1 00:00:06,667 --> 00:00:10,387 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine 2 00:00:10,707 --> 00:00:11,907 Speaker 1: from News Talks edb. 3 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:16,507 Speaker 2: New Zealand bred horse Kaying Rising has confirmed his superstar 4 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:20,947 Speaker 2: status winning the world's richest race on turf, the twenty 5 00:00:20,947 --> 00:00:24,227 Speaker 2: million dollar The Everest Race at Randwick yesterday. 6 00:00:24,827 --> 00:00:29,147 Speaker 3: Marsa winfront from Overpass Kaying Rising two links away, then 7 00:00:29,267 --> 00:00:33,227 Speaker 3: Jimmy Star clear from tempted Lady Shamanda Jolly Star down 8 00:00:33,307 --> 00:00:36,827 Speaker 3: the outside. Overpass takes the laid by length. Ka Ying 9 00:00:36,987 --> 00:00:41,027 Speaker 3: Rising stokeda curtain says, come on, boy, show the Aussies 10 00:00:41,067 --> 00:00:44,547 Speaker 3: what you've got cha. Yang Rising moved up to overpass 11 00:00:44,547 --> 00:00:48,827 Speaker 3: clear from Jimmy Star. The Ka Yang Rising champions do 12 00:00:49,267 --> 00:00:52,067 Speaker 3: what others caut He's the world's best spread of day 13 00:00:52,107 --> 00:00:54,027 Speaker 3: down Chai Ying Rising bon day. 14 00:00:53,947 --> 00:00:57,907 Speaker 2: Everest Indeed, Ridden superbly by his regular jockey, Hong Kong 15 00:00:57,947 --> 00:01:02,267 Speaker 2: based Australian Zach Perton, Kaying Rising settled in third, took 16 00:01:02,307 --> 00:01:05,707 Speaker 2: the lead passing the three hundred meter mark and surged 17 00:01:05,787 --> 00:01:08,987 Speaker 2: clear to towards the line for a dominant win. It 18 00:01:09,027 --> 00:01:12,747 Speaker 2: takes his record to fifteen wins from seventeen starts and 19 00:01:12,867 --> 00:01:17,267 Speaker 2: career earnings to nineteen and a half million, including seven 20 00:01:17,347 --> 00:01:20,907 Speaker 2: million for winning the Everest yesterday. He was bred here 21 00:01:20,907 --> 00:01:24,387 Speaker 2: in New Zealand by Fraser Aurett, who joins us now. Fraser, 22 00:01:24,427 --> 00:01:27,947 Speaker 2: tell us about your emotions as you watched the Everest 23 00:01:28,027 --> 00:01:28,747 Speaker 2: race yesterday. 24 00:01:29,787 --> 00:01:32,827 Speaker 4: Oh look, it's been a heck of a journey that 25 00:01:33,227 --> 00:01:36,027 Speaker 4: he's taken us all on. And you know, it seems 26 00:01:36,067 --> 00:01:39,227 Speaker 4: like yesterday it was just a cute little foal running round, 27 00:01:39,307 --> 00:01:43,107 Speaker 4: So goodness me, it's certainly a pinch yourself moment. 28 00:01:43,387 --> 00:01:46,347 Speaker 2: Can you tell us about the story of Kayan Rising? 29 00:01:46,347 --> 00:01:47,427 Speaker 2: Tell us about his journey? 30 00:01:48,467 --> 00:01:51,987 Speaker 4: Yes, So I trained the mother, Missy Moo. She ended 31 00:01:52,067 --> 00:01:56,947 Speaker 4: up winning five races, and when she retired, her owner 32 00:01:57,067 --> 00:01:59,227 Speaker 4: wasn't too keen to sort of breed. He was getting 33 00:01:59,827 --> 00:02:03,107 Speaker 4: on a bit in age. And this was actually the 34 00:02:03,227 --> 00:02:05,667 Speaker 4: very first horse that we ever bred, would you believe 35 00:02:05,747 --> 00:02:08,747 Speaker 4: in We were doing some work for Windsor Park stud 36 00:02:08,787 --> 00:02:11,587 Speaker 4: at the time, and we've had a couple of sham 37 00:02:11,627 --> 00:02:14,507 Speaker 4: expresses through the stable that I really really liked, and 38 00:02:14,587 --> 00:02:17,507 Speaker 4: so you know, we've just sort of made the decision 39 00:02:17,587 --> 00:02:21,467 Speaker 4: to delve into it really and send her there. 40 00:02:21,827 --> 00:02:24,307 Speaker 2: Is it true? Your kids nicknamed him Rocket when he 41 00:02:24,347 --> 00:02:24,787 Speaker 2: was a foal. 42 00:02:25,787 --> 00:02:28,587 Speaker 4: Yes, So when we went to pick him up from 43 00:02:28,627 --> 00:02:30,907 Speaker 4: the stud when he was about two months old, he 44 00:02:31,067 --> 00:02:33,467 Speaker 4: was roaring around the paddock one hundred bars an hour, 45 00:02:33,507 --> 00:02:36,067 Speaker 4: and all the kids sort of said, Dad, we've got 46 00:02:36,107 --> 00:02:39,667 Speaker 4: to call this orce rocket. And it's so ironic that 47 00:02:39,707 --> 00:02:41,627 Speaker 4: he's actually turned out to be a rocket, isn't he? 48 00:02:41,827 --> 00:02:44,827 Speaker 2: Indeed, indeed, I've had it described to me like this phraser. 49 00:02:44,907 --> 00:02:49,187 Speaker 2: We traditionally produce middle distance runners and athletics terms Peter Snow, 50 00:02:49,307 --> 00:02:52,867 Speaker 2: John Walker, Kaying Rising is like Usain Bolt. How has 51 00:02:52,907 --> 00:02:53,507 Speaker 2: this happened? 52 00:02:54,227 --> 00:02:56,667 Speaker 4: Look, look, that's a very good question and one I 53 00:02:56,707 --> 00:02:59,707 Speaker 4: can't really answer. And I tell you why. In the 54 00:02:59,747 --> 00:03:02,947 Speaker 4: pedigree there's even a Melbourne Cup winner that was thirty 55 00:03:02,987 --> 00:03:07,547 Speaker 4: two hundred meters and Kaying's mother was definitely at her 56 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:11,187 Speaker 4: best around a two thousand meter mark. So yes, look, 57 00:03:12,107 --> 00:03:15,627 Speaker 4: he's not really even in the frame of a sprinter. 58 00:03:16,227 --> 00:03:19,667 Speaker 4: So one thing you learn when you're involved in racing 59 00:03:19,787 --> 00:03:21,907 Speaker 4: is the first rule is that there isn't any rules, 60 00:03:21,907 --> 00:03:24,147 Speaker 4: and I think I think he's evidence of that. 61 00:03:24,547 --> 00:03:27,227 Speaker 2: Yeah, So at what point would it have become obvious 62 00:03:27,787 --> 00:03:29,347 Speaker 2: that he was a sprinter? 63 00:03:30,747 --> 00:03:36,427 Speaker 4: Look, he's just so fast basically, you know, and right 64 00:03:36,467 --> 00:03:38,507 Speaker 4: from day dot when he had his very first sort 65 00:03:38,507 --> 00:03:42,347 Speaker 4: of gallop, you know, he just had an extra couple 66 00:03:42,347 --> 00:03:45,587 Speaker 4: of gears. I guess you would say that most horses 67 00:03:45,627 --> 00:03:49,507 Speaker 4: don't have. And you know, as he's strengthened and matured 68 00:03:49,547 --> 00:03:52,387 Speaker 4: and things, he's just actually improved each and every season. 69 00:03:52,467 --> 00:03:55,627 Speaker 4: And it's sort of scary to think. And he's only 70 00:03:55,707 --> 00:03:58,627 Speaker 4: really sort of hit full physical maturity now. 71 00:03:58,907 --> 00:04:02,027 Speaker 2: So tell us then what the future might hold for him. 72 00:04:02,947 --> 00:04:07,747 Speaker 4: Well, like literally, to sound clear ciche, it's the world 73 00:04:07,827 --> 00:04:12,627 Speaker 4: is his oysa. And look, he's even his weight is 74 00:04:12,667 --> 00:04:15,707 Speaker 4: sort of now more now than it was last year 75 00:04:15,747 --> 00:04:18,027 Speaker 4: and the year before, and that's all sort of muscle 76 00:04:18,707 --> 00:04:21,787 Speaker 4: muscle definition and that sort of thing. So he's been 77 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:25,747 Speaker 4: handled so beautifully by the Hayes camp. He hasn't been 78 00:04:25,787 --> 00:04:29,107 Speaker 4: over raced. He's been really really looked after. And look, 79 00:04:29,147 --> 00:04:30,827 Speaker 4: I still believe it's all in front of him. 80 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:33,987 Speaker 2: He usually races in Hong Kong. His trip down Under 81 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:36,547 Speaker 2: to tackle the Everest was the catalyst for a lot 82 00:04:36,547 --> 00:04:40,027 Speaker 2: of questions about whether he could deliver. He did, obviously, 83 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:42,027 Speaker 2: why was their doubt? 84 00:04:43,707 --> 00:04:47,067 Speaker 4: Look, I think I think the big thing is if 85 00:04:47,107 --> 00:04:51,347 Speaker 4: you historically, look through traveling is not easy. It's it's 86 00:04:51,387 --> 00:04:56,067 Speaker 4: it's not easy to go to a different jurisdiction, different temperatures. 87 00:04:56,107 --> 00:04:58,987 Speaker 4: I mean, these are finally tuned athletes and you're taking 88 00:04:58,987 --> 00:05:01,507 Speaker 4: them right out of their comfort zone and that sort 89 00:05:01,547 --> 00:05:05,107 Speaker 4: of thing. You know. So for me personally, it wasn't 90 00:05:05,107 --> 00:05:07,347 Speaker 4: a question whether he was good enough to win the race. 91 00:05:07,387 --> 00:05:11,507 Speaker 4: It was just a question of whether you know the traveling, 92 00:05:11,547 --> 00:05:14,667 Speaker 4: the different atmosphere and all the rest of it. And look, 93 00:05:14,667 --> 00:05:18,867 Speaker 4: he really the trial. I've never ever seen a trial 94 00:05:18,907 --> 00:05:21,787 Speaker 4: that there was so much split split opinions on. You know, 95 00:05:21,947 --> 00:05:25,267 Speaker 4: half half people sort of felt like he was unbeatable 96 00:05:25,307 --> 00:05:27,867 Speaker 4: after that, and half the half the people felt he 97 00:05:27,987 --> 00:05:30,587 Speaker 4: was no chance at all, you know, But in some 98 00:05:30,667 --> 00:05:33,067 Speaker 4: ways it added to the theater of the of the race, 99 00:05:33,107 --> 00:05:33,907 Speaker 4: that's for sure. 100 00:05:33,787 --> 00:05:36,227 Speaker 2: Absolutely, And just can you take us through the race? 101 00:05:36,267 --> 00:05:39,427 Speaker 2: What are your emotions as you watch your race from 102 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:40,667 Speaker 2: start to finish like that? 103 00:05:41,747 --> 00:05:44,627 Speaker 4: Look, I guess, I guess for for for us just 104 00:05:44,827 --> 00:05:48,907 Speaker 4: watching on. You know, obviously he generally does begin really well, 105 00:05:49,347 --> 00:05:51,347 Speaker 4: so he takes a bit of luck out of the equation. 106 00:05:51,867 --> 00:05:54,427 Speaker 4: And and then when you've got someone of the of 107 00:05:54,467 --> 00:05:57,627 Speaker 4: the league of Zach Zach on board. You know, he 108 00:05:57,707 --> 00:06:00,547 Speaker 4: made sure he didn't go to the rail and risks 109 00:06:00,547 --> 00:06:04,587 Speaker 4: sort of being put in a luck type situation where 110 00:06:04,587 --> 00:06:07,547 Speaker 4: he needed to get out. He sort of made sure 111 00:06:07,587 --> 00:06:10,227 Speaker 4: that that he's in the clear throughout the race. And 112 00:06:10,267 --> 00:06:12,987 Speaker 4: I guess you know, that's that's what it's all about, 113 00:06:13,067 --> 00:06:16,467 Speaker 4: isn't it. But when he turned for home, you know, yeah, 114 00:06:16,507 --> 00:06:19,227 Speaker 4: you just sort of hold your breath and and things, 115 00:06:19,227 --> 00:06:22,227 Speaker 4: but he just lets go with the most magnificent sprint 116 00:06:22,267 --> 00:06:24,867 Speaker 4: and and he did that again on Saturday. 117 00:06:25,347 --> 00:06:28,147 Speaker 2: Did your your phone blow up with messages afterwards? 118 00:06:28,867 --> 00:06:31,947 Speaker 4: Yes, it certainly did, certainly did. And you know that's 119 00:06:31,947 --> 00:06:34,747 Speaker 4: a wonderful thing with these horses. You know, they're they're 120 00:06:34,787 --> 00:06:38,387 Speaker 4: they're very time consuming. They're a massive team, team effort. 121 00:06:38,507 --> 00:06:41,667 Speaker 4: It takes a takes a whole village, you know. And 122 00:06:41,707 --> 00:06:44,227 Speaker 4: so yeah, a lot of people have been involved with 123 00:06:44,267 --> 00:06:47,027 Speaker 4: his journey and everyone's loved every minute of it. 124 00:06:47,147 --> 00:06:50,947 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it was majestic watching him pull away there 125 00:06:51,027 --> 00:06:53,067 Speaker 2: yesterday and the everest phrase, I thank you so much 126 00:06:53,067 --> 00:06:54,947 Speaker 2: for joining us and giving us some insight. Mate, No 127 00:06:54,987 --> 00:06:57,587 Speaker 2: doubt you'll be you'll be basking in the glory of 128 00:06:57,627 --> 00:06:58,827 Speaker 2: this one. For a little while longer. 129 00:06:59,947 --> 00:07:02,427 Speaker 4: Absolutely, I might have had to have had a penadole 130 00:07:02,547 --> 00:07:03,427 Speaker 4: or two this one. 131 00:07:04,827 --> 00:07:07,027 Speaker 2: Love it, Phraser, Thanks for your time this afternoon. 132 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:08,227 Speaker 4: Always a pleasure. 133 00:07:08,307 --> 00:07:10,467 Speaker 2: Thank you, No, thank you, Fraser Fraser. Al Right, there 134 00:07:10,507 --> 00:07:14,067 Speaker 2: are Kiwi Breeder of Kaying Rising who won the Everess yesterday, 135 00:07:14,147 --> 00:07:17,707 Speaker 2: pocketing seven million for winning that race, taking career earnings 136 00:07:17,747 --> 00:07:20,267 Speaker 2: to nineteen and a half million. 137 00:07:21,187 --> 00:07:24,347 Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live 138 00:07:24,467 --> 00:07:27,747 Speaker 1: to news Talk set B weekends from midday, or follow 139 00:07:27,787 --> 00:07:29,347 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.