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By Ray Hickson

A Rubick colt coming through the Golden Rose aiming to upset the best sprinters in the land in a TAB Everest – it’s a familiar scenario to Coolmore boss Tom Magnier and he’s hoping lightning can strike twice with star three-year-old Jacquinot.

It was three years ago now that Yes Yes Yes became the lone three-year-old to win the TAB Everest and he did it in the Coolmore slot after finishing a close second in the Golden Rose.

Magnier said he got “goosebumps” watching Jacquinot storm to victory at Rosehill last Saturday and is more than happy to be taking on Nature Strip and company with a young horse that is all upside.

“What he did in the Golden Rose, it gave you goosebumps,’’ Magnier said.

“Obviously Nature Strip is going to be exceptionally hard to beat but we picked Yes Yes Yes before and that worked.

“So I suppose we’re going back to the well that we know.

“He looks like he could improve a lot, and not many horses come from the back at Rosehill and he did that. He’s the right type of horse for the Everest and hopefully he’s another Yes Yes Yes.”

Jacquinot, trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, became the 64th Group 1 winner to be raised and grazed at Coolmore when he won the Golden Rose and it came as no surprise he found his way into the Everest in their slot.

What a finish to the Chandon Golden Rose!

Jacquinot and @LaneDamian sweeps home down the outside to snatch the Group 1 at Rosehill from the favourite In Secret with early leader Zou Tiger in third. @tabcomau @MickPriceRacing pic.twitter.com/O2qK6qM8oS

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The colt is part owned by Coolmore chairman Lindsay Maxsted so you’d imagine negotiations were relatively easy.

“Mick and Michael have been raving about this horse to Lindsay for a long time,’’ Magnier said.

“They are a great training partnership and we’re thrilled to be a part of it. We’ve been watching him for a while.

"We look forward to sharing this experience with his owner/breeders who have been long-term supporters of Coolmore.”

Best Of Bordeaux would have been Coolmore's Everest selection but for a small setback and Magnier said he'll be aimed at the Coolmore Stud Stakes in Melbourne.

Damian Lane will retain the ride on Jacquinot for the Everest, where he’s respected at $13 with TAB following the slot confirmation, and will be Mick Price’s, and the training partnership’s, first runner in the race.

Price said it made sense for Jacquinot to drop in distance into a truly run race after his 1400m win than to go up to a mile which was an unknown in itself.

“We thought about it long and hard, we’re just happy to be in the Everest - it’s always an exciting race and we’ll see what he can do,’’ he said.

“I think physically speaking it’s an easy exercise for the horse to come back to 1200m and stay in Sydney.

“If he can be ridden to finish off, which I’m sure he will be, then it’ll be very exciting.”

Jacquinot became the eighth horse confirmed for the $15 million TAB Everest (1200m), run at Royal Randwick on October 15, after Nature Strip, Eduardo, Masked Crusader, Mazu, Snapdancer, Lost And Running and Joyful Fortune.

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