Joe Pride has done has much he can to have Private Eye and Think About It peaking on Everest day, now he just needs good fortune.
The Warwick Farm trainer has been planning for six months to have sprinters Private Eye and Think About It at their peaks for The Everest at Randwick.Pride has done his job, and now he wants racing luck to get a year’s worth of earnings in a minute.“Last year, my horses earned $7 million, and there was a lot of good luck and a lot of bad luck, but it balanced out over the year.
Pride has two runners in with a chance of winning the major share of the prize pool, but when you factor in their odds , the trainer’s hopes are even better.It is no wonder Pride has measured every part of the past six months with his sprinters. “But they are flesh and blood, they need ticking over. They need exercise and we are just doing everything to have them at their peak for Everest day.
Private Eye, last year’s Everest runner-up, gained his slot after a storming win in The Shorts and impressed in a barrier trial on Friday.Think About It might be the most exciting sprinter in the field; riding an eight-race winning streak after a triumph in the Premiere Stakes to go with his victories in the Kingsford Smith Cup and Stradbroke from the Brisbane winter.
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