The Shorts Field Filled With Everest 'Mines'
Australia, Racing News, 19.09.19: Trainer Peter Snowden says he won’t be disappointed if Redzel doesn’t repeat his first-up win as it will be a tough win to replicate against a deeper field.
While rival trainer Tony McEvoy is adamant Sunlight will play a bigger role in the speed picture than she did in the Concorde while the Santa Ana Lane camp suggests the Everest favourite is vulnerable first-up and that the on pace pattern of Concorde Stakes day could render that form unreliable.
Add to that the first appearances of 4yo Classique Legend, class mare In Her Time and Godolphin’s interim number one seed Osborne Bulls and it’s a huge puzzle facing punters a month out from the Everest, one that could throw up more questions than it answers.
Snowden said Redzel, who opened $6 in TAB’s all-in Shorts market, appears to have come through his third successive Concorde win well but
All that said, Redzel and Pierata will likely have more favourable conditions with the prospect of at least a soft track at Randwick come Saturday.
Santa Ana Lane, although a favourite for the A$14m Everest hasn’t won at 1100m since his debut win and he hasn’t won first-up since his third race start.
A wet track wouldn’t be Sunlight’s preferred surface but at this stage there’s no deviation from the plan from Tony McEvoy but what will be different from the Concorde is the mare’s position in running.