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The Age
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Death-defying bush galloper out to beat the odds at Randwick
Scone trainer Jeremy Gask was told a couple of times that Who Ever Thought might have to be put down as a series of unfortunate events delayed his racing debut until he was five. Now almost seven, the gelding's fighting qualities will be called on again when he faces his greatest challenge on the track at Randwick on Saturday. Who Ever Thought, a Highway Handicap winner at Rosehill last October, steps up out of country-only grade on a Saturday when he races in a benchmark 78 handicap (1600m), following wins at Scone and Canterbury. A $27 chance with Sportsbet from the outside gate with Tom Sherry aboard, Who Ever Thought will have to defy the odds, but Gask says that's nothing new. 'There were a couple of times that the vet suggested we might have to put him down,' said Gask, a former Adelaide horseman who spent 10 years training in England before moving to the Upper Hunter in 2018. 'He had a spider bite to a leg and another to a sheath. He got his leg stuck in a stable as a young horse and nearly lost his hind fetlock. He impaled his chest, running into a fence, we think, during a storm at night. 'Through that time, he never got close to racing. I probably never galloped him until he was four. 'He's probably become a bit of a favourite because of all that, and he's got a few hang ups. He's a bit quirky.'
Sydney Morning Herald
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Death-defying bush galloper out to beat the odds at Randwick
Scone trainer Jeremy Gask was told a couple of times that Who Ever Thought might have to be put down as a series of unfortunate events delayed his racing debut until he was five. Now almost seven, the gelding's fighting qualities will be called on again when he faces his greatest challenge on the track at Randwick on Saturday. Who Ever Thought, a Highway Handicap winner at Rosehill last October, steps up out of country-only grade on a Saturday when he races in a benchmark 78 handicap (1600m), following wins at Scone and Canterbury. A $27 chance with Sportsbet from the outside gate with Tom Sherry aboard, Who Ever Thought will have to defy the odds, but Gask says that's nothing new. 'There were a couple of times that the vet suggested we might have to put him down,' said Gask, a former Adelaide horseman who spent 10 years training in England before moving to the Upper Hunter in 2018. 'He had a spider bite to a leg and another to a sheath. He got his leg stuck in a stable as a young horse and nearly lost his hind fetlock. He impaled his chest, running into a fence, we think, during a storm at night. 'Through that time, he never got close to racing. I probably never galloped him until he was four. 'He's probably become a bit of a favourite because of all that, and he's got a few hang ups. He's a bit quirky.'
