Bulked-up unbeaten sprinter Private Harry to unveil new silks in The Everest
Driver's exciting, unbeaten sprinter Private Harry has already secured a start in the Group 1 $20m The TAB Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 23.
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On the same day, the leading syndicator and part-owner is hoping Boston Rocks will be lining up in the $2m The Kosciuszko.
The Nathan Doyle-trained Private Harry, winner of his five starts including the Group 1 The Galaxy, will be sporting a 'new look' when he returns to racing this season.
Driver said the sprint sensation has made significant physical development during his spell and the four-year-old has bulked up with '60-80kg of natural muscle'.
'Private Harry has spelled really well, he looks great,'' Driver said.
'The plan is for him to have two barrier trials starting with Rosehill next Monday and then an exhibition gallop before he resumes in The Shorts (September 20). He will then start in the Premiere Stakes (October 4) before The Everest.''
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Private Harry was the first horse into The Everest field after slot-holder Yulong Investments purchased a 50 per cent share in the brilliant sprinter following his The Galaxy win.
Driver revealed Private Harry's jockey Ashley Morgan will be wearing the familiar white, pale blue colours of Kurrinda Bloodstock in The Shorts and Premiere Stakes.
The specially designed silks Private Harry will wear in The Everest.
But for The Everest, Morgan is set to wear a specially designed hybrid set of silks that has the Yulong colours of bottle green, white checked sleeves and white cop adorned with a Kurrinda Bloodstock star logo on the jockey's front and back.
With Private Harry's Everest campaign locked in, Driver is now keen to get the underrated Boston Rocks into The Kosciuszko.
Boston Rocks, who is trained by Matthew Dale, won successive city races in Sydney and Melbourne in autumn and is set to resume racing on Saturday.
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Driver said Boston Rocks has been entered for a Benchmark 88 Handicap (1000m) at Rosehill Gardens and also for a Benchmark 100 Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
'Boston Rocks doesn't like it any worse than a Soft 6 so we will probably accept for both races and see how the tracks are for Saturday,'' he said.
Driver also revealed promising three-year-old Hidden Motive, a stablemate of Private Harry, is being readied for a return to racing in the Listed The Rosebud at Rosehill Gardens on August 16.
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