Giga Kick
SireScissor Kick
GrandsireRedoute's Choice
DamRekindled Applause
DamsireRoyal Applause
SexGelding
Foaled (2019-10-19) 19 October 2019
CountryAustralia
ColourChestnut
OwnerPinecliff Racing
TrainerClayton Douglas
JockeyCraig Williams, James McDonald
Record11: 7-1-2
EarningsA$9,626,700
Major wins
The Everest (2022)
Danehill Stakes (2022)
Vain Stakes (2022)
All Aged Stakes (2023)
Doomben 10,000 (2023)
Last updated on 9 September 2023

Giga Kick is a Thoroughbred racehorse trained and bred in Australia. He has won The Everest, two group one races and over seven million dollars over his career.

Career

Giga Kick made his debut in an 1100m maiden race at Sale on 13 February, 2022. Leading all the way, it was an "impressive" win.[1] He was then spelled for 18 weeks.

After two trials, Giga Kick returned at Flemington on 16 July. Jockey Matthew Cartwright, "capitalised on Giga Kick’s natural speed to have the chestnut near the lead early before the promising sprinter dashed clear to score impressively". Trainer Clayton Douglas said, "The idea to have him in early was that he's only had the one run and he's going to be meeting some pretty experienced horses through the spring. So, this was always going to be more of an educational run."[2]

After a further trial, Giga Kick won the Group 3 Vain Stakes, Douglas's first stakes victory. Five lengths behind at the turn, he won by a long head. Douglas said after the race, "He is still an immature type. He hasn't come in the coat completely, so there is nice improvement."[3]

On 1 October, Giga Kick won the Danehill Stakes. Jumping as odd-on favourite, jockey Craig Williams "looked to be under pressure from Buenos Noches from the 300m mark all the way until the finish line" but hung on "to win by a nostril". Williams said, "there's a lot that we and I will learn out of today with this horse, the way that he is developing and he is really, apart from being undefeated and winning today and off to the Coolmore, he is a really exciting horse."[4]

Two weeks later, Giga Kick won The Everest, Australia's richest horse race. One of the last horses to be nominated for the race, Giga Kick jumped at $21, with Nature Strip, the previous year's winner, the odds-on favourite. Tenth with 400 metres to go, he "produced an explosive finish to reel in his older rivals".[5]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Giga Kick (AUS) 2019[6]
Sire
Scissor Kick (AUS)
2011
Redoute's Choice (AUS)
1996
Danehill Danzig
Razyana
Shanthas Choice Canny Lad
Dancing Show
Back Pass (USA)
1998
Quest For Fame Rainbow Quest
Aryenne
Skiable Niniski
Kerali
Dam
Rekindled Applause (GB)
2001
Royal Applause (GB)
1993
Waajib Try My Best
Coryana
Flying Melody Auction Ring
Whispering Star
Rekindled Affair (IRE)
1995
Rainbow Quest Blushing Groom
I Will Follow
Seasonal Pickup The Minstrel
Bubinka

References

  1. "Giga Kick". racing.com.
  2. Brad Waters. "Flemington: Giga Kick impresses to firm for Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes". Herald Sun.
  3. Mark Smith. "Giga Kick Stays Perfect in Vain Stakes". breednet.
  4. Ciaran Jackman. "GIGA KICK WINS DANEHILL STAKES BY THE BAREST OF MARGINS". horsebetting.com.au.
  5. "Durston wins Caulfield Cup as an emergency, Giga Kick upstages favourite to claim The Everest". ABC News.
  6. "Giga Kick Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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