star mare Asfoora clinching another international Group 1 triumph<\/a> at the prestigious Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe meeting in Paris on Sunday, Ka Ying Rising has been all the rage.<\/p>\nHe is assessed as a $1.50 favourite for the Sydney slot race but it is indisputable that after his trial on Tuesday, the trainers of Aussie hopefuls will have more confidence that their stars can at least test the superstar. Because the trial has pundits buzzing.<\/p>\n
Some pondered whether Ka Ying Rising had dropped a little fitness on its trip down under. Others felt that Purton kept plenty up his sleeve \u2014 the Aussie hoop certainly seemed unmoved in the saddle \u2014 while noting there is no prize money for trials.<\/p>\n
Hayes expressed some concern that Ka Ying Rising got a little fizzed up by the onlookers, which is surprising given it has raced in front of massive crowds in Hong Kong and will be forced to perform in front of a capacity crowd at Randwick as well.<\/p>\n
But he also noted it had not seen a horse in weeks as it served its time in quarantine and will be far better for the initial hitout, with another to come next Monday prior to its appearance in The Everest.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good, solid trial but he did need it. He blew a few cobwebs out and he\u2019ll really come on a lot for that,\u201d Hayes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll have a nice gallop on Monday and he\u2019ll be right for the big one. He\u2019s about 20lb above his racing weight and I\u2019ll expect it to come down a bit in the next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully he\u2019ll improve from the experience. He\u2019s had a look at Randwick now. He hasn\u2019t been away from Sha Tin for a long time _ that\u2019s his only track _ so to have a look around here was very, very good for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – OCTOBER 07: Zac Purton riding Ka Ying Rising race in a Barrier Trial during Randwick Barrier Trials at Royal Randwick Racecourse on October 07, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeremy Ng\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Purton noted that Ka Ying Rising raced on the wrong leg \u2014 it was leading with its outside leg as opposed to inside \u2014 but will take significant improvement from the trial. <\/p>\n
He looked to keep Ka Ying Rising running after the post on Tuesday, with The Everest an additional 200m further than the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201c(It is a) pass mark. (It) needs to improve,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t had a run for about a month and he hasn\u2019t done too much serious work in that amount of time, so it was the first time he\u2019s done anything competitive in a while.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe track was a little bit soft for him. He\u2019s not totally at home on that ground. But I thought he trialled well enough. I think he\u2019ll come on a bit from that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is the trial of a megastar that has form students from Hornsby to Hong Kong perplexed. Will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[186,22631,159197,159194,120018,159193,133870,159205,299,36,288,159207,2048,22617,1411,85347,11434,38420,1071,159199,159202,159200,89091,79,159201,159198,1862,159206,159204,16,15,159196,17669,159195,159203],"class_list":{"0":"post-479715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","10":"tag-australian-racing","11":"tag-australian-racing-debut","12":"tag-barrier-trials","13":"tag-courtney-walsh","14":"tag-david-hayes","15":"tag-dominant-favourite","16":"tag-europe","17":"tag-france","18":"tag-horse-racing","19":"tag-leaves-pundits","20":"tag-new-south-wales","21":"tag-oceania","22":"tag-paris","23":"tag-pass-mark","24":"tag-prize-money","25":"tag-public-appearance","26":"tag-racing","27":"tag-richest-race","28":"tag-rising-race","29":"tag-serving-quarantine","30":"tag-slot-race","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-sprint-horse","33":"tag-superstar-speedster","34":"tag-sydney","35":"tag-track-watchers","36":"tag-trainer-david-hayes","37":"tag-uk","38":"tag-united-kingdom","39":"tag-victory-stalls","40":"tag-western-europe","41":"tag-winners-stalls","42":"tag-winning-trials"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479715","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=479715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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DAILY TELEGRAPH – 7\/10\/25 Ka Ying Rising first public appearance before The Everest race at Royal Randwick. World’s fastest sprint horse. Trainer David Hayes pictured on left with Jockey Zac Purton. Picture: Sam RuttynSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n