Picture: Steve Hart
Justify colt to run in his homeowners’ slot in The Everest.
Storm Boy has been added to the record of horses who will contest this yr’s The Everest with Coolmore choosing the wealthy dash over stretching him out to the 1600 metres of the Caulfield Guineas.
The high-priced son of Justify will fill Coolmore’s slot within the $20 million 1200m race at Randwick on October 19.
Co-trainer Gai Waterhouse confirmed the plans from trackwork at Flemington on Tuesday morning.
“They’ve had lengthy discussions and he’ll go to The Everest,” Waterhouse stated.
“So, they’ll convey him again in distance and go to The Everest.”
Storm Boy, who Coolmore acquired in a multi-million-dollar deal after his good Magic Hundreds of thousands 2YO Traditional win in January, heads to The Everest off a fourth putting in final Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Rose, crushed three-quarters-of-a-length by Broadsiding.
That adopted a 3rd putting within the Group 2 Run To The Rose (1200m) on September 14 after a first-up win within the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) on August 31.
Waterhouse retains confidence in Storm Boy’s capability to run 1600m however stated ready the additional week may additionally play in his favour.
“He got here out of it tremendous, it’s fascinating that not one of many horses that led received on Saturday – it was a swoopers’ monitor – and I believed he was enormously brave,” Waterhouse stated of the Golden Rose run.
“It’s fascinating that his two dominant wins have been once they’ve been three weeks aside, Adam Hyeronimus made that remark, possibly he’s only a colt that wants that little little bit of time between his runs.
“He’s a really massive horse, possibly it’ll simply swimsuit him higher.”
Storm Boy turns into the seventh confirmed for a spot in The Everest, becoming a member of I Want I Win, Bella Nipotina , Joliestar , I Am Me, Stefi Magnetica and Bustling.
5 slots stay open with previous winners Giga Kick, Assume About It, twin placegetter Non-public Eye, Manikato Stakes winner Southport Tycoon, Sunshine In Paris and star three-year-olds Rising Empire and Visitors Warden in rivalry for positions.
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