This time the larrikins joined forces when Singleton spotted a colt in a paddock at Harvey’s Hunter Valley stud. A short while and $1 million later, he was in.
If you want to understand how Gerry Harvey and John Singleton came to be in partnership of Hawaii Five Oh, a live contender for The Everest, it’s probably better not to ask either one. Who knows what’s right and what’s wrong?
On the spot, Singleton urged Harvey not to sell the colt, where he would have fetched more money than Nathan Cleary or Latrell Mitchell earn in a couple of years of NRL. Before long, Singleton had a half share in the colt ... for $1 million. Their first chance in the race came with Libertini, who ran eighth in 2020, and then in the same position again the following year. Harvey reckons he has been struck down with bad luck after bad luck with one of the best pedigrees in Australian racing ever since.
“That mare has thrown big horses and this is the biggest of the lot,” Harvey says. “He’s a monster, and he just stands out.”If Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys wanted The Everest to be Australian racing’s best marketing machine, he couldn’t have dreamt about having Harvey and Singleton involved so regularly.
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