Melbourne’s time-honoured Caulfield Guineas and Sydney’s rich Everest offer entrants the chance at a life-changing result.
If any day on the Australian racing calendar was to be likened to a glorified, high-stakes lottery, then Saturday’s dual-state Everest and Caulfield Guineas day would be most fitting.is worth $20 million, while Melbourne’s time-honoured Caulfield Guineas is worth a measly $3 million in comparison – both, however, offer entrants the chance at a life-changing result.Sydney’s Everest speaks for itself. The race’s 12 slot owners have paid $2.
“If he wins the Caulfield Guineas, he’ll go to stud as one of the most desirable stud prospects of the last five or 10 years,” Newgate Farm’s founder Henry Field said, comparing Militarize to Godolphin champion Anamoe, who won the Caulfield Guineas in 2021.“What he’s achieved so far and his body of work is extraordinary.”, given it has had a detrimental impact on time-honoured group 1 races in Victoria, is highly valuable to both potential stallions and broodmares once their career ends.
Then there’s King Colorado. Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, a royal from the United Arab Emirates, the three-year-old colt is actually leased by 47 shareholders who pay the bills, collect 75 per cent of prizemoney and get to enjoy the race-day experience as his owners.Michael McInally/Racing Queensland
“I’ve been offered about 180 horses to lease; King Colorado is the only colt. I never thought I’d get a colt,” he said.
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