Newgate daily racing briefSunday 18 October 2026
A big Saturday on both sides of the world, headed by Tempted's neck victory over Ka Ying Rising in The Everest and Kingswood's win in the 150th Caulfield Cup. The Everest also set a World Pool turnover record, while Half Yours has escaped serious injury from his Caulfield fall. Abroad, Kalpana has been retired and Violence has left commercial duty in Kentucky.
Tempted (Street Boss) caused a boilover in The Everest (Gr 1, 1200m), running down Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) to avenge her defeat by him in last year's running. Chad Schofield rode the mare, who completed a 12-month plan built around the race.
Pedigrees: Tempted, Ka Ying Rising
Kingswood (Roaring Lion) gave former jockey Gavin Bedggood the highlight of his training career by winning a dramatic, tragedy-laced Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) on Saturday. The seven-year-old held on in an all-grey quinella for imported progeny of the late stallion Roaring Lion (Kitten's Joy).
Pedigrees: Kingswood
Four-time Group 1 winner Kalpana (Study Of Man) finished seventh in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, won by Minnie Hauk, and has been retired to stud. Bred and owned by Juddmonte, she won nine of 20 starts and £2,861,364, with this year's King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks among her wins. Trainer Andrew Balding called her "a horse of a lifetime", while rider Colin Keane said hard races had taken their toll. Stablemate See The Fire was also unplaced on her final start.
Pedigrees: Kalpana, Minnie Hauk, See The Fire, Daryz, Calandagan, Goliath
Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa has retired Violence (Medaglia d'Oro) from commercial breeding, with the stallion to stand privately at Newtown Anner Stud. John Sikura said the horse's semen quality and fertility had been substantially reduced despite expert intervention. Violence, sire of Grade I winners Forte, Mullikin, Volatile, No Parole and Dr. Schivel, covered 57 mares this past season, and it is unclear whether he will cover again.
Pedigrees: Violence, Forte, Mullikin, Volatile, No Parole, Dr. Schivel
Last year's Cups winner Half Yours came through his heavy Caulfield Cup fall without serious injury, co-trainer Tony McEvoy said on Sunday, but needed four staples in a near foreleg, four in an off-hind leg and treatment for a chest laceration. With the horse unable to work for 10 days, McEvoy expects the spring campaign is over. Jockeys Mark Zahra and Jye McNeil both escaped serious injury, while the fall claimed the life of Yulong mare Ohope Wins.
Pedigrees: Half Yours, Ohope Wins
The A$20-million Everest generated HK$113.2 million (£10.8m/A$20.7m) through the World Pool, a single-race record that eclipsed the HK$99.2 million bet on the 2025 edition. The HKJC's Jon Knapman credited the global appeal of Ka Ying Rising, who was beaten a neck by Tempted. The gelding's earnings of HK$176.7 million now rank second in Hong Kong behind Romantic Warrior, and he returns home on Monday ahead of the Jockey Club Sprint on 22 November and the Hong Kong Sprint on 13 December.
Pedigrees: Tempted, Ka Ying Rising, Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior
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