The Everest winner is now a Group 1 winner after Giga Kick outpointed an aesthetic All Aged Stakes area to shut the curtain on an exhilarating Sydney autumn carnival.
In taking out Saturday’s $1.5 million showpiece, Giga Kick gave his younger coach Clayton Douglas a primary main and capped jockey Craig Williams’ return from a damaged collarbone suffered in a race day fall in March.
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“I am not a really emotional particular person however for some cause I am getting a bit emotional about this one,” Douglas mentioned.
“It means so much, it is all the pieces we try to do.
“He was again and simply rounded them up like an excellent horse.
“It is wonderful to assume I’ve bought a Group One subsequent to my title. The horse, he deserves it himself, he is achieved a terrific job and for Craig (Williams) to return again from damage, the way in which he rode that horse was phenomenal. Nice workforce effort.”
Tom Marquand spiced up the race when he took Misplaced And Working to a transparent lead after the horse was going to be caught huge on-speed.
However the daring sprinter could not maintain his run as Giga Kick ($2.90 fav) ambled up on the skin and kicked clear to attain by 1-3/four lengths over Zaaki ($6) with final yr’s winner Cascadian ($6.50) one other quick head away third.
The All Aged Stakes (1400m) was Giga Kick’s first begin past 1200m and he dealt with it with aplomb.
Such is Douglas’ opinion of the three-year-old, he believes Giga Kick might most likely prolong to a center distance if skilled for it.
“He is a freak. If I skilled him for a Cox Plate he’d most likely win it, that is how good he’s,” he mentioned.
Douglas will determine this week whether or not to take Giga Kick to Brisbane for the Doomben 10,000 or spell him with a view in the direction of defending his Everest title.
The horse has but to be locked in by a slot holder however there has already been loads of curiosity.
Williams missed driving Giga Kick within the TJ Smith Stakes when the gelding completed second and mentioned the thrilling sprinter made gentle work of his All Aged rivals.
“I bear in mind sitting in hospital once they mentioned I wasn’t going to have the ability to journey him within the TJ and I understand how that felt,” Williams mentioned.
“Fortunately sufficient they gave me the chance to journey him in the present day and I need to inform Clayton and his proprietor that I work more durable on my mechanical horse than what I needed to do within the race in the present day as a result of he’s such a severe horse.”
Japanese raider Ho O Amazon completed seventh however was by no means within the hunt along with his jockey Ryusei Sakai saying the horse did not benefit from the moist monitor.
– RAS NewsWire
