Main coach Ciaron Maher has capped off a shocking day by including a Caulfield Cup win to his earlier triumph in The Everest.
Maher’s cost Duke De Sessa — ridden by Harry Coffey — claimed victory within the $5 million Caulfield Cup late on Saturday afternoon.
Duke De Sessa held off a late problem from pre-race favorite Buckaroo within the 2,400-metre handicap.
Maher couldn’t attend the Caulfield Cup as he was in Sydney to see seven-year-old mare Bella Nipotina win the $20 million The Everest at Randwick.
Ridden by Craig Williams and educated by Maher, Bella Nipotina went large and completed strongly within the straight to win narrowly from 2022 winner Giga Kick on the earth’s richest race on turf.
Bella Nipotina is the primary mare or filly to win the 1,200m race.
Craig Williams rode Bella Nipotina to a shocking victory in The Everest. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi)
Rising Empire was third, with Girl Of Camelot fourth.
Maher, who additionally trains Rising Empire, was emotional after his first win within the race, earlier than a packed crowd at Randwick.
“She’s a gorgeous horse to coach,” he instructed the Seven Community.
“She’s been elite for the final 5 years and, yeah, it is unbelievable.”
Bella Nipotina earned connections $7 million with the victory.
Godolphin colt Visitors Warden was a late scratching after turning into fractious within the beginning gates.
The Everest was run for the primary time as a Group 1, the official top-tier standing that had been beforehand denied it since its inception in 2017 as a consequence of its novel slot race format.
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