David Hayes has emphatically dismissed rumours suggesting Ka Ying Rising is in doubt for Saturday’s The Everest (1,200m), calling it the “biggest load of c**p I’ve ever been involved in”.
The rumour mill ran wild on social media on Sunday, with many speculating the world’s best sprinter might not run in the A$20 million (HK$100 million) sprint at Randwick in Sydney.
Long the hot favourite for the world’s richest race on turf, Ka Ying Rising drifted considerably in Australian fixed-odds markets on the back of the rumours and some operators even briefly suspended betting.
Plenty were quick to knock Ka Ying Rising after he trialled below his best on Tuesday morning
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