run because she led, which she never likes doing, so I hadn\u2019t lost any faith in where she was. But it was certainly great to see her back in the winners\u2019 circle.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believed she would be \u201cvery, very competitive\u201d if given a slot in the Everest (1200m) but said \u201cthere\u2019s lots of good mares races around that 1400-1500m\u201d. He mentioned The Invitation and Golden Eagle as potential targets.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Waller camp allayed any fears over favourite Joliestar after scratching her from the Sheraco.<\/p>\n

Waller announced late on Wednesday that the five-year-old mare was his choice again to fill his slot in the $20 million Everest on October 18, but she was not scratched from her first-up race at Rosehill until race morning. She will now resume next Saturday in The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t about having a slot or not having a slot, it was about mapping a path and she had a bit of an awkward draw today and next Saturday maps a bit better in terms of getting to an Everest,\u201d Duckworth said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext Saturday was the preference, to run there anyway. It will be The Shorts, then straight in. She\u2019s a good fresh horse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hyeronimus in clear over Vauban ride<\/p>\n

Jockey Adam Hyeronimus was cleared after an inquiry into his ride on Vauban in last Saturday\u2019s Chelmsford Stakes was concluded before the first at Rosehill.<\/p>\n

Hyeronimus was questioned multiple times last Saturday at Randwick and again at Canterbury on Wednesday about the Chelmsford ride in which Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained stablemate Sir Delius, with Tim Clark aboard, was able to slot in ahead of Vauban and into a one-one position midway through the race, after being stuck three-wide.<\/p>\n

Sir Delius went to finish second to Lindermann, with Vauban in third.<\/p>\n

Chief steward Tom Moxon said rules AR129 (2) and (3) were looked at and the panel was satisfied that Vauban was \u201cgiven full opportunity to win or to obtain the best possible place in the field\u201d.<\/p>\n

As for part three of the rule, \u201cevery horse must be ridden in such a manner to benefit only its own best interests and not to the advantage of any other horse or rider\u201d, Moxon said: \u201cWe don\u2019t think there is sufficient evidence to get to the standard that we would need to impose a charge under that rule.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he advised Hyeronimus that he \u201cneeded to be mindful in races, particularly in cases where you have got stablemates racing around you, that any decision that you make obviously has that then potential to be perceived as you are riding in a manner to benefit or advantage another horse.<\/p>\n

\u201cA previous chief steward always would say, \u2018it doesn\u2019t only have to be right, it has to look right\u2019. And whilst your riding of Vauban, you might have thought you were doing the right thing by it, when you look at the race, one could easily form the view there was team riding undertaken. But we haven\u2019t suggested that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northam open to Kosi calls<\/p>\n

Scone trainer Rod Northam hoped Nova Centauri could push for the last spot in the Kosciuszko after a timely Highway Handicap win at Rosehill on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The four-year-old Rubick mare raced behind leader Pony Soprano before taking over inside the last 100m of the 1400m class 3 for a three-quarter length victory for jockey Alysha Collett. It gave Nova Centauri a first Highway win, and three victories and three seconds in seven career starts.<\/p>\n

Northam believed she would be more suited to the autumn\u2019s 1400m Country Championships, but he was open to a late call-up into the 1200m $2 million Kosciuszko on October 18 at Randwick.<\/p>\n

Slot-holders for the 14-horse race were drawn on Wednesday and the runners locked in were Compelling Truth (trainer Mack Griffith), Boston Rocks, Front Page (Matthew Dale), Bandi\u2019s Boy, Highway Strip (Danny Williams), Clear Thinking (Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich), So Magnificent (Todd Smart), Lisztomania (Todd Payne), Gallant Star (Brett Robb), Golden Decade, Without Parallel (Matthew Dunn), Melody Again (Scott Singleton), Chidiac (Brett Cavanough).<\/p>\n

Maher keen to avoid deep end<\/p>\n

Maher was likely to target another benchmark race for promising stayer Juja Kibo after his win in the 2400m benchmark 78 but did rule out a shot at group 1 Metropolitan on October 4.<\/p>\n

Loading<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to throw him in the deep end, whether the Metrop comes to quick or something like that, down in the weights, but we\u2019ll see where his rating gets to,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, trainer Peter Snowden said Fire Star was stakes class after he returned with victory in the benchmark 88 (1100m) as a $23 chance.<\/p>\n

And trainer Bjorn Baker said his promising Kiwi import Nkosi could get to stakes grade over time after a first Saturday win, over 1800m in benchmark 88 company, at his third start in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good win today and I think in time and over ground, he\u2019s definitely going to be a stakes class horse,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel King pinched a winning lead on Sixties ($7) on the way to a half-length win from favourite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-134120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}