The barrier draw has been conducted for Saturday’s A$14 million The Everest at Royal Randwick with Cape sire Time Thief’s daughter In Her Time drawing gate 4 on her return from a break.
Time Thief (Redoute’s Choice) stands at Nadeson Park Stud in Hermanus.
In Her Time (Pic – The Everest)
In Her Time has notched both of her Gr1 wins when first up from a spell, and trainer Kris Lees intimated his confidence in her preparation this time around.
“The best thing for her was to get the slot early, so we could just get the preparation right with her,” he said, unworried about missing the Gr2 The Shorts last month.
“She is a big strong mare now and we have been focused on having her right for one day…I think we have her where she was before the Lightning in the autumn and that’s a good place to be. She has been up with the best sprinters for a while now. She is going to run a big race on Saturday again.”
Santa Ana Lane remains the favourite after coming up with barrier two, just ahead of Pierata who has the inside draw.
Third favourite Arcadia Queen also received a low barrier at Tuesday’s draw, with the Western Australian mare to jump from barrier three.
Likely leader Nature Strip will start from the outside gate (12), while two-time Everest champion Redzel will start in stall seven.
The barrier draw was conducted by Racing NSW stewards on Tuesday afternoon and revealed In a stunning light show with the the horses’ racing colours and barrier numbers projected on to the southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
So it’s 12 horses, 1200m, and A$14 million to be won or lost in a little over a minute!
Watch it live on Tellytrack (Dstv 239) from Randwick Racecourse at 07h15 on Saturday morning.
