{"id":433009,"date":"2025-09-18T06:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433009\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T06:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:35:12","slug":"lacevinsky-turns-back-the-clock-to-claim-carnarvon-horse-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433009\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacevinsky turns back the clock to claim Carnarvon Horse of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

An old adage in racing suggests horses can\u2019t read birth certificates … and evergreen WA galloper Lacevinsky has become the latest pin-up hero for the theory.<\/p>\n

Prepared in the WA beachside town of Dongara by trainer Jackie Scott, the 10-year-old has defied his age in a remarkable on-track career turnaround to land the \u00a0the coveted Carnarvon Horse of the Year title.<\/p>\n

Stunningly, Lacevinsky had not won any race for more than three years before this season and franked the title with one dominant final win on Carnarvon Cup day. <\/p>\n

By Playing God, the gelding\u2019s longevity is something to be admired and \u00a0a testament to how the best of equine welfare can translate to on-track performance. <\/p>\n

The path to being crowned Carnarvon Horse of the Year was anything but a straightforward one \u2013 coming some seven years after his first win in 2018 as a three-year-old at Northam for leading Ascot trainer Simon Miller. Since then, he has passed through he stables of four different trainers, going from Miller to Steve Wolfe, Alan McNamara, Ray Malpass and finally to Scott and co-trainer\/owner Will McNamara. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jackie Scott and Will McNamara\u00a0after Lacevinsky’s win on Carnarvon Cup day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The team has noticed a huge difference in the 10-year-old since moving from Albany to the State\u2019s Mid West, with the change in climate a contributing factor to the resurgence in form, Will said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been taking him in the water and along the beach and changed the way we work him \u2013 he\u2019s been a lot happier since he\u2019s been up in the warm weather,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to see him win one race and then to go on and have the season he did was really rewarding and well deserved for him.\u201d <\/p>\n

Before joining Jackie\u2019s stable, Lacevinsky\u2019s most recent win came at Albany in 2022. But he turned back the clock this season, with an unmatched record of three wins, four seconds and one third from nine starts \u2013 making him five <\/strong>points clear of runner-up Gold Spy.<\/p>\n

On board for all three wins was apprentice Natika Riordan, who said it was great to get the chance to be legged aboard him for the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an amazing boy and a straightforward ride,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just have to let him roll through the gears and he just keeps fighting towards the line \u2013 he\u2019s a tough horse. Whatever Jackie and William have been doing with him, they\u2019ve done an incredible job.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have a horse at 10 years \u2013of age go up to Carnarvon and show his form is impressive. They\u2019ve just done an amazing job with him, really.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lacevinsky\u2019s resurgence demonstrates how equine welfare underpins racing success and also tells a story of thoroughbred resilience. <\/p>\n

Jackie and her team have taken the right approach, ensuring the horse\u2019s training was well suited to the task ahead. It helped him not only hold consistency throughout the season, but soar to new heights. <\/p>\n

After Saturday\u2019s win, the veteran runner will have a brief, well-earned rest as the team navigates the next step for their award-winning gelding. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to go to the paddock now for a few weeks to freshen up and then we\u2019ll look to take him to Belmont and target a Wednesday race,\u201d Will said. <\/p>\n

\u201cJackie\u2019s done a great job with the horse and all the help she\u2019s given him has been amazing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Josh Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An old adage in racing suggests horses can\u2019t read birth certificates … and evergreen WA galloper Lacevinsky has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-433009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115223915573823353","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}