As
the euphoria that surrounded the running last weekend of the world's richest
turf race subsides, attention has turned to next month's Group I Darley Classic at
Flemington, which looms a rematch for many of The Everest runners.
Already
Peter Snowden, the trainer of Redzel, winner of the inaugural A$10 million The
Everest, has named the Darley Classic, the feature open-age sprint of the
Melbourne Cup carnival, as his horse's next target.
"The
Darley Classic would be the right race to come back for," Snowden said.
"A
month between runs is perfect, it's a great time-frame for this horse."
Similar
sentiments have been expressed by the trainers of other Everest runners with
David Hayes, who sent out the runner up Vega Magic along with Tulip and Redkirk
Warrior, is also looking to the Darley Classic as a logical next step.
"The
timing is very good, it will come at the right time for a lot of the Everest
runners from last Saturday."
"We'll
have a look at our two older horses (Vega Magic and Redkirk Warrior) after
they've had a chance to recover and will be looking at the Flemington race."
Another
in-form sprinter continuing the search for a G1 trophy this spring is the filly
In Her Time who won Saturday's Everest "consolation", the Listed Sydney Stakes.
Snowden,
meanwhile, likened Redzel's success to that of Darley stallion Sepoy who he
trained to win Australia's juvenile double of the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes and
the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes in 2011.
"It
was kind of like when we had Sepoy going into the Blue Diamond. He had won all of
his lead-ups as well, and you are waiting for something to go wrong, but it
didn't," Snowden said.
The
G1 Darley Classic will be run over 1200m at Flemington on 11 November.
