Giga Kick to bypass Doomben 10,000 to instead resume in the 2025 The Goodwood at Morphettville

2022 The Everest champ Giga Kick will forgo the opportunity to win a second Doomben 10,000 and instead kick off his winter campaign in the $1 million The Goodwood at Morphettville on May 10.

Giga Kick wins the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 for trainer Clayton Douglas and jockey Craig Williams. Picture: Grant Peters / Trackside Photography.

The Adelaide carnival has received an unexpected star power boost with 2022 The Everest champion Giga Kick to resume at Morphettville.

Racenet has confirmed the multiple Group 1 winner will headline the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) on May 10.

It is understood Melbourne Cup winner Mark Zahra will jet across the border to ride the sprint star who will carry the luxury weight of 54.5kg under the set weights and penalties conditions of the $1m sprint.

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It had been widely expected Giga Kick, who won a jumpout at Balnarring on Wednesday, would resume in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 on May 17.

Giga Kick is a past Doomben 10,000 champion, having scored the Queensland winter carnival sprint in 2023.

But Clayton Douglas’s five-year-old gelding will not be seen in the Doomben 10,000 given its timing a week after The Goodwood.

It is likely Giga Kick will attack the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) as his second-up mission at Eagle Farm on May 31.

Giga Kick chased down last-start Sydney winner Austmarr to take out the first Balnarring jumpout this morning 😍@c_douglasracingpic.twitter.com/wrkjuqXFsM

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Until this week, Giga Kick hadn’t featured in early betting markets on The Goodwood.

But he is now a $4 favourite with Sportsbet.

The Adelaide carnival has sometimes struggled for big stars but now it can count on Giga Kick, the earner of almost $13m in prize money, being a crowd puller.

Originally published as Giga Kick to bypass Doomben 10,000 to instead resume in the 2025 The Goodwood at Morphettville