It couldn’t happen, could it?
Tentyris announced himself as a world class sprinter last Saturday, winning the Lightning Stakes in devastating fashion.
But could he tackle the world’s best sprinter, Ka Ying Rising, in an Everest?
“You love to see the best race the best and there’s a little horse in Hong Kong I wouldn’t mind trying to take on at some point – that’d be nice,” Freedman told SEN Track.
“I’d prefer to see them down the straight (at Flemington), matched up at the 600m mark, and see them sprint home, but if it has to be Randwick (in The Everest), it’s not the end of the world.”
Freedman concedes he doesn’t know what the medium to long term future for his star 3 year-old colt. While the Godolphin owned star would be a certainty to gain a start in The Everest, a lucrative stallion career looms.
“I don’t know where we’d be leaning yet,” the co-trainer stated.
“There’s a mountain we could climb at the end of the year, and we could put a hat on next year. Or we could put a hat on this year and work out next year.”
“We will probably get through his next start, and then we’d all have a chat and a meeting and work it out.”
“There’s obviously a lot of commercial decisions around the horse, and he’s a very valuable stallion prospect.”
