Giga Kick is a Thoroughbred racehorse trained and bred in Australia. He has won The Everest, two group one races and over seven million dollars over his career.
| Giga Kick | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Scissor Kick |
| Grandsire | Redoute's Choice |
| Dam | Rekindled Applause |
| Damsire | Royal Applause |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 19 October 2019 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Owner | Pinecliff Racing |
| Trainer | Clayton Douglas |
| Jockey | Craig Williams, James McDonald |
| Record | 14: 7-2-2 |
| Earnings | A$12,589,700 |
| Major wins | |
| The Everest (2022) Danehill Stakes (2022) Vain Stakes (2022) All Aged Stakes (2023) Doomben 10,000 (2023) | |
| Awards | |
| Australian Champion Sprinter (2023) Australian Champion Three Year Old Colt/Gelding (2023) | |
| Last updated on 9 September 2023 | |
Career
editGiga Kick made his debut in an 1100m maiden race at Sale on 13 February, 2022. Leading all the way, it was an "impressive" win.[1] He was then spelled for 18 weeks.
After two trials, Giga Kick returned at Flemington on 16 July. Jockey Matthew Cartwright, "capitalised on Giga Kick’s natural speed to have the chestnut near the lead early before the promising sprinter dashed clear to score impressively". Trainer Clayton Douglas said, "The idea to have him in early was that he's only had the one run and he's going to be meeting some pretty experienced horses through the spring. So, this was always going to be more of an educational run."[2]
After a further trial, Giga Kick won the Group 3 Vain Stakes, Douglas's first stakes victory. Five lengths behind at the turn, he won by a long head. Douglas said after the race, "He is still an immature type. He hasn't come in the coat completely, so there is nice improvement."[3]
On 1 October, Giga Kick won the Danehill Stakes. Jumping as odd-on favourite, jockey Craig Williams "looked to be under pressure from Buenos Noches from the 300m mark all the way until the finish line" but hung on "to win by a nostril". Williams said, "there's a lot that we and I will learn out of today with this horse, the way that he is developing and he is really, apart from being undefeated and winning today and off to the Coolmore, he is a really exciting horse."[4]
Two weeks later, Giga Kick won The Everest, Australia's richest horse race. One of the last horses to be nominated for the race, Giga Kick jumped at $21, with Nature Strip, the previous year's winner, the odds-on favourite. Tenth with 400 metres to go, he "produced an explosive finish to reel in his older rivals".[5]
Pedigree
edit| Sire Scissor Kick (AUS) 2011 |
Redoute's Choice (AUS) 1996 |
Danehill | Danzig |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razyana | |||
| Shanthas Choice | Canny Lad | ||
| Dancing Show | |||
| Back Pass (USA) 1998 |
Quest For Fame | Rainbow Quest | |
| Aryenne | |||
| Skiable | Niniski | ||
| Kerali | |||
| Dam Rekindled Applause (GB) 2001 |
Royal Applause (GB) 1993 |
Waajib | Try My Best |
| Coryana | |||
| Flying Melody | Auction Ring | ||
| Whispering Star | |||
| Rekindled Affair (IRE) 1995 |
Rainbow Quest | Blushing Groom | |
| I Will Follow | |||
| Seasonal Pickup | The Minstrel | ||
| Bubinka |
References
edit- ^ "Giga Kick". racing.com.
- ^ Brad Waters. "Flemington: Giga Kick impresses to firm for Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes". Herald Sun.
- ^ Mark Smith. "Giga Kick Stays Perfect in Vain Stakes". breednet.
- ^ Ciaran Jackman. "GIGA KICK WINS DANEHILL STAKES BY THE BAREST OF MARGINS". horsebetting.com.au.
- ^ "Durston wins Caulfield Cup as an emergency, Giga Kick upstages favourite to claim The Everest". ABC News.
- ^ "Giga Kick Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.