'Superstar' Giga Kick wins $15 million Everest

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Giga Kick has over-run a fading Nature Strip to instrumentality retired The Everest astatine Royal Randwick.

Nature Strip took the pb arsenic the battalion entered the straight, but faded and was besides passed by Private Eye and Mazu to decorativeness fourth.

Giga Kick's jockey Craig Williams timed his tally perfectly to triumph by a head.

"Extraordinary, stunning," Bruce MacAvaney said successful commentary for Seven arsenic they crossed the decorativeness line.

"You knew helium (Nature Strip) was successful occupation and it was going to instrumentality thing peculiar (to win)."

Trainer Clayton Douglas said helium was afloat assured Giga Kick could bash the job, contempt the information it was successful conscionable its 5th start.

"He's a superstar - helium had doubters helium was three-year-old and astir apt wasn't bully enough, but I had a batch of religion successful him," Douglas told Emma Freedman aft the contention for Seven.

"He's conscionable specified a professional. You tin spot today, 53kg, ridden similar that, he's electric. It's a spot of a whirlwind.

"He wasn't successful the contention to marque the numbers up and I had a batch of religion successful him. He's a star.

"Watch out, the caller kid's connected the block."

Douglas said helium believes Giga Kick is connected its mode to stardom.

"This equine conscionable does things that radical haven't seen. I noted that connected Tuesday and astir apt radical thought I was being a spot cocky and each that.

"But Craig Williams had a batch of religion successful this horse. He's a star."

Giga Kick paid $19.50 for the win. The Everest has a full prize excavation of $15 million, making it the richest turf contention successful the world.

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