Autumn Glow and God’s Window Will Add SA Flavour To Big Saturday

Autumn Glow winning the Gr1 Verry Elleegant Stakes at Randwick (Picture: Magic Millions)

The attention of the racing world will be focused on Randwick in Australia in the early hours of Saturday October 17 and on Ascot in England later on in what is one of the biggest racing days of the year with the richest turf race in the world at Randwick, The Everest, and the gathering of a lot of the best horses in Europe for Champions Day at Ascot.

The South African racing community will have a particular interest in the Randwick meeting. because Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun), the superstar daughter of the South African-bred Champion Sprinter Via Africa, will be appearing in the Gr 1 King Charles III Stakes over 1609m and so will the Gaynor Rupert homebred God’s Window (Dubawi).

Click here to read about Autum Glow’s preparation for Saturday’s race  

The biggest attraction  at Randwick will be the superstar sprinter from Hong Kong, Ka Ying Rising, running in the Aus $20 million The Everest. where he defends his title and attempts to make it 22 wins in succession.

His jockey Zac Purton has spoken about his concern that there will possibly be soft going on Saturday, but trainer David Hayes is not concerned.

Click here to read about Ka Ying Rising’s preparation

The iconic Caulfield Cup is also being run at Randwick.

Click here for the Everest And King Charles Stakes Final Fields